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DPM: Can’t rely on increase in labour to grow economy

DPM Teo Chee Hean Speaking at the annual general meeting of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce today (20 Jan), DPM Teo Chee Hean said that Singapore needs to move towards higher value-added activities and innovations to grow the economy. He said that as Singapore’s economy matures, the country “cannot rely on...

PM’s aide rebuts Economist article on defamation suit

PM Lee Last Friday (13 Jun), The Economist published an opinion piece ('A butterfly on a wheel') on the recent legal actions taken by PM Lee against blogger Roy Ngerng. The article started by describing Roy as affable, earnest, rather wonkish. "Roy Ngerng Yi Ling does not look like a dangerous radical," it said. "Mr Ngerng,...

FT student admission to Yale-NUS up from 38% to 40%

The new Liberal Art Yale-NUS College in Singapore Yale-NUS College issued a statement on Tuesday (17 Jun) [Link] revealing that it had offered 177 outstanding students from around the world to form the Class of 2018. This is the second batch of students it is admitting. These students come from 35 different countries. In all,...