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The government of Singapore will look at ways to help single men and women find partners in a bid to tackle the falling fertility rate, a local newspaper reported on Monday. More people are staying single and those who are married are putting off having babies, the Straits Times quoted Minister for Community Development, Youth... 

Singapore leaders have recently flagged the issue of widening income gap as a main concern for the country, and they have been calling for inclusive growth through measures like workers' skill upgrades. The issue has been making headlines in local media since Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a new year message that it... 

Beyond the forests of tall buildings that dominate Singapore's skyline, a visitor can feel -- if not necessarily see -- the presence of China. A tiny city-state of nearly 5 million people (more than 70 percent ethnic Chinese) occupying a 263-square-mile island on the tip of the Malay peninsula, Singapore lives in a neighborhood...