SDP: Development without democracy – SG & China
Dr Chee Soon Juan delivered the following speech at an event on 4 June 2014 held at the New South Wales Parliament to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre: In 2004, Singapore’s former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew was asked whether China would be more prosperous and stable had the students succeeded in...
Why Singapore is never going to be Dubai
(06/06/2014) Singapore is willing to accept slower growth as a trade-off for social stability as it aims to keep down the number of foreigners working in the city-state, Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam told Reuters. Over the past decade, Singapore's economy has expanded by a 6.4 percent annual average. Tharman said...
Former LTTE guerrillas to be employed in S’pore
(6 Jun) - About 40 former members of the LTTE, who have successfully undergone rehabilitation under a government programme, are likely to get employed in a construction firm in Singapore, officials said today. "A construction company in Singapore has expressed its interest in recruiting 40 rehabilitees who have received vocational...
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