Corruption, broken trains, floods in the city: This is Singapore?

Monday, February 6th, 2012

Senior officials arrested in a corruption investigation. Subway commuters trapped underground without light or proper ventilation. Flooded roads in the financial district. It may sound like the Philippines or perhaps Indonesia, but this is Singapore.

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Plastic fantastic: Women take to model kits with gusto

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

Chiyo represents the increasing number of women devoted to making plastic model dioramas, a pastime that has long been considered exclusive to men.

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Red Hat: Get upskilled for cloud computing

Monday, September 13th, 2010

Vendor launches new hands-on training program for cloud computing. Exec says with higher-level skills, IT professionals can remain relevant despite threat of outsourcing. Compare your salary Use the IT salary benchmark wizard and know the average salary differences between different job functions. Join activeTechPros. http://www.activetechpros.com

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Model city Singapore shows symptoms of urban stress

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

A home owner rests after bailing out his house and laying newspapers to soak up excess water from the floor after flooding caused by heavy rain in Singapore. Photo courtesy: AFP.

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Aussie shooter Emily Esposito benefits from her Olympian father

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Australia's only female shooter at the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games Emily Esposito is lucky, as she has her own role model, her Olympian father.

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Are these monkeys the best that PAP have to offer?

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

YPAP is the Youth Wing of the Peoples Action Party, the ruling party in Singapore. Being the Youth Wing of a political party, it is thus natural to assume that the future leaders of Singapore will be groomed from within. YPAP leaders represent the new generation of PAP leaders and will be task with the responsibility of governing Singapore if

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Malaysia Expects Cyclists To Strike Gold In London Olympics

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

MELBOURNE, July 21 (Bernama) -- Malaysian Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek is looking for a medal performance, and possibly gold, from the cycling squad at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

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A ‘Wonderland’ of couture

Monday, July 5th, 2010

PARIS - JOHN Galliano turned the runway into a lush garden for his exuberant couture show for Christian Dior on Monday, in tribute to the legendary French designer's love of flowers. His hothouse blooms were fittingly unveiled in a tent in the gardens of the Rodin museum on the first day of the Paris haute couture collections for next autumn-winter, in brilliant sunshine.

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7 key ideas for managing distributed teams

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Project managers who manage distributed teams should look to Charles Handy's key concepts about trust and the virtual organization. Compare your salary Use the IT salary benchmark wizard and know the average salary differences between different job functions. Join activeTechPros. http://www.activetechpros.com

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Miners bid for rail network

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

PERTH - AUSTRALIAN coal miners made a joint A$4.85 billion (S$5.67 billion) cash bid for a rail-track network in the country's biggest coal state, aiming to prevent it being sold onto the stock market in a wider privatisation. The group of 13 firms headed by BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Xstrata said its bid for the network was conditional on the Queensland state government dropping its plan to ...

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