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Category Archives: Singapore
Asian students in America
The number of students from Singapore went up from 4,051 in 2009-2010 to 4,356 in 2010-2011, but Singapore is not on the list of 25 countries that send the most number of students to the United States, as we saw … Continue reading
Singapore unemployment at 14-year low, median income up
Singapore seems to have more jobs than workers. Unemployment fell to a 14-year low, dropping to just 2 per cent, in 2011 and a tight labour market pushed up wages and recruitment of foreign workers. Tweet
Posted in Singapore Tagged employment situation, foreign workers, manpower ministry, median income, unemployment 2 Comments
India 131st, Singapore 135th on Press Freedom Index
India continues to slide down the Press Freedom Index while Singapore has moved up one place. Singapore is ranked 135th on the 2011-2012 Press Freedom Index while India is 131st, having dropped nine places. India was 122nd on the 2010 … Continue reading
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George Yeo honoured by India
Singapore’s former foreign minister George Yeo has been awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Indian government. The national awards are part of India’s Republic Day celebrations on January 26. A news report says: Former Singapore foreign minister George Yong-Boon Yeo … Continue reading
Gong xi fa cai! And a poem on Singapore
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his Chinese New Year message says: Ultimately we all want to make Singapore the best home in the world for ourselves, our families and our children. We all want ours to remain an … Continue reading
Lee Kuan Yew: Singapore must not be a Third World country
Lee Kuan Yew is quoted less often since he ceased to be Singapore’s Minister Mentor after the parliamentary elections in May last year when the opposition won six seats for the first time. But he can still speak and write … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Tagged income gap, inequality, lee kuan yew, minister, pay, third world 6 Comments
Chinese, Malay and Indian undergraduates in Singapore
The Chinese are ahead in education in Singapore. The proportion of Chinese undergraduates in Singapore universities is greater than the proportion of Chinese among young Singaporeans. The proportion of Indian and Malay undergraduates in Singapore universities, on the other hand, … Continue reading
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Singapore second freest economy: Heritage Foundation
Singapore is the second freest economy in the 2012 Heritage Foundation Economic Freedom Index after Hong Kong. Singapore stands out for having the lowest unemployment rate as well as the lowest government spending as a percentage of the gross domestic … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore, World Today Tagged 2012, economic freedom index, gdp, government spending, gross domestic product, singapore, unemployment Comments Off
Singapore: A government attuned to social media
Singapore used to be called a nanny state. Now it has a government attuned to social media. Singaporeans still get their news from the mainstream media, we are told. That may be so. But the mainstream can no longer ignore … Continue reading
World’s highest paid leaders and their economies
Singapore’s ministers remain the highest paid in the world even after proposed pay cuts, with even junior ministers getting more than President Barack Obama, as we saw in a previous post yesterday. But then the Singapore economy has been doing … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore, World Today Tagged economy, gini coefficient, GNI, gross national income, per capita, unemployment Comments Off
