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Singapore is one of the most liveable Asian cities

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Vienna retains the top spot as the city with the world’s best quality of living, according to the Mercer 2010 Quality of Living Survey.

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Singapore Public Holidays 2011

Still have some public holidays 2010 left this year; but I think some may start planning public holidays 2011 in Singapore already. Check out the 11 Singapore public holidays in 2011 from MOM below:

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Singapore workers ranked most diligent! What about you?

According to Straits Times, the report by the International Labor Organization put Singapore workers at the top of 13 economies in the group’s Global Wages Report for 2008-09. A check with Singapore’s Manpower Ministry put working hours in Singapore at 45.9 hours a week for 2008 and for the first quarter of last year. In [...]

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Ultimate Guide to Singapore Local Coffee / Kopi and Tea / Teh

Local people in Singapore call coffee “kopi”, and tea “teh”. Singapore Local Coffee or Kopi Kopi, coffee Kopi-gau, coffee (strong brew – “gau” is “厚” in Hokkien) Kopi-po, coffee (weak brew – “po” is “薄” in Hokkien) Kopi-C, coffee with evaporated milk Kopi-C-kosong, coffee with evaporated milk and no sugar (‘kosong” means empty in Malay) [...]

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Singapore VS Iran: 1-3 [videos]

I know we expected better results in “Singapore VS Iran” Asian Cup qualifiers, but Singapore did their best. Singapore captain Mohamed Alam Shah pulled a goal back for the home side before halftime but substitute Gholamreza Rezaei broke away to seal the win in the 63rd minute for Iran with a delightful chip.

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Documentary: Singapore – Crossroads of the East 1938

A tour of the British colony of Singapore in 1938.

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Singapore V.S. Laos: Goalless Draw

In SEA Games 2009 football, The Singapore-Laos match was shifted to the bigger 20,000 capacity main stadium of the National Sports Complex. Singapore and Laos played to a goalless draw, putting the teams on five points each. Both Singapore and Laos teams make it to the semi-finals. Their opponents in the last four will only [...]

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Check out what Singapore could look like in year 2050!

Just came across a a vertical studio to explore future scenarios for Singapore. The task that the studio posed themselves was to make Singapore safe from rising sea levels while shrinking the ecological footprint of the country to the size of the island. The projects are testing new cross-programmed infrastructure, urban and architectural typologies to [...]

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Singapore Top Searches 2009 on Google

2009 in Singapore saw people really loving their leisure time, with an increased number using Google to search for holidays, new shopping malls and sporting events. The fastest-rising serached terms ranged from the latest properties to Michael Jackson’s untimely demise. It was also no surprise that local celebrities like Jamie Yeo and Joshua Ang ruled [...]

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Singapore 9th most expensive Asian city

Singapore jumped three spots from a year ago to become the ninth priciest Asian city in the latest cost of living ranking by human resource company ECA International. It beat Taiwan’s Taipei and China’s Shenzhen and Guangzhou, but remained cheaper than Japan’s Tokyo and Yokohama, and China’s Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. Source: Malaysian Insider

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Singapore ranked world’s 3rd least-corrupt country

In a list released by Berlin-based non-governmental corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI) yesterday, Singapore emerged as the world’s third least-corrupt country, sharing the spot with Sweden. New Zealand was ranked top, with Denmark second. Highest scorers in the 2009 CPI are New Zealand at 9.4, Denmark at 9.3, Singapore and Sweden tied at 9.2 and [...]

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Can you think of 13 things you don’t know about Singapore?

Just came across an interesting article about Singapore from CNNGo, which lists 13 things you may not know about Singapore: You won’t get any more connected than you will here We’re natural disaster-free … for the most part We’ve got the most crooked-backed kids per capita We’re dedicated to keeping people alive forever The most [...]

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Press Freedom Index 2009: Singapore Ranked 133th

Reporters Without Borders compiles the Press Freedom Index every year on the basis of questionnaires that are completed by hundreds of journalists and media experts around the world. This year Press Freedom Index  2009 reflects press freedom violations that took place between 1 September 2008 and 31 August 2009.

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Singapore Container Ship Kota Wajar Seized by Somali Pirates

A Singapore-flagged 24,637-tonne container ship “Kota Wajar” with 21 crew was seized by infamous Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean; and, at least five vessels are now in the hands of Somali pirates. This Singapore-registered container vessel, “Kota Wajar”, was boarded by unidentified men north of the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean (position Lat 01o33′S [...]

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The World’s Leading Financial Centers 2009: Singapore in Top 4

The world’s largest economies took the biggest hit in the World Economic Forum‘s second annual Financial Development Report. Global financial centers still lead in the report’s Index, but the effects of financial instability have pulled down their scores compared to last year. The United Kingdom, buoyed by the relative strength of its banking and non-banking [...]

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Singapore Population Trend 2009: nearly 5 million

Singapore’s total population as at the end of June 2009 was 4,987,600. There were 3.73 million Singapore residents (citizens and permanent residents) and 1.25 million non-residents. The total population in 2009 grew by 3.1 percent over the previous year. The resident population registered a growth of 2.5% in 2009. The number of Singapore citizens stood [...]

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Singapore Rebel: the complete video

Singapore Rebel (26 minutes), about Singapore Democratic Party chief Chee Soon Juan, is now rated M18, which allows those above 18 years old to view it. If you are not 18 years old yet, stop reading. It’s the story of opposition politician Chee Soon Juan, who has been imprisoned twice for championing democratic change in [...]

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Video: Singapore Lights Timelapse

This fantastic work is done by our local photographer Weehan Yeo, Shot for a couple months with an assortment of Canon DSLRs and EF lenses. Post production was achieved in Final Cut Pro 6 and Color was used for grading.

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My Island Home by Kaira Gong [with Lyrics]

Do you like Singapore 2009 NDP theme song “What Do You See“? This is Singapore 2006 National Day Parade’s theme song by Kaira Gong “My Island Home“: My Island Home Lyrics

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China Performs 13 Million Abortions Yearly

via TIME, China performs about 13 million abortions every year, mostly for single young women who experts say know little about contraception, state media said Thursday in a rare disclosure of sensitive family planning statistics. Singapore is among 54 countries – including US – where an abortion can be performed regardless of reason, according to [...]

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