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If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think: Treasure the Singapore Character
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If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think. Pause, engage brain, attain enlightenment. Saturday, 8 August 2015. Treasure the Singapore Character. This is an excerpt from a speech by Education Minister Heng Swee Keat. At an award ceremony of the Singapore Teaching and Academic Research Talent Scheme. The Straits Times, 7 Aug 2015. In a few days' time, we will be celebrating our 50th year of independence, so this is our Golden Jubilee week. In the last 50 years, our pioneers have shown resilience and character&...
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If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think: Singapore: An exceptional start-up turns 50
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If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think. Pause, engage brain, attain enlightenment. Saturday, 8 August 2015. Singapore: An exceptional start-up turns 50. Published The Straits Times, 7 Aug 2015. Who passed away this year, belonged to the bricks and mortar generation. Lee and his People's Action Party, who navigated Singapore's incredible journey from Third World to First, could not have been more different from Silicon Valley's brash tech entrepreneurs. Yet, as Singapore celebrates its 50th anniversary.
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If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think: August 2015
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If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think. Pause, engage brain, attain enlightenment. Monday, 31 August 2015. GE2015: PAP launches manifesto, With You, For You, For Singapore. Vote for party you want to form govt: PM. Election not about sending a message to ruling party, he says, but picking leaders. By Rachel Chang, Assistant Political Editor, The Sunday Times, 30 Aug 2015. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Has asked voters to back the Peoples Action Party. Mr Lee also quoted Manpower Minister Lim Swee Say.
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If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think: Behind the scenes: What led to separation in 1965
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If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think. Pause, engage brain, attain enlightenment. Saturday, 8 August 2015. Behind the scenes: What led to separation in 1965. Was Singapore expelled from the Malaysia federation or was the split based on mutual consent? A PhD student pieces together a behind-the-scenes version of events to suggest it was the latter. By Edmund Lim, Published The Straits Times, 5 Aug 2015. Posted by Lawrence Wong. On Saturday, August 8, 2015. What happened behind the scenes? This could have ...
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If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think: Lee Kuan Yew’s reading of Proclamation of Independence
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If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think. Pause, engage brain, attain enlightenment. Sunday, 9 August 2015. Lee Kuan Yew’s reading of Proclamation of Independence. Mr Lee Kuan Yew's reading of the Proclamation of Independence kicks off National Day celebrations. By Walter Sim, The Straits Times, 9 Aug 2015. Singapore heard for the first time a recording of founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew. The original reading of the Proclamation over Radio Singapore 50 years ago was made by an announcer. At Temasek Jun...
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If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think: Let's turn complaining into an art form
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If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think. Pause, engage brain, attain enlightenment. Saturday, 8 August 2015. Let's turn complaining into an art form. By Jack Sim, Published The Straits Times, 7 Aug 2015. I was in Lisbon recently and noticed a cultural similarity between the Portuguese and Singaporeans. Portugal is famous for its Fado. Music, characterised by mournful tunes and lyrics, often about the life of the poor, and infused with a sentiment of resignation and melancholia. These complaints could range...
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If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think: SCDF’s Save-A-Life initiative to see more AEDs installed in HDB estates
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If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think. Pause, engage brain, attain enlightenment. Saturday, 8 August 2015. SCDF’s Save-A-Life initiative to see more AEDs installed in HDB estates. Ensuring help is nearby to save a life. SCDF app lists AED locations, alerts CPR-trained volunteers when someone has cardiac arrest. By Ng Huiwen, The Straits Times, 7 Aug 2015. I was aware that every second counts and performing CPR quickly can really save lives," he said. It is part of SCDF's Save-A-Life initiative, which was.
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If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think: More patients medically evacuated to Singapore
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If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think. Pause, engage brain, attain enlightenment. Monday, 7 November 2011. More patients medically evacuated to Singapore. Companies, hospitals here see up to 30% growth in demand for such services. By Melissa Pang, The Straits Times, 6 Nov 2011. At 4pm last Wednesday, Singapore-based air ambulance service Express Medical Assistance received an urgent call from Indonesia. By 10pm the same day, she had been flown out of Medan and warded in a private Singapore hospital.
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