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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: 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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If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think: Commuters on MRT train join flash mob performance of NDP classic Home
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If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think. Pause, engage brain, attain enlightenment. Saturday, 8 August 2015. Commuters on MRT train join flash mob performance of NDP classic Home. By Chew Hui Min, The Straits Times, 7 Aug 2015. Another long train ride home? How about a sing-along to make the journey seem shorter? A video of commuters breaking into song on public transport has garnered more than 160,000 views and been shared more than 10,000 times since it was posted on Facebook. Yesterday we helped make so...
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If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think: Clearer, faster communications a priority for Govt
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If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think. Pause, engage brain, attain enlightenment. Saturday, 8 August 2015. Clearer, faster communications a priority for Govt. Plans, policies to be conveyed with Whole-of-Govt perspective: Yaacob. By Audrey Tan, The Straits Times, 7 Aug 2015. The Government must respond faster, with fewer words and in customised ways, to better communicate with people in this fast-paced digital age, Minister for Communications and Information (MCI) Yaacob Ibrahim. Posted by Yaacob Ibrahim.
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If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think: 12 stations of Downtown Line 2 to open on 27 December
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If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think. Pause, engage brain, attain enlightenment. Saturday, 8 August 2015. 12 stations of Downtown Line 2 to open on 27 December. Phase 2 of Downtown Line to open on Dec 27. It will offer quicker access to CBD and Marina Bay for commuters in the north-west. By, Adrian Lim, The Straits Times, 7 Aug 2015. Commuters in the north-west, including Bukit Panjang, will have quicker access to the Central Business District and Marina Bay. Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew. The six sta...
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