The Singapore Government will offer an initial contribution of US$200,000 through ASEAN to support the efforts of countries such as Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia that have been aiding Rohingya refugees, said Foreign Affairs Minister K Shanmugam on Saturday (May 23)….
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CONTINUED You mentioned that one of the measures to ease congestion at the two checkpoints is possibly a new bridge; can you elaborate on that? Can you also give us some updates on the High Speed Rail? The congestion is…
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Lee Kuan Yew was sworn in as prime minister of Singapore on June 5, 1959, when Singapore then was a self-governing state within the British Commonwealth. When the Federation of Malaysia was established in 1963, Lee ushered Singapore into the…
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JAKARTA: Tentera Nasional Indonesia (TNI) layak dianggap sebagai ‘abang’ (big brother) dalam Asean memandangkan kesemua 10 negara anggota pertubuhan mengiktiraf kepimpinan TNI, kata Jeneral Moeldoko, panglima tentera republik itu. Namun, pada masa yang sama, jurucakap Kementerian Ehwal Luar Indonesia, Encik…
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Indonesia’s chief of defence forces General Moeldoko has called for greater regional cooperation in the global fight against the Islamic State (IS) threat. He spoke in Singapore on Wednesday (Oct 29), at a lecture organised by the S Rajaratnam School…
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