This is from the article, Foreigners bolstering Singapore's birth rate: report, in Reuters Life! by Melanie Lee, editing by Miral Fahmy.
A total of 16,232 babies were born in Singapore between January and May, with about 25 percent having foreign fathers and about 36 percent with foreign mothers, ...Find Singapore here.
This is from the article, A tidal wave of humanity, in Independent Online.
Cities like Singapore and Busan, South Korea, show it is possible "to grow at breakneck speed without undermining nature," said Dr Ahmed Djoghlaf, executive secretary of the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity.Find Singapore here.
This is from the AFP article, Singapore: Asia's Switzerland for millionaires.
The tiny, tropical island-state, Southeast Asia's most advanced economy, has emerged as a centre for the wealth management industry which caters to an elite breed called high net worth individuals, or HNWIs.Find Singapore here.
This is from the article, Singapore Medicine, in the blog Stupid Malaysia.
Singapore has not only positioned itself as a financial capital, leading innovator in the arms industry, petroleum processing centre, biotechnological centre. It has now almost emerged as a medical hub. Providing unsurpassed medical treatment and care to well paying patients either from countries where medical treatment are prohibitive and countries in which expertise are lacking.Find Singapore here.
This is from the article, Singapore emerging as 'tuition nation', in The Earth Times by DPA.
Ninety-seven out of 100 students queried in primary, secondary and junior colleges have either private tutors or attend extra lessons at centres.Find Singapore here.
So pervasive is the practice that some dub the city-state the "tuition nation," the poll report said.
This is from the article, Lawmakers seek Singapore's help on how to best teach math, by By Lisa Schencker in The Salt Lake Tribune.
Singaporean eighth-graders scored first in the world in math on the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study in 2003. Nine countries' students outperformed U.S. eighth-graders in the study.Find Singapore here.
This is from the article, Singapore Airlines Inspired By Air India? in The Kamla Bhatt Show.
This is a two-part interview. In Part-1 Raj talks about the connection between Air India and Singapore Airlines, and how with laser sharp focus the airlines emerged as one of the top airlines in the world. How did Singapore Airlines do it? How did they do their branding and marketing? How did Singapore Airlines emerge as a trend setter known for its excellent service, innovation and marketing?Find Singapore here.
This is from the article, In Singapore, a House Steeped in Tradition, in the New York Times, Great Homes and Destinations by By Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop about a house at S$22000 rent.
The Pickerings’ is one of 33 black-and-white houses around the Mount Pleasant area; there are similar pockets elsewhere in the city. The houses are magnets for expatriates but unloved by Singaporeans, for whom they have sinister associations. “Some of the more senior taxi drivers don’t like to come here at night,” Mrs. Pickering said. “These houses were taken over by the high command of the Japanese military during the Second World War, and some Singaporeans believe they’re haunted.”Find Singapore here.
This is from the article, Mumbai improves ranking in attracting foreign investment, in The Economic Times.
In terms of overall ranking, Mumbai has been placed at 48th spot with London retaining the top slot as the global economy's most influential city, it said.Find Singapore here.
In addition to London, top five positions are occupied by New York, Tokyo, Singapore and Chicago.
This is from the article, Health care - another embarassing (but inspiring) Singapore comparison, in Stephenfranks.co.nz by Stephen Franks about the Healthcare Systems.
When I first visited Singapore, from recollection their per capita incomes were about half ours. Now they earn an average US$4500 more per capita. They spend in total on health US$ 1,140 per person, about half what we spend.Find Singapore here.
This is from the article, Rwanda Strives to Become High Technology Hub for Africa, in Voice of America by Cathy Majtenyi
Kigali about Rwanda transformation into "the Singapore of Africa".
"We are trying to be the hub within this continent. We are trying to be a services hub, we are trying to be a point of reference for the other countries on the continent in terms of how a third-world country can take itself from the state that most people in the world know Rwanda was in 1994, to a middle-income status country by the year 2020. That really is what Singapore has done," Nyirishema said.Find Singapore here.
This appear in the article, Big Breaks, in Sunday Heralds by Travelguru.
Top International Honeymoon destinations such as Madives and singapore provides ample oppurtunity to tourists for relishing their outings.Find Singapore here.
This is from the article, Our Pro-poor health care policy rewarded, by Professor Chula Goonasekera in The Island Online.
We are a tropical country with a 20 million population. Its birth rate and death rate are reducing with a reduction in population growth. Currently life expectancy in Sri Lanka is estimated to be 68 for males and 75 for females. As a result, our population pyramid had now begun to invert and Sri Lanka is expected to be the third oldest country in Asia after Japan and Singapore by 2010 in the Asian region. Unfortunately, to date, we are yet to pay sufficient attention to care for our increasingly aged population.Find Singapore here.
