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This is from the article, Asian students top performers in maths, science, in Sify news.

Hong Kong SAR and Singapore were found to be the top performing countries in maths at the fourth grade level, followed by Chinese Taipei and Japan.
The report also said that Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, England, Latvia, and the Netherlands also performed very well.
As regards mathematics achievement at the eighth grade, the researchers wrote that Chinese Taipei, Korea, and Singapore were the top performing countries, followed by Hong Kong SAR and Japan. There was a substantial gap in average mathematics achievement between the countries.
Hungary, England, the Russian Federation, and the United States performed similarly.
In science achievement at the fourth grade, Singapore turned out to be the top performing country, followed by Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong SAR. Japan, the Russian Federation, Latvia, England, the United States, Hungary, Italy, and Kazakhstan also performed very well.
At the eighth grade in science, Singapore and Chinese Taipei again had the highest average achievement, followed by Japan and Korea.
England, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Hong Kong SAR, and the Russian Federation also performed well.

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In the middle of an outsource chain

This is from the article, Affymetrix to outsource jobs to Singapore, By Kirsty Barnes in Outsourcing-Pharma.com.

Singapore has established itself as a popular destination for pharma and biopharmaceutical firms in terms of manufacturing, boasting a number of top companies on it shores, who are lured by its Asia-Pacific proximity, lower cost base compared to the west, and reputation for high quality output.

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Talents accommodating

This is from the article, The “miracle” on Jalan Gasing, in Save Bukit Gasing blog by Sharaad Kuttan.

... a more elaborate anecdote: that a leading immunologist based at Chicago University had trouble finding a job in Malaysia and was eventually hired in Singapore and given PR status. He referred to this human resource as “our treasures”: the frustration was thick in his voice. Lee took the microphone and underscored what he felt to be the problem: the lack of political leadership.

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