By Claudia Blume Hong Kong 01 October 2007 Singapore has been ranked the world's easiest place to conduct business and Japan's trade surplus almost quadrupled in August. Claudia Blume at VOA's Asia News Center in Hong Kong has more on these and ot

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The ruling party in Singapore has named a likely replacement to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Lee is 66 years old and has said he will step down at age 70. He is the son of Singapores founder, Lee Kuan Yew. Late last week, Singapores 57-year-old fi

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When Presidents, royalty or celebrities visit Singapore, they often receive a specially grown orchid, the national flower of the city-state, named after them. Barack and Michelle Obama, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Nelson Mandela all have multi-c

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China hopes

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Singapore 05 May 2006 Lee Hsien Loong waves to supporters during a rally in the financial district of Singapore, May 3, 2006 The Singapore elections Saturday are being seen as

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By Ivana Kuhar Washington 27 September 2007 A new report by the World Bank says countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, along with emerging markets including China, and India, have made the greatest strides over the past year in term

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Among the accords is a long-anticipated deal over negotiations to upgrade the seven-year-old China-Singapore free trade agreement. Zhang Jianping, a foreign trade expert with China's top economy planner, NDRC, says it's expected to meet the increasin

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Singapore 06 May 2006 Singapore's ruling People's Action Party won Saturday's general election with a landslide victory, securing a strong mandate for the two year old leadersh

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The annual Shangri-La Dialogue, also known as the 15th Asia Security Summit, kicks off in Singapore today. The three-day event gathers delegations from nearly 30 countries, including military officials from China, the US, Japan, South Korea, Indonesi

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SINGAPORE, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Two Chinese Navy ships called at Singapore's Changi port on Sunday on their way back to China from an escort mission in the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somali. The destroyer Wuhan and the frigate Yulin were part of

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NANJING, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan on Friday said China is ready to work with Singapore to strengthen cooperation in the financial, technology and science fields. Wang made the remarks as he co-chaired the ninth Joint Counci

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SINGAPORE, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The over 60 nursing homes in Singapore, especially those run by voluntary welfare organizations, are facing a bed crunch, local daily Straits Times reported on Sunday. The newspaper found in a check with 20 homes that mo

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BEIJING, May 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi has been named the ambassador(大使) for the ScreenSingapore 2011, organizers have announced. Zhang will join directors Oliver Stone and Wayne Wang to promote the first international film eve

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SINGAPORE, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- Italy's 19-year-old Matteo Manassero holed a 12-foot putt for eagle on the third play-off hole to win the Singapore Open on Sunday, beating South African player Louis Oosthuizen. It also makes Manassero the first teenag

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SINGAPORE, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- The first Chinese Film Festival in Singapore kicked off on Saturday, featuring five movies produced by Chinese film makers and artists, including those based in Hong Kong. The selection include It's Love, a film directe

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SINGAPORE, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- A Singapore start-up firm has devised an innovative application to allow phone users to have access to their positioning information within buildings, where traditional global positioning system has often proved inaccur

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China responds to Singapore's Chinese bus driver arrests

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Clare: Hello this is Clare from the United States, I am talking with Mike from Singapore about obesity and diet in our countries. America is famous for well infamous for being one of the fattest countries in the world. Mike you said that in Singapore

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A website to introduce China's new silk road initiative has been launched in Singapore. The website unveiled Tuesday aims to provide information on China's one belt one road plan for local companies that aim to benefit from the initiative. The websit

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Pre-Listening Vocabulary ban: to disallow disposal: the throwing away of waste sensor: a device that receives a signal and responds Free Trade Agreement: a formal agreement between countries to trade freely without government interference medicinal:

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