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		<title>Singapore Economy Continues To Grow In Q1 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 02:43:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Singapore&#8217;s economy continued to grow at a healthy pace in the first quarter of 2011. Based on advance estimates, the economy expanded by 8.5 per cent on a year-on-year basis, compared to 12 per cent in the previous quarter. On a seasonally-adjusted quarter-on-quarter annualized basis, the economy grew by 23.5 per cent. This is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia Fines Japan Airlines $5.5 Million For Price Fixing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Court in Melbourne today ordered a $5.5 million penalty against Japan Airlines International Co Ltd (JAL) for breaching the price fixing provisions of the Trade Practices Act 1974. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman, Graeme Samuel said this matter represents the seventh international airline to settle the ACCC&#8217;s air cargo proceedings. &#8220;This outcome [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food Stalls In Singapore Agree To Hold Prices For Six Months</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over 1,000 food stalls from across Singapore are doing their part to help ease the pressures of increasing prices. This was announced by Chairman of the Retail Price Watch Group (RPWG) and Minister of State for Trade and Industry and Manpower, Lee Yi Shyan as Food Junction and Food Republic became the latest to join [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Singapore To Build Second And Largest Desalination Plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 02:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Singapore’s national water agency PUB and Hyflux Ltd signed a 25-year Water Purchase Agreement (WPA) today, for Singapore’s second and largest desalination plant. Under this agreement, Tuaspring as the concession company, will deliver desalinated water to PUB over a 25-year period from 2013 to 2038. The desalination plant, to be located in Tuas, will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Singapore Invests $1 Million To Promote Use Of Tamil Language</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 02:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Education (MOE) will be providing up to $1 million to the Tamil Language Learning Promotion Committee (TLLPC) over the next 5 years to promote the learning and use of the Tamil Language. TLLPC plans to enhance ICT-based learning for students by organising touch-typing workshops, E-Story competition for upper secondary and junior college [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chee Hong Tat To Lead Singapore Energy Market Authority</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr Lawrence Wong Shyun Tsai, 38, will step down as Chief Executive of Energy Market Authority (CE, EMA) on 1 April 2011. He will be leaving after nearly 14 years of excellent service in the public sector. Mr Chee Hong Tat, 37, will be appointed as CE, EMA with effect from 9 May 2011. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Singapore Invests $3.5 Million To Help Persons With Disabilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 01:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government will provide up to $3.5million to the Open Door Fund (ODF) over the next 3 years to help companies create employment opportunities for persons with disabilities. The funds will also be used to raise industry awareness and help employers build support systems in human resource and operations to hire them on a sustained [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Releases Radiation Data From Fukushima Area</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Energy released data recorded from its Aerial Monitoring System as well as ground detectors deployed along with its Consequence Management Response Teams. The information has also been shared with the government of Japan as part of the United States&#8217; ongoing efforts to support Japan with the recovery and response effort. On [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Singapore Reaches All Time High Of 11.6 Million Visitors In 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2010 was an exceptional year for Singapore tourism, said Senior Minister of State S. Iswaran. Singapore welcomed an all time high of 11.6 million visitors, a 20 per cent increase from 2009. Tourism receipts rose by 49 per cent to hit a record of S$18.8 billion. To continue growing the industry, a push for product [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Singapore Non Oil Domestic Exports Up 2.9% For February 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 01:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a month-on-month seasonally adjusted (m-o-m SA) basis, non-oil domestic exports (NODX) increased by 2.9 per cent in February 2011, following the previous month&#8217;s 2.1 per cent growth. On a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, NODX rose by 7.8 per cent in February 2011, following the 21 per cent expansion in the previous month, due to non-electronic [...]]]></description>
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