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		<title>Utah Partners With Local Governments In China To Boost Technology Exchanges</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Gary R. Herbert has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Jinshan District Mayor, Zhao Fuxi, in order to show mutual support for technology exchanges between Utah and Jinshan, China. Partnerships between Utah and local governments in China are an excellent venue for the application of technology created at Utah&#8217;s three major universities; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Singapore Launches iPhone App For Property Market Information</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 03:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From today, home-buyers will have easy access to property market information on the go from their iPhones and iPads to enable them to make better informed decisions. Downloadable from the Apple’s App Store in iTunes, the new and free “Property Market Information, Singapore” application is developed by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) as part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Singapore Promotes Sustainable Development In The ICT Sector</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 23:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Data centres urged to adopt the green standards for energy efficiency. Speech by Mr Lui Tuck Yew, Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts at the opening ceremony of SGX Data Center on 11 April 2011. Mr Magnus Bocker, CEO of SGX, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good Morning: I am delighted to join all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Singapore Invests $75 Million To Increase Food Service Productivity</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 01:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The food services sector in Singapore will get a boost in productivity with the latest industry plan driven by SPRING Singapore. The $75 million productivity plan was announced by Mr Lim Swee Say, Minister, Prime Minister’s Office, at a visit to PUTIEN Restaurant at nex Shopping Mall today. By 2015, the sector-wide nominal value-added (VA) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Singapore To Help Businesses Get Productivity And Innovation Credit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 02:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore needing help to apply for the Productivity and Innovation Credit (PIC) will be able to attend free clinics to get advice from the Enterprise Development Centres (EDCs) and the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) from 13 April 2011. Introduced last year, the PIC provides businesses with tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Golden Dragon Precise Copper Expands In Alabama, To Create 300 New Jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Robert Bentley today joined officials from China and Clarke County to announce 300 new jobs coming to Thomasville. Golden Dragon Precise Copper, Inc has chosen Thomasville as the location for its $100 million copper manufacturing facility. The 400,000 square foot facility will be the first one located in the United States. Golden Dragon Precise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wong Hong Kuan Appointed To Head Singapore Workforce Development Agency</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr Wong Hong Kuan who is currently the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Policy) in the Singapore Police Force (SPF), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), will be appointed as Chief Executive (CE) of the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) with effect from 1 June 2011. Mr Wong, aged 39, will succeed Mr Chan Heng Kee aged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Singapore Extends Suspension Of Fruit And Vegetable Imports From Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 01:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The AVA will extend its suspension on the import of all fruits and vegetables (from the affected prefectures of Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi and Gunma) to include Chiba and Ehime with immediate effect. Low levels of radioactive contaminants were detected in 4 samples of vegetables imported from Tochigi and Ibaraki, as well as Chiba and Ehime [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Singapore Releases March 22, 2011 Japan Earthquake Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Singapore Government has been following the situation at the Fukushima Nuclear Plant closely. The current assessment is that the likelihood of any radioactive plume reaching Singapore remains very low. All fresh produce exported from Japan are being tested. No radioactive contamination has been detected thus far. There are no food imports from the affected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington State Launches Japan Relief Effort</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Chris Gregoire has launched the Washington State-Japan Relief Effort. Since the disaster, Washington’s businesses and residents have donated $7 million in support and assistance to disaster relief in Japan. In launching the effort, Gregoire set a goal of doubling that amount, asking the state’s residents and businesses to raise an additional $7 million. “Like [...]]]></description>
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