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PM Lee identifies 3 critical risks facing the world today
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[Straits Times] - By Jeremy Au Yong & Goh Chin Lian. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Friday identified economic woes in Europe and the US, rising nationalism, and the shift in the strategic balance from the West to the East as the three "critical risks" facing the
Call for role models to show women can have family, career
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[Straits Times] - By Goh Chin Lian. Dating agency owner Violet Lim is frequently approached by women in their mid-30s to 40s asking for help, but she is often at a loss because the men want younger women to start a family. So she believes that Singapore needs more
Issue of unwed couples having children brought up at discussion
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[Straits Times] - By Goh Chin Lian. The subject was unwed couples having children, and it drew conflicting views from Singaporeans at a studio discussion with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Friday. A single mother wanted to have more children but did not want to get
National Day Parade costs rise to $17.2m
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[Straits Times] - By Goh Chin Lian. The bill for the National Day Parade has more than trebled in 10 years, reaching $17.2 million last year. Costs have been climbing since the annual bash to celebrate Singapore's independence was moved to the Padang and also the
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