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Commandos win Best Combat Unit for 17th straight year
The commandos have won the Best Combat Unit award for the 17th straight year. It's the 34th time they have clinched the title since the SAF Best Unit Competition was…
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Singapore enters Phase 2: Forty units sold in first weekend of property showrooms reopening
Developers sold over 40 units across four development showrooms in the first weekend of Singapore's phase two reopening. Property developers sold more than 40 units in the first weekend of…
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Singapore GE2020: Who’s going to the polls?
More than 2.6 million eligible voters will go to the polls at the coming Singapore general election, but who are they made up of? Subscribe to our channel here: cna.asia/youtubesub…
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GE2020: Singapore Democratic Party leaders confident of quality over quantity
For the upcoming general election, the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) will be fielding 11 candidates in five of their old stomping grounds, such as Holland-Bukit Timah GRC and Marsiling-Yew Tee…
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Government Land Sales 2H2020: Private housing supply cut from confirmed list sites
To account for the global COVID-19 situation, the supply of private residential housing from confirmed sites will be cut under the Government Land Sales programme for 2H2020. Three private residential…
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IMF slashes global growth outlook for 2020, sees sluggish turnaround in 2021
A deep downturn in 2020 and sluggish turnaround in 2021. In it's latest World Economic Outlook report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slashing its estimates again, as the disruption…
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Peonies bloom in China’s Inner Mongolia region
A sea of blossoming Chinese peonies, covering nearly 200 hectares, has drawn scores of tourists to a wetland in northern China's Inner Mongolia region. The peony is China's national flower.…
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New conditions issued to funeral parlours with embalming facilities
Singapore has issued new conditions to licensed funeral parlours with embalming facilities, to raise standards of funeral services. Licensees have to register all embalmers who work at their premises with…
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GE2020: PAP may get strong mandate amid COVID-19 crisis, say analysts
The ruling People's Action Party is going into the upcoming General Election amid the COVID-19 crisis. The country is gradually returning to normalcy after weeks of circuit breaker measures, which…
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Core inflation sees fourth straight month of decline in May
Consumer prices in Singapore fell at a faster pace in May compared to April, due to the impact from circuit breaker measures. Core inflation, meanwhile, contracted for a fourth straight…