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    Prime Minister of Datuk Seri Najib Razak sent the ASEAN time zone proposal to visit Myanmar President U Thein Sein during their talks. President of Indonesia, Jokowi has agreed that ASEAN common time zone initiative be given the appropriate consideration which the first proposal for Southeast ASEAN Nations (ASEAN). He said that common time is symbolic of the association in ASEAN and must be accelerate among ASEAN members countries. After attending four-eyed meeting and delegation meeting with Malaysian’s

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    influential force of globalization. Singapore is no exception, as evidenced by her miraculous evolution from a mere fishing village in the past to the cosmopolitan and vibrant

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    children whose names were Mark, born in 1958, Angela, born in 1959, Hugh, born in 1963 and Phoebe, born in 1966. Around the same year as Phoebe was born, Malcolm Fraser was declared the Australian Army Minister, from the 26th of January 1966 to the 28th of February 1983. Being the Australian Army Minister, Malcolm Fraser had argued about the controversial Vietnam War debate. It was about the needs of sending young Australian men, who were under 20 years old were sent to Vietnam.

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    The executive, including the cabinet and the prime minister, is elected by the parliament while the members of parliament (MPs) are elected by citizens. Nowadays, many countries are still ruled by a parliamentary system, mainly Britain and its former colonies, including the United

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    long-familiar throughout the global commerce industry as predominant and sustained business powerhouse. He use his life build Kuok Group. Now, Kuok Group boasts of a huge network of companies under three main holding companies in Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore. Robert Kuok’s property include in range from sugarcane plantations, sugar refineries, flour milling, animal feed, oil, mining, finance, hotels, properties, trading, freight and publishing. Robert Kuok who started the expansion and the diversification

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    Paris Peace conference under the Meiji government the Japanese delegates proposed a racial equality clause, with the basis of the clause stating that the racial equality of all nations be a basic principle of the League of Nations. Australian prime minister at the time Billy Hughes and US president of the time Woodrow Wilson were both heavily against this clause as it for Australia it undermined the white Australia policy and for the United States as Wilson at the time was obliged to get the votes

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    The Battle of Singapore was also known as the Fall of Singapore. The fall of Singapore to the Japanese Army occurred on the 15th of February 1942. It was probably Britain’s worst defeat in World War Two. It was fought in the Southeast Asian theatre of the Second World War. It started when the Empire of Japan invaded the Allied stronghold of Singapore. The fighting in Singapore lasted from 8-15th of February 1942. What happened? What happened was that Japan capture from England and Britain surrendered

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    Foreigners & Singapore

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    Examine the impact that foreigners have on Singapore. In Singapore, there has been a rise in the number of foreigners over the last few years. Foreigners, who include highly skilled professionals, lowly skilled workers, and even foreign students negative impact brought about by them. Foreigners are considered to be a double-edged sword by many Singaporeans. The impact that foreigners have on Singapore can be classified in terms of education, economic, social and political impact. Increasing

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    stakeholder expectations." Do you agree? (Use Singapore as an example.) Modern day corporations have not just an obligation to its bottom line but they are accountable towards the stakeholders as well. The accountability is even greater in the context of a country as the purpose of the government is to serve these stakeholders, mainly its citizens who put them there through voting power and the businesses which generate economic wealth for the country. Singapore Incorporated is one of the many names given

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    SINGAPORE — The Tok and Teo families are a model of traditional harmony, with three generations gathered under one roof, enjoying each other’s company over slices of fruit and cups of tea on a Saturday afternoon in Singapore. There is only one problem: The youngest and oldest generations can barely communicate with each other. Lavell, 7, speaks fluent English and a smattering of Mandarin Chinese, while her grandmother, Law Ngoh Kiaw, prefers the Hokkien dialect of her ancestors’ home in southeastern

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