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    • Monday, 18 October, 2021
      FT Globetrotter
      ‘The taste of nostalgia’: five top spots for classic Singaporean food

      A delicious mélange of influences from across south-east Asia, the city-state’s traditional dishes are the ultimate comfort eat. Here’s where to find them at their finest

    • Friday, 27 August, 2021
      FT Magazine
      Scorching and surrounded by water, Singapore is on climate’s front lines

      The tropical city-state is rethinking its design and could become a model for other Asian metropolises

    • Tuesday, 29 September, 2020
      Singapore
      A three-pronged plan to secure Singapore’s role in SE Asia

      Coronavirus has highlighted both the island’s strengths and weaknesses

    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2017
      Health
      Singapore steps up its fight against flab

      A calorie-rich diet has made office workers prone to obesity and diabetes. Now the state is taking action

    • Thursday, 13 July, 2017
      FT Magazine
      How robots are teaching Singapore’s kids

      They are the newest recruits to the country’s preschools — but should androids really shape children’s minds? 

      Children at the Sparkletots preschool in Singapore using the Bee-Bot and Kibo robots as part of their lessons
    • Monday, 10 July, 2017
      Asia-Pacific companies
      GLP sale at risk of foundering over China assets

      Auction for warehouse group receives non-binding bid from Warburg Pincus

      Shekou Container Terminal And Shenzhen Qianhaiwan Free Trade Port Area...Containers sit in the Shekou Container Terminals Ltd. in Shenzhen, China on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. China Merchants (Holdings) International Co., holds a majority stake in the Shekou Container Teminals and runs the warehousing and logistics facilities within the Shenzhen Qianhaiwan Free Trade Port Area. Photographer: Thomas Lee/Bloomberg
    • Monday, 10 July, 2017
      European banks
      Singapore’s GIC warns of weaker returns

      Sovereign wealth fund’s performance falls to lowest since global financial crisis

      The logo for Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte Ltd, is seen on a building in Singapore July 6, 2017. Picture taken July 6, 2017.  REUTERS/Darren Whiteside
    • Sunday, 9 July, 2017
      The Big ReadGlobal Economy
      Asian dynasties: Battle for the soul of Singapore

      Competition from China takes some gloss off the city-state’s performance while its ruling family’s squabbles raise difficult questions

    • Thursday, 6 July, 2017
      World
      Singapore’s Lee family calls public truce over feud

      Siblings accept PM’s offer to settle dispute about father’s legacy behind closed doors

      From left: Lee Hsien Yang; Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien Loong; Lee Wei Ling
    • Wednesday, 5 July, 2017
      World
      Singapore deports maids over Islamist extremism

      City-state says the two Indonesian domestic workers were radicalised on social media

      In this photograph taken on Januar 22, 2012, a house maid cleans an apartment window in Jakarta while a construction site for high rise commercial and residential buildings are seen in the background. Indonesia's designs on joining the top table of global economies have been boosted by its upgrade to investment status, but corruption and a poor infrastructure are hurdles to full membership. AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACAD (Photo credit should read ROMEO GACAD/AFP/Getty Images)
    • Monday, 3 July, 2017
      World
      Singapore PM hits back at siblings over abuse of power claims

      Lee declines to sue, saying legal action would ‘further besmirch my parents’ names

      This handout from Singapore's Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) taken and released on June 19, 2017 shows Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong making a statement at the Istana presidential palace in Singapore. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on June 19 apologised to Singaporeans for a bitter family feud over his late father's legacy that has damaged the country's reputation. Lee and two younger children of revered founding leader Lee Kuan Yew have been attacking each other on Facebook and international media for days as a dispute over the patriarch's estate became public, a spectacle that has shocked Singaporeans. / AFP PHOTO / MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION / Handout / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS HANDOUT/AFP/Getty Images
    • Monday, 3 July, 2017
      Transport
      GLP take-private auction draws just two private-equity bids

      Lacklustre response prompts complaints GIC should have ensured more robust process

      Aerials Of The Lion City As Gross Domestic Product Contracts Most Since 2012...Gantry cranes and shipping containers stand at the Brani container terminal in this aerial photograph taken above Singapore, on Thursday, July 2, 2015. Singapore's economy contracted more than analysts predicted last quarter, underscoring the weakening outlook for Asian nations amid sluggish global growth. The local dollar weakened to its lowest level in more than a month. Photographer: Darren Soh/Bloomberg
    • Sunday, 2 July, 2017
      Property sector
      Iskandar: ‘Malaysia’s Shenzhen’ takes shape

      Special economic zone set to be three times size of Singapore

      A visitor looks at a model of the proposed Bandar Malaysia development, which Iskandar Waterfront Holdings Sdn. and China Railway Engineering Corp. bought 60 percent of in December last year for 7.41 billion ringgit, stands in a showroom in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Friday, Oct. 7, 2016. The development will host terminals for a planned high-speed rail line connecting Kuala Lumpur to Singapore and has an estimated sales value of 150 billion ringgit. Photographer: Charles Pertwee/Bloomberg
    • Thursday, 29 June, 2017
      World
      Singapore central bank says property market curbs to remain
    • Tuesday, 27 June, 2017
      Asia-Pacific companies
      IHH Healthcare hunts acquisitions in India

      Asia’s biggest healthcare operator plots expansion as demand for private hospitals rises

      IHH Healthcare’s Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital in Singapore
    • Friday, 23 June, 2017
      Asia-Pacific companies
      Logistics group halts shares after Blackstone and KKR pull out

      Singapore’s GLP takes action after FT report on conflict of interest concerns

      Shekou Container Terminal And Shenzhen Qianhaiwan Free Trade Port Area...Containers sit in the Shekou Container Terminals Ltd. in Shenzhen, China on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. China Merchants (Holdings) International Co., holds a majority stake in the Shekou Container Teminals and runs the warehousing and logistics facilities within the Shenzhen Qianhaiwan Free Trade Port Area. Photographer: Thomas Lee/Bloomberg
    • Friday, 23 June, 2017
      Transport
      GLP shares halted in Singapore after 7% fall
    • Thursday, 22 June, 2017
      Asia-Pacific companies
      Private equity players turn their back on GLP’s landmark asset sale

      View that ties between chief and private-equity house Hopu make rival bids pointless

      Ming Z. Mei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Global Logistic Properties Limited, delivers a speech at the listing ceremony of Global Logistic Properties at the Singapore Exchange, in Singapore, on Monday, October 18, 2010. Photographer: Munshi Ahmed/Bloomberg
    • Tuesday, 20 June, 2017
      Commodities
      Noble confirms key repayment deadline pushed back

      Trader granted temporary reprieve but search for strategic investor still crucial

      Noble Group Ltd. signage sits on display outside during an investor day in Singapore, on Monday, Aug. 17, 2015. Noble pledged to increase operating profit to more than $2 billion in the next three to five years as Asia's largest commodity trader sought to reassure investors about its long-term prospects. Photographer: Nicky Loh/Bloomberg
    • Monday, 19 June, 2017
      World
      Singapore prime minister apologises for siblings’ dispute

      Lee Hsien Loong admits allegations against him affect ‘integrity of the government’

      SINGAPORE - SEPTEMBER 11: Singapore Prime Minister and People's Action Party (PAP) Secretary General, Lee Hsien Loong (C) arrives at the polling station to cast his vote at Alexandra Primary School on September 11, 2015 in Singapore. About 2.5 million voters are expected to visit polling station islandwide. The 2015 general election sees all 89 parliamentary seats being contested for the first time since independence in 1965. This is also the first election in Singapore's history without founding Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew, who passed away in March this year. (Photo by Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images)
    • Friday, 16 June, 2017
      ObituaryGerman politics
      Helmut Kohl, first chancellor of a reunified Germany

      Architect of post-cold war nation and ardent European who was felled by scandal

      FILE PHOTO - German Chancellor Helmut Kohl gestures during an electoral rally in Erfurt for first free elections in East Germany in this February 1990 file photo. REUTERS/Michael Urban/File Photo
    • Friday, 16 June, 2017
      Audio articles
      Feud in Singapore’s first family raises questions of dynastic ambition

      Dispute between children of founding patriarch Lee Kuan Yew puts his legacy at stake

      People bow as they pay their respects to the late former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew at Tanjong Pagar community club, in the constituency which Lee represented as Member of Parliament since 1955, in Singapore...People bow as they pay their respects to the late former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew at Tanjong Pagar community club, in the constituency which Lee represented as Member of Parliament since 1955, in Singapore March 23, 2015. Lee, Singapore's first prime minister and architect of the tiny Southeast Asian city-state's rapid rise from British tropical outpost to global trade and financial centre, died early on Monday, aged 91, the Prime Minister's Office said. REUTERS/Edgar Su TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
    • Thursday, 15 June, 2017
      Audio articles
      Singapore frets over worsening Lee family feud

      PM’s sister says dispute is about abuse of state power, not just sibling rivalry

      SINGAPORE, MARCH 29: In this handout image provided by the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) of Singapore, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong attends the funeral service for the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew at the University Cultural Centre, National University of Singapore on March 29, 2015 in Singapore. Mr Lee Kuan Yew passed away on the morning of March 23, 2015 at Singapore General Hospital at the age of 91. Lee Kuan Yew was a Singaporean politician and the first Prime Minister of the country, governing for over 30 years and famed for his achievements in bringing a third world country to first world status in a single generation. (Photo by Ministry of Communications and Information of Singapore via Getty Images)
    • Wednesday, 14 June, 2017
      ExplainerWorld2 min
      Lee family feud in Singapore

      Dispute puts closely held nature of power in the spotlight

    • Wednesday, 14 June, 2017
      Commodities
      Noble lawsuit lifts lid on boardroom struggle

      Former chief executive questioned group’s ‘viability’ in meeting with founder Richard Elman

      FILE PHOTO: Noble Groups Chief Executive Officer Yusuf Alireza speaks during a news conference after meeting with investors in Singapore August 17, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo
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