Singapore hospitals are looking to recruiting overseas medical students ahead of their graduation by offering them a pre-employment grant.

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The SDP repeated its call for opposition unity in order to bring about democratic change in Singapore. Dr Chee Soon Juan made the call during a session with opposition leaders and civil society actors on Saturday.

The discussion took place at a seminar co-organised by the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD) and Liberal International (LI) last Saturday. Foremost in the minds of the participants was how to get the opposition to work out a common strategy to fight the PAP in the forthcoming general elections.

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Dr Chee Soon Juan has written to Associate Professor Bilveer Singh of the National University of Singapore (NUS) to clarify points that the academic had written in his book Politics and Governance in Singapore. The book is being used to teach a political science module and a student in that class had brought this to Dr Chee's attention through his Facebook.

Prof Singh wrote that Dr Chee had ousted Mr Chiam from the SDP. This is untrue. Dr Chee has written an extensive rebuttal to this point and he urged the NUS political scientist to revise the text in his book to "accurately reflect the facts."

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The Singapore Democrats have been going about the Bukit Panjang housing estate - block-to-block, house-to-house - distributing flyers to residents, stepping up our campaign efforts in preparations for the upcoming elections against the incumbent PAP MP Dr Teo Ho Pin.

While we continue to strengthen our online presence and expand our reach on the Internet, we are making sure that our work on the ground also intensifies. With the expansion within our ranks, our campaign in the constituency has also increased steadily in recent years.

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S’pore has slowed down its intake of workers from abroad as it mulls over a possible general election in the face of controversies on the practice of local companies hiring cheap labour.

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The history of Singapore has not received the level of investigation and coverage that it surely deserves... But a new book seeks to change that, albeit in a subtle way.

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Singapore's housing sector is still sizzling despite government measures to cool it down, with demand fuelled by a strong economy and foreign investor confidence, analysts say.

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Singaporean fixed line, broadband and mobile operator StarHub says that MediaCorp has transferred its total 7.46% equity stake (127.9 million shares) in the operator, to Temasek Holdings.

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The number of telephone calls to the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) helpline in Singapore has more than doubled since the Resorts World Sentosa casino opened on February 14.

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Although the Singapore govt usually prevents human rights experts from conducting official trips to the city-state, it has agreed to a request from the UN special envoy on racism to visit Singapore.

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