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The New #1 Tourist Destination in the World? It’s Bangkok

Posted on May 29, 2013 by klorius

The New #1 Tourist Destination in the World? It’s Bangkok But New York still earns the most money from foreign tourists — and Tokyo earns the most per tourist, by a long ways DEREK THOMPSON | MAY 28 2013, 1:59 PM … Continue reading →

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Lesson for 12 Apr 2013: Singapore’s ageing population and policy responses

Posted on April 12, 2013 by klorius

For this lesson, your job will be to read through the given materials, and then provide a response in the form of at least two (more is of course fine) substantive comments to this post by the end of the lesson. This … Continue reading →

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Elegy for an urban graveyard

Posted on April 2, 2013 by klorius

http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2013/04/singapores-heritage Singapore’s heritage Elegy for an urban graveyard Apr 1st 2013, 3:37 by Banyan | SINGAPORE AT QING MING, the annual two-week-long tomb-sweeping festival that culminates this year on April 4th, Bukit Brown springs to life. The biggest Chinese graveyard outside China, … Continue reading →

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Senators introduce bill to approve Keystone XL pipeline

Posted on March 15, 2013 by aidenchia

(Reuters) – A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate on Thursday would give Congress the power to approve TransCanada Corp’s Keystone XL pipeline project to link Canada’s oil sands with refineries and ports in Texas. The measure, unveiled by … Continue reading →

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Highlights for Singapore Budget 2013/14

Posted on March 7, 2013 by kevinykw

SINGAPORE, Feb 25 (Reuters) – The following are highlights of Singapore’s budget for the 2013/14 fiscal year starting in April. Public anger is running high in the affluent city-state about a surge in immigration that is blamed for overcrowding, rising prices and competition for … Continue reading →

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At Newsweek, Ending Print and a Blend of Two Styles

Posted on October 23, 2012 by klorius

By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY and DAVID CARR http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/18/newsweek-will-cease-print-publication-at-end-of-year/ From the start, it was an unwieldy melding of two newsrooms: a legacy print magazine, Newsweek, combined with an irreverent digital news site, The Daily Beast. It had high-profile ownership, first in Sidney Harman and then inBarry Diller, … Continue reading →

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