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Under Lee, Singapore developed into one of the cleanest, safest, and most economically prosperous cities in Asia. However, Singapore's strict rules of civil obedience ... drew criticism from those who said the nation's prosperity was achieved at the expense of individual freedoms.
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The U.S. Government sponsors visitors from Singapore each year under the International Visitor Program. The U.S. Government provides Fulbright awards to enable selected American professors to teach or conduct research at the National University of Singapore and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. It awards scholarships to outstanding Singaporean students for graduate studies at American universities and to American students to study in Singapore. The U.S. Government ... sponsors occasional cultural presentations in Singapore. The East-West Center and private American organizations, such as the Asia and Ford Foundations, also sponsor exchanges involving Singaporeans.
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Currently, Hill-Rom is working to finalize details on a site selection within Singapore. The company is targeting a site with up to 10,000 square feet of space to be used for offices, research and development labs, a customer experience center, and sales and marketing. The first phase of developing the Asia-Pacific Innovation Center is expected to be completed and operational by March 2008.
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Manufacturing and services are the twin engines of the Singapore economy and accounted for 26.9% and 63.2%, respectively, of Singapore's gross domestic product in 2006. The electronics and chemicals industries lead Singapore's manufacturing sector, accounting for 32.4% and 32.5%, respectively, of Singapore's manufacturing output in 2006. To inject new life to the tourism sector, which faced a 20% fall in receipts between 1993-2000, and a declining share of East Asia Pacific tourism receipts from 8.2% to 5.8%, the government in April 2005 approved the development of two casinos that should result in investments of more than US$5 billion.
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HAMILTON, Bermuda, March 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Scottish Re Group Limited (NYSE: SCT), the global life reinsurance specialist, announced today that it has been granted a license to open a full Branch Office in Singapore by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. The Branch Office will provide full marketing, operational and administration support to the Asia-Pacific markets including Japan, China, South East Asia, Korea and Australia. Scottish Re is currently present in the Asia-Pacific markets with a representative office in Singapore, which was established in October of 2005.
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BATESVILLE, Ind., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hillenbrand Industries, Inc. today announced its Hill-Rom subsidiary has selected Singapore as the site for its Asia-Pacific Innovation Center. The center will become the home base for new Hill-Rom teams focused on research & development (R&D) projects for global applications and will become a center of excellence for microelectronics and embedded software products.
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