The case stemmed from a 1994 settlement between the three Singaporean leaders and the paper about an article also by Bowring that referred to ‘ dynastic politics ’ in East Asian countries, including Singapore.

However the grassroots leaders in the unions had become increasingly worried about their marginalisation in Singaporean politics.

He is the author of a website, where he provides analyses of Singaporean politics, culture, gay issues and miscellaneous subjects.

Group Representation Constituencies ( GRCs ) are a type of electoral constituency unique to Singaporean politics.

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A mandatory National Service ( NS ) requires all male Singaporean citizens and second-generation permanent residents who have reached the age of 16 to enroll in the military.

Apart from the Bundeswehr, Unimogs have been used by many different militaries, including the Argentinian, British, Belgian, Danish, Dutch, French, Irish, Indonesian Army, Portuguese, Finnish, Estonian, Greek, Swiss, Chilean, Bolivian Naval Force, Mexican, Pakistani, Rhodesian and Singaporean armed forces.

In the 2010 Singaporean drama serial The Family Court, we have the main villain Danni ( Ann Kok ) with erotomania, obsessed with her ex-boyfriend Xiping ( Tay Ping Hui ) and targeting his fiancee Shuya ( Chris Tong ) to kill her.

Singaporean, Malaysian and Indonesian hotels have been particularly successful marketing lucrative Lebaran or Idul Fitri " escape package ".

In summary, Singapore's urban and transport strategy allowed the users to have pro-transit " carrots " matching auto-restraint " sticks ", and as a result, despite having one of the highest per capita incomes in Asia, 32 % of Singaporean households owned cars in 2010.

Other General Secretaries have been Australian C. Stacey Woods ( 1947 – 1972 ), Singaporean Chua Wee Hian ( 1972 – 1991 ) and Welshman Lindsay Brown ( 1991 – 2007 ).

This in theory allows the Singaporean government to have more control over imported inflation and to ensure that Singapore's exports remain competitive.

Historically, the noncommunist trade unions, led by the NTUC, have had a " uniquely cozy relationship " with the Singaporean government and the PAP in " a tripartite system ", and were key political allies to the PAP's securing of power in the 1960s.

In a 2008 study, about 41 % of the Singaporean participants felt that they already have a good command of English.

It remains the only Singaporean choir to have been invited to the event.

Though the island attracted attention for development and planning only in recent years, Singaporean visitors have been visiting Pulau Ubin for summer camps and outdoor activities for many years.

This would have decreased the number of Singaporean citizens on the board of the combined company and would have given addition seats to Australians.

In practice however, it is only compulsory for all fit and able-bodied Singaporean men who have reached 18 years of age, and are not deferred for certain reasons, to be conscripted in military service, or Full-time National Service ( NSF ).

The Singaporean government has a law that requires a car leaving Singapore to have a fuel tank that is mostly full, to prevent it from being filled with fuel from outside Singapore.

A minimum of a silver grade allows Singaporean males who have reached the age of 18 to perform just 9-weeks of Basic Military Training ( BMT ) in their National Service ( NS ) period, instead of the usual 13-weeks if the silver grade is not attained.

This uniquely Singaporean game involves two to four players each occupying one half of the pitch, each trying to score from his own half. Players can score as long as the ball is in their own half. If a ball rolls into a player's half immediately after he has taken a kick, he may kick again. Handballs result in disqualification. There are no limits to the number of touches a player can make. The first to an agreed upon number of goals wins. The game focuses on long-range accuracy and power to propel the ball accurately into the goal. Control is also an important aspect as to prevent the ball from rolling into the opponent's half. It is often played when footballers are tired as it does not use up too much energy, has simple rules, provides a good challenge and yet is good entertainment. The above are just some common rules as player's will each have their own versions of the game.

Narrators in concert versions of these works have included actors Danny Glover, Diana Douglas, Sean Dill and Debbie Allen, model Tatiana Sorokko, Singaporean violinist Min Lee, and BBC anchor Seva Novgorodsev.

As a 1994 winner of the Pingat Bakti Masyarakat ( state medal ), the first Singaporean footballer to play in Europe, the first Singaporean millionaire sportsperson and first Singaporean sportsperson to have a published biography, Fandi has been called a national legend.

That year, he also became the first Singaporean sportsperson to have career earnings exceeding a million Singapore dollars ( not adjusted for inflation ).

Monks from Sri Lanka, Thailand and other countries have come to teach their form of the dharma to Singaporean Buddhists.

Football ( soccer ) players who have Singaporean nationality.

Moreover, Singaporean troops continue to train in Taiwan, an arrangement which has been in place since the 1970s.

In November 2002, after meeting Dr. Keith Goh, a Singaporean neurosurgeon who successfully separated the Shrestha sisters from Nepal ( Ganga and Jamuna ), who had previously also been joined at the head, the Bijani sisters travelled to Singapore to undergo the controversial operation.

Filmi music composed by A. R. Rahman ( who would later win two Academy Awards for the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack ) has frequently been sampled by musicians elsewhere in the world, including the Singaporean artist Kelly Poon, the Uzbek artist Iroda Dilroz, the French rap group La Caution, the American artist Ciara, and the German band Löwenherz, among others.

Between these years, Sultan Iskandar has been awarded or been given the following awards by Singaporean political leaders:

Russell Lee is a Singaporean author best known as the creator of True Singapore Ghost Stories, a series of books that has been among the most popular source of ghost stories in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Hong Kong ever since the release of Book 1 in 1989.

In early 2010 it was announced that Earache's newest signing would be the Singaporean grindcore band Wormrot, and that the label would be reissuing the bands popular debut album-which had only previously been available direct from the band themselves-along with a second disc of over thirty bonus tracks.

Being located on the site of the Peck San Theng cemetery, the station is rumoured to be haunted, and has been the subject of several Singaporean urban legends, as well as the site for alleged ghost encounters.

* Dr Chew Chin Hin: Only Singaporean who had been conferred the prestigious Mastership in the American College of Physicians ( MACP ) for contribution to medicine in Singapore

There has been a general language attrition in the use of Chinese other than Mandarin, especially amongst young Singaporean populace.

According to Xinhua, the state news agency of the People's Republic of China, ten minutes of footage containing Chow Yun-fat's portrayal of Singaporean pirate Sao Feng have been trimmed from versions of the film which may be shown in China.

Critics of the sale focused on allegations directed toward Thaksin and a compliant government that the transaction was exempt from capital gains tax, the fact that the Thai company was sold to a Singaporean company, and the fact that the Thai law regarding foreign investments in the telecom sector had been amended just prior to the sale.

This was a significant step in the reform of Singaporean education system, which had been cited by critics as being too harsh and rigid in its regimen, not to mention its examination-centric approach towards achieving academic excellence.

Singaporean cuisine has been promoted as an attraction for tourists by the Singapore Tourism Board, as a major attraction alongside its shopping.

Given the passionate nature of most Singaporeans regarding food, and Singaporean cuisine, a constantly updated food guide, Makansutra, has been developed, which focuses on the hawker scene in Singapore, and identifies popular stalls in Singapore.

Literature in all four official languages has been translated and showcased in publications such as the literary journal Singa, that was published in the 1980s and 1990s with editors including Edwin Thumboo and Koh Buck Song, as well as in multilingual anthologies such as Rhythms: A Singaporean Millennial Anthology Of Poetry ( 2000 ), in which the poems were all translated three times each into the three languages.