On the loose in Singapore
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Singapore is to ease regulations in a bid to foster creativity and entrepreneurship. Singapore aims to attract foreign investment, and rules on foreign ownership in the banking sector are to be eased. Greater political freedom is to be given to students. Critics note that the Internal Security Act permits detention with no need of a trial. A political opposition could emerge to the People's Action Party. The Workers' Party holds two seats, but the party is threatened with insolvency following a defamation award.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1999
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Cat and mouse in Singapore
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Singapore's dominant PAP, which won in the Jan 2, 1997 election by a landslide, is perhaps so popular because it scared people into voting for it. The PAP government threatened to stall housing upgrades and possibly increase housing prices in opposition party districts.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1997
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A question of health
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Reports that Singapore's supposed next prime minister has cancer has worried the country's stock market. Lee Hsien Loong, the expected successor to Goh Chok Tong, is the son of founding father and long-time ruler Lee Kuan Yew.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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