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<title>Expecting parents appeal for faster baby benefits</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184444669</link>
<pubDate>22 Aug 2008 01:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  of January 1, 2008, the benefits have been backdated to Sunday, when Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced a bonanza of tax benefits, leaves, a bigger &quot;baby bonus&quot; and other goodies  ...
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<title>Bigger package for that bundle of joy</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184326405</link>
<pubDate>21 Aug 2008 12:37 GMT</pubDate>
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...  also Minister-in-Charge of Population Issues, said yesterday. The package was announced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his National Day Rally speech on Sunday, in a bid to boost Singapore&apos;s  ...
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<title>Indonesia could ratify Asean charter next month</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184294514</link>
<pubDate>21 Aug 2008 07:18 GMT</pubDate>
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...  society discussing the pros and cons - it&apos;s normal,&quot; he said. Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong earlier Wednesday urged Asean parliamentarians to speed up the ratification process. &quot;The charter has  ...
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<title>Govt moves to tackle 2 big concerns</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184261971</link>
<pubDate>21 Aug 2008 02:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  hand $700m to boost families IT was not so long ago that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was lamenting our baby woes in his maiden National Day Rally speech in 2004.  ...
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<title>Singapore couples offered bigger perks for more babies</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184254629</link>
<pubDate>21 Aug 2008 01:23 GMT</pubDate>
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...  benefit all parents. Encouraging more births has been a national priority since Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong focused on the escalating problem of low birth rates in 2004. The current fertility  ...
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<title>Elderly S&apos;porean mocked for saying please</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184253826</link>
<pubDate>21 Aug 2008 00:59 GMT</pubDate>
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...  to the dogs. And whether Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong&apos;s appeal for greater kindness and graciousness  ...  vocabulary more often, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong suggested in his National Day Rally speech  ...
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<title>Singapore hangs out jobs-vacant sign</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184130762</link>
<pubDate>20 Aug 2008 10:56 GMT</pubDate>
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...  people. The National Trade Union Congress (NTUC), a labor movement, recently gave Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong feedback that local workers are increasingly worried about new immigrants taking away their jobs,  ...
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<title>ASEAN&apos;s parliamentarians urged to support closer regional integration</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184122058</link>
<pubDate>20 Aug 2008 09:37 GMT</pubDate>
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... Singapore&apos;s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Wednesday urged parliamentarians from Southeast Asian nations to support ASEAN integration policies, in particular  ...
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<title>ASEAN members &apos;tiny blips&apos; compared to India, China: Singapore PM</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184120906</link>
<pubDate>20 Aug 2008 09:34 GMT</pubDate>
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...  &apos;tiny blips&apos; on investors&apos; radar screens compared to China and India, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Wednesday. Opening the 29th ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) session, Lee said the 10-member  ...
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<title>Asean Needs To Be Strong And Integrated To Woo Investors</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184119803</link>
<pubDate>20 Aug 2008 09:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  region strong and integrated if they want to attract foreign investors, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said today. &quot;Compared to other regions, Asean countries are only tiny blips on the  ...
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<title>$1.6b baby perks</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184111957</link>
<pubDate>20 Aug 2008 08:13 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Singapore is introducing to boost births and support parents, an issue that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong highlighted at Sunday&apos;s National Day Rally. Details of the raft of measures were announced  ...
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<title>ASEAN members viewed as &quot;tiny blips&quot; on investors&apos; radar screens</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184110597</link>
<pubDate>20 Aug 2008 07:57 GMT</pubDate>
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...  &quot;tiny blips&quot; on investors&apos; radar screens compared to China and India, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Wednesday. Opening the 29th ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) session, Lee said the 10-member  ...
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<title>Singapore PM calls for speedy ratification of ASEAN Charter</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184108016</link>
<pubDate>20 Aug 2008 07:33 GMT</pubDate>
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...  In a speech to Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) parliamentarians, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the charter is an important part of the process for ASEAN to establish  ...
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<title>ASEAN members viewed as &apos;tiny blips&apos; on investors&apos; radar screens</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184101188</link>
<pubDate>20 Aug 2008 06:52 GMT</pubDate>
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...  &quot;tiny blips&quot; on investors&apos; radar screens compared to China and India, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Wednesday. Opening the 29th ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) session, Lee said the 10-member  ...
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<title>Singapore PM says ban on outdoor protests should ease</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184083843</link>
<pubDate>20 Aug 2008 04:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  videos and outdoor demonstrations as part of a gradual liberalisation of society, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Monday. But he said safeguards and restrictions will remain. It is illegal to  ...
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