The state of Singapore came into being exactly 50 years ago on June 3. Singapore achieved self—government in 1959, and had full control over domestic policies, with Lee Kuan Yew as prime minister.

An easing of restrictions on freedom of assembly was overshadowed by heavy penalties and restrictive measures imposed on opposition activists, journalists and human rights defenders.

The swine flu outbreak has the potential to paralyze the tourism industry in Singapore. In fact it wouldn’t be wrong to say that the swine flu have erupted at a wrong time when the global travel industry is ailing

A few days after the Singapore Democrats warned of the Government’s intention to procure electronic voting machines (EVMs), the Straits Times swung into action and contacted the Elections Department for comments.

Matchmaking agencies in the Southeast Asian country said the financial meltdown has forced some men to think twice about spending thousands of dollars to get a wife.

Singapore’s economy shrank by 19.7% in the first quarter of 2009 compared with the previous three months, its biggest quarterly contraction on record.

You would be justifiably confused attempting to make sense of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) progress report on tax havens that emerged from the G20 summit. Has Singapore been “blacklisted” as The Daily Telegraph claims, or is the Straits Times right in saying we are on a “gray list”?