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News Singapore » History: Singapore’s Legal Philosophy: History of Mandatory Death Penalty

News channel or source: https://earthtimes.org/singapores-legal-philosophy-history-of-mandatory-death-penalty/

Published on: Tuesday 24 December 2024

Imagine a place where subway platforms shine like operating rooms. Yet, the justice system is as old as the Middle Ages. This is Singapore, where cleanliness meets capital punishment with surprising ...

News Singapore » History: Jeevan Vasagar on the Secrets of Singapore’s Success

News channel or source: https://thediplomat.com/2022/03/jeevan-vasagar-on-the-secrets-of-singapores-success/

Published on: Monday 28 March 2022

Lee Kuan Yew and Singapore’s other founders “were skillful in seizing their inheritance of geography and history and deploying it effectively.” Elderly women practice Tai Chi, a Chinese form of ...

News Singapore » History: Singapore's architectural history under threat from redevelopment frenzy

News channel or source: https://www.reuters.com/article/world/singapores-architectural-history-under-threat-from-redevelopment-frenzy-idUSKCN1L60EV/

Published on: Monday 20 August 2018

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A rush to tear down and redevelop buildings in Singapore has prompted calls to conserve ageing properties that symbolise the country's recent history and economic rise. The ...

News Singapore » History: S’pore to commemorate 200 years of history with series of events in 2019

News channel or source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/spore-commemorate-200-years-history-series-events-in-2019-5735706

Published on: Sunday 08 April 2018

SINGAPORE – The year 2019 will mark 200 years of history for Singapore, and a slew of events have been lined up to commemorate the nation’s bicentennial milestone. These include a new experiential ...

News Singapore » History: Singapore’s New National Gallery Dubiously Rewrites Southeast Asian Art History

News channel or source: https://hyperallergic.com/singapores-new-national-gallery-dubiously-rewrites-southeast-asian-art-history/

Published on: Sunday 31 January 2016

SINGAPORE — The National Gallery Singapore (NGS) opened on November 25, 2015 — a high point in Singapore’s year-round celebrations of 50 years as an independent nation. Two significant 19th-century ...

News Singapore » History: Lawrence Wong will be only the fourth PM in Singapore’s history

News channel or source: https://www.economist.com/asia/2024/04/18/lawrence-wong-will-be-only-the-fourth-pm-in-singapores-history

Published on: Wednesday 17 April 2024

IN THE REPUBLIC’S 59-year history, Singapore has had only three leaders. On May 15th it gets its fourth, when the prime minister of 20 years, Lee Hsien Loong—who is 72 and whose father, Lee Kuan Yew, ...