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1. Sporting chance

   Posted Jun 15th 2004, 12:00am by Sonia Kolesnikov

   ... Education Diplomatic Relations Tharman Shanmugaratnam Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop, SINGAPORE Acting Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam recently bemoaned the fact that Singaporean children are reluctant to participate in sports and outdoor activities. They are becoming 'soft' and individualistic, he said. Educators argue that sports and other 'rugged ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/459508/sporting-chance
2. Tongue-tied

   Posted Mar 30th 2004, 12:00am by Sonia Kolesnikov

   ... Education First Language Tharman Shanmugaratnam Person Relation Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop, SINGAPORE Acting Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam has been a busy man. In the last few weeks, he has slaughtered a few education sacred cows: streaming, school rankings and mother-tongue grades as a university admission requirement. Singapore's education system has always been ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/450332/tongue-tied
3. Property - International

   Singapore home sales hit their highest level in three years

   Posted Oct 17th 2012, 12:00am by Bloomberg

   ... low interest rates, raising concerns of a housing bubble. The government would not allow prices to outstrip gains in incomes, Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said in Hong Kong last ...

   http://www.scmp.com/property/international/article/1062517/singapore-home-sales-hit-their-highest-level-three-years
4. News - Hong Kong - PROPERTY

   Hong Kong unlikely to follow Singapore in raising taxes for luxury homeowners

   Posted Feb 27th 2013, 12:00am by Peggy Sito and Bloomberg

   ... minister, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, in his budget speech on Monday will apply to Singapore's top 1 per cent of homeowners who live in their own properties, a total of 12,000 units. Wong said ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1159355/hong-kong-unlikely-follow-singapore-raising-taxes-luxury-homeowners
5. Property - International - SINGAPORE

   Singapore home prices tipped to fall amid new cooling measures

   Posted Jan 16th 2013, 12:00am by Bloomberg

   ... Tharman Shanmugaratnam said: "The reality we face is that interest rates are extraordinarily low, globally and in Singapore, and continue to add fuel to our property market. We have to take ...

   http://www.scmp.com/property/international/article/1128707/singapore-home-prices-tipped-fall-amid-new-cooling-measures
6. Technology 'should remain focus'

   Posted Sep 04th 2002, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Singapore minister has sought to bring to an end a government debate about reliance on hi-tech manufacturing. Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry, yesterday said: 'We should keep our position in the industry and ride the ups and downs of its cycles as long as we can compete.' Mr Shanmugaratnam also defended moves by chip-making ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/390288/technology-should-remain-focus
7. Business - Economy - EU DEBT CRISIS

   IMF says EU must speed up reforms

   Posted Oct 13th 2012, 02:54pm by Reuters in Tokyo

   ... committee acknowledged that the global situation was less dire now than six months ago, said Singapore’s Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who chairs the committee. But equally, they acknowledged the economic ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/economy/article/1060287/imf-warns-critical-eu-speed-reform
8. Singapore backs change in reporting

   Posted Nov 06th 2002, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry, yesterday said the policy shift would help reduce speculative behaviour among investors, bringing Singapore in line with best-practice elsewhere. 'Quarterly reporting is therefore a helpful device,' Mr Shanmugaratnam told the Singapore Institute of Directors' annual meeting. 'I should add ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/396697/singapore-backs-change-reporting
9. Singapore's jobless rate surges as economic recovery stalls

   Posted Nov 01st 2002, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... not expect robust growth in the Singapore economy.' Mr Shanmugaratnam conceded it was likely growth this year would miss the government target of 3 per cent to 4 per cent. A revised ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/396136/singapores-jobless-rate-surges-economic-recovery-stalls
10. City-state's industrial output registers a rise

    Posted Nov 27th 2002, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

    ... in a generation last year as GDP contracted two per cent. The government has issued a tentative forecast for growth next year of between two per cent and five per cent. Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Senior ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/398854/city-states-industrial-output-registers-rise

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