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  2. The Straits Times - Wikipedia

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    Media of Singapore. List of newspapers. The Straits Times (also known informally by its abbreviation ST) is a Singaporean daily English-language newspaper owned by the SPH Media Trust. [2] [3] [4] Established on 15 July 1845, it is the most-widely circulated newspaper in the country and has a significant regional audience.

  3. Piracy in the Strait of Malacca - Wikipedia

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    Piracy in the Strait of Malacca. A US merchant seaman takes aim during training to repel pirates in the Strait of Malacca, 1984. Piracy in the Strait of Malacca has long been a threat to ship owners and the mariners who ply the 900 km-long (550 miles) sea lane. In recent years, coordinated patrols by Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore ...

  4. Today (website) - Wikipedia

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    46474542. Website. www .todayonline .com. Today is a Singaporean news website owned by Mediacorp. It was originally established in 2000 as a free newspaper, competing primarily with Singapore Press Holdings ' Streats. In 2004, SPH took a 40% stake in MediaCorp's publishing division and Today, discontinuing Streats in the process.

  5. S. R. Nathan - Wikipedia

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    Sellapan Ramanathan DUT PJG [1] [2] ( / ˈsɛləpən rɑːməˈnɑːðən /; 3 July 1924 – 22 August 2016), [3] often known as S. R. Nathan, was a Singaporean politician and civil servant who served as the sixth president of Singapore between 1999 and 2011. Nathan won both the 1999 presidential election and the 2005 presidential election ...

  6. Straits Times Index - Wikipedia

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    The Straits Times Index ( abbreviation: STI) is a capitalisation-weighted measurement stock market index that is regarded as the benchmark index for the stock market in Singapore. It tracks the performance of the top 30 companies that are listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). The STI is jointly calculated by the SGX, the SPH Media Trust and ...

  7. Colony of Singapore - Wikipedia

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    The Colony of Singapore was a Crown colony of the United Kingdom that encompassed what is modern-day Singapore from 1946 to 1958. During this period, Christmas Island, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Labuan were also administered from Singapore. Singapore had previously been established as a British colony since 1824, and had been governed as ...

  8. STOMP (website) - Wikipedia

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    Straits Times Online Mobile Print (also abbreviated as STOMP or S.T.O.M.P) is a Singapore-based web aggregator and citizen journalism web portal managed by the SPH Media. Controversy. STOMP contributors, otherwise known as STOMPers, have been widely criticised for submitting xenophobic, racist and sexist content onto the portal.

  9. The New Paper - Wikipedia

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    Headquarters. Singapore. Circulation. Target 300,000 daily. Website. tnp .straitstimes .com. The New Paper is a Singaporean newspaper. It was originally published in tabloid format as a "noon paper", then from 2016 as a freesheet in the morning from 7 a.m. onwards. In December 2021 the paper went to digital only.