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  2. New Straits Times - Wikipedia

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    1167649590. Website. nst.com.my. The New Straits Times is an English-language newspaper published in Malaysia. It is Malaysia's oldest newspaper still in print (though not the first), [3] having been founded as a local offshoot of Singapore-based The Straits Times on 15 July 1845. It was renamed as the New Straits Times on 13 August 1974.

  3. List of military training deaths in Singapore - Wikipedia

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    Chua Chu Kang, Singapore. Second Lieutenant (2LT) Tay Seow Kai. 26 August 1970. 21. 2LT Tay grabbed a grenade from a recruit who fumbled while handling the grenade during a live exercise. The grenade detonated in his hand, killing him and causing minor injuries for 2 others. [4]

  4. The Straits Times - Wikipedia

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    The original conception for The Straits Times has been debated by historians of Singapore. Prior to 1845, the only English-language newspaper in Singapore was The Singapore Free Press, founded by William Napier in 1835. [10] Marterus Thaddeus Apcar, an Armenian merchant, had intended to start a paper, hired an editor, and purchased printing ...

  5. Death and state funeral of Lee Kuan Yew - Wikipedia

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    1°16′43.32″N 103°50′3.84″E  /  1.2787000°N 103.8344000°E  / 1.2787000; 103.8344000. On 23 March 2015, Lee Kuan Yew, the founding prime minister of Singapore and co-founder of the People's Action Party, died at the age of 91 at 03:18 Singapore Standard Time (UTC+08:00), after having been hospitalised at the Singapore General ...

  6. Wikipedia:List of online newspaper archives - Wikipedia

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    The Scotsman Digital Archive 1817–2002 (Pay / Free with Athens account) The Evening Times (1914–1990) (Glasgow) via Google News Archive. The Glasgow Herald (1806–1990) via Google News Archive. Word on the Street 1650–1910 almost 1,800 Scottish broadsides at National Library of Scotland Free.

  7. New Straits Times Press - Wikipedia

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    The "New Straits Times Press" (initially News [sic?] Straits Times Press Sdn. Bhd.) was formed by the directors of the Directors of The Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Berhad, in a desire to meet the reasonable aspirations of Malaysians to have a majority shareholding in the company which produced the largest mass-circulation organ in the territories of East and West Malaysia.

  8. Bonny Hicks - Wikipedia

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    Nationality. Singaporean. Occupation (s) Catwalk model, writer. Bonny Susan Hicks (5 January 1968 – 19 December 1997) was a Singaporean model and writer. After garnering local fame as a model, she gained worldwide recognition for her contributions to Singaporean post-colonial literature and the anthropic philosophy conveyed in her works.

  9. Benjamin Sheares - Wikipedia

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    Physician. academic. Benjamin Henry Sheares (12 August 1907 – 12 May 1981) was a Singaporean physician and academic who served as the second president of Singapore from 1971 until his death in 1981. Sheares retired in 1960 and was in private practice before being elected as the president of Singapore by the Parliament after the death of Yusof ...

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