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In the early 1980s, Cha sold his shares in the paper after the Singapore government ruled that foreigners could only hold up to 3% of shares in locally based papers. Shin Min is a tabloid -style paper focusing on entertainment and local news with sensationalised headlines, although it is printed on broadsheets .
My Paper ( Chinese: 我报; pinyin: Wǒ Bào) was a free, bilingual ( English and Chinese) newspaper in Singapore published by the Singapore Press Holdings . It is published from Mondays to Fridays, excluding public holidays; and an electronic copy of the print edition is published on the paper's website. The newspaper has a daily circulation ...
The history of the modern state of Singapore dates back to its founding in the early 19th century; however, evidence suggests that a significant trading settlement existed on the island in the 14th century. The last ruler of the Kingdom of Singapura, Parameswara, was expelled by the Majapahit or the Siamese before he founded Malacca.
Malay Singaporeans ( Malay: Orang Melayu Singapura) are Singaporeans with general ancestry from the Malay world. [4] They constitute approximately 13.5% of the country's citizens, making them the second largest ethnic group in Singapore. [5] Under the Constitution of Singapore, they are recognised by the government as the indigenous people of ...
Sin Chew Jit Poh was a Singapore newspaper. It was founded by Aw Boon Haw in Singapore. In the 1960s, it started its Malaysian bureau in Petaling Jaya, with full function printing house. Malaysian edition started to become a separate sister newspaper since they have the full function from news report writing to printing.
The newspaper merged with Singaporean edition of Sin Chew Jit Poh on 16 March 1983 to form the current Lianhe Zaobao and Lianhe Wanbao and has ceased to exist. A version of the newspaper is still in print in Malaysia. See also. Nanyang Siang Pau - Malaysian edition spin-off and former sister publication; List of newspapers in Singapore
It is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or S$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) issues the banknotes and coins of the Singapore dollar. As of 2022, the Singapore dollar is the 10th most-traded currency in the world by value.
Citing that Singapore's 900,000 Baby Boomers would comprise a quarter of the citizen population by 2030 and that its workforce would shrink "from 2020 onwards", the White Paper projected that by 2030, Singapore's "total population could range between 6.5 and 6.9 million", with resident population between 4.2 and 4.4 million and citizen ...