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Singapore to slow down migrant intake
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SINGAPORE: Singapore plans to slow its intake of foreigners to ease
discontent at home but needs sustained immigration in the long term,
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in remarks published Wednesday.
“We know we cannot take in unlimited numbers
of foreign workers,” Lee said at a dialogue with university
students on Tuesday, according to The Straits Times newspaper.
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Myanmar bars Suu Kyi from attending appeal
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YANGON: Myanmar authorities have barred pro-democracy leader Aung
San Suu Kyi from attending court this week to hear the final
arguments in her appeal against her house arrest, her party said
Wednesday.
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Canadian govt to hurdle snap elections
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OTTAWA: Canada’s Conservative government is expected to survive
a confidence vote scheduled on Friday, after the opposition Bloc
Quebecois party declared its support to the government motion.
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Japan’s new premier braces for global arena
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TOKYO: Japan’s new Prime Minister will make an early debut on the
global stage at a string of summits next week where he will likely
confirm a strong US alliance and push ambitious climate change
policies.
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Taiwan’s ex-leader loses bid to be out on
bail
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TAIPEI: Taiwan’s jailed former President Chen Shui-bian has lost
his latest bid to be freed on bail while he appeals a life sentence
for corruption, his aide said Wednesday.
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JAKARTA: Police have named two deputy chairmen of Indonesia’s
anti-graft commission as suspects in a corruption probe, the latest
in a series of blows to the powerful body.
-- Xinhua
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