Republic’s tough, well-publicised laws a strong deterrent to traffickers
GLOBAL DRUGS PROBLEM
SINGAPORE
THE small number of drug couriers arrested in Singapore showed that they were avoiding the Republic as a transit point,
Singapore
Poverty a bigger threat than Khmer Rouge : Hun Sen
POVERTY is a bigger threat to Cambodia than the Khmer Rouge, Co-Premier Hun Sen said yesterday while calling on the global community
Top-level Pakistani team in S’pore for economic talks
A HIGH-LEVEL economic delegation from Pakistan arrived in Singapore yesterday to discuss possible areas of co-operation between the two countries.
The four-man delegation,
A cocktail personality of explosive emotions
NOT many people would take lightly the thought of going to the gallows.
But bomoh Mona Fandey did. Clad in a yellow long-sleeved
Death of a politician : Murder most foul
Derwin Pereira of The Foreign Desk wraps up a trial involving brutal murder, black magic and money that went on for 69-days
Murayama ‘likely to call for polls soon’
Split in shaky Social Democrat Party may lead to govt's collapse, says ex-PM Hosokawa.
JAPANESE Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama will call for elections
US forces ‘to stay in Asia, but new initiatives unlikely’
THE US will keep its military presence in Asia, but was unlikely to take the lead in pursuing initiatives in the region
And now, here’s the (good) news
1994 was not all war, death, disaster, pestilence and poverty in the world.
There was also happiness, heroism, kindness - and hope.
Today, on
Selling Singapore to the world
PM Goh leads foreign policy offensive.
Singapore spread its wings this year to enlarge its stake in an increasingly competitive world. Leading the
S’pore opposed draft as it ‘was wrong and one-sided’
UN resolution on death penalty ------------------------------
SINGAPORE opposed a draft resolution calling on all states to abolish capital punishment by the end of
China not a security threat, says Najib
MALAYSIA does not see China as a security threat and is keen to forge closer defence links with Beijing, according to Defence
More military exercises with US sought
But KL opposes any plans for a permanent US military base in South-east Asia
MALAYSIA welcomed an increase in technology transfer and joint