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President Barack Obama leaves on Thursday on his first Asian trip since becoming president on January 20.

Pedestrians walk under a giant APEC banner outside the Suntec Convention Centre in Singapore on Monday, Nov.

Singapore aims to keep its manufacturing industry an a oeintegrala part of the economy as the nation seeks new strategies to help it grow faster than other advanced countries, Trade Minister Lim Hng Kiang said.

PM Lee addressed the 8000-crowd at the Jurong Bird Park yesterday by greeting them with 'vanakkam', and saying that he was 'delighted' that the community had come together to support this event.

SINGAPORE: Singapore Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew on Sunday said the country's economy may grow by three per cent next year, and added that this year's fourth quarter looks healthy after Singapore's economy bounced back in the second and third quarters.

President Barack Obama and other Asia-Pacific leaders, meeting at a summit this week, will push for a new global strategy to reduce the crippling imbalances in the world economy blamed for the severe financial crisis.

Chinese President Hu Jintao's upcoming state visits to Malaysia and Singapore would comprehensively push forward China's ties with the two nations and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations , said an official with the Foreign Ministry here Friday.

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong gives a press conference at the Istana or Presidential Palace on Tuesday, Nov.

Detained Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be discussed when US President Barack Obama meets Southeast Asian leaders this month, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Tuesday.

Bloomberg Posted: Wednesday, Nov 04, 2009 at 2237 hrs IST Updated: Wednesday, Nov 04, 2009 at 2237 hrs IST : Shamim Adam The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation will focus on 'longer-term' issues such as promoting trade and market opening as the group's members emerge from recession, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said.

Longer-term issues will top the agenda when Singapore hosts the leaders' summit for the first time next week.

Singapore is prepared to cut carbon emissions going into the United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen in December, but only if other countries do their bit as well, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a speech late Friday.

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Monday met former United States President George W. Bush at the Istana here.

SINGAPORE : Some 400 people were recognised for their contributions to Singapore at the National Day Investiture 2009 ceremony on Sunday evening.

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Sunday that the next general election will be very important as it must produce a line-up of leaders who can take over from him and his senior Cabinet colleagues.

Unemployment is creeping up as the economy recovers in Singapore. Jobless numbers tend to lag behind economic recovery, as Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said a fortnight ago, and overall unemployment is still below 3.5 percent.

A new survey is out on travelers' favorite airports, this one claiming to be among the most comprehensive to date.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday met with Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore at the White House some two weeks ahead of his visit to the southeast Asian country.

President Barack Obama speaks Thursday morning to small business leaders about the administration's plans to offer them assistance.

QUANZHOU, Fujian Province: Quanzhou municipality in Fujian Province has a long historical link with Singapore.