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...incoming CEO, Chew Choon Seng, 56, is a 30-year employee of SIA and a longtime colleague of Cheong's. He is expected to continue Cheong's course with little fanfare...
...look as if he's suffering from high blood pressure. Nor is he. At its peak two years ago, Ho's blood pressure clocked in at 140/90, slightly above normal but not high enough to elicit a pill or much alarm. But when he went to see Dr. Ting Choon Meng, the Singapore general practitioner decided to monitor Ho's blood pressure with a black plastic wristwatch he had designed and named the BPro. The device, worn for 24 hours, revealed a wave pattern showing how fast and hard his heart was beating, as well as worrying patterns...
...upswing. The Marina Bay Sands and Genting casino projects by themselves will add $8 billion of foreign investment. When completed, the developments are expected to create 38,000 service-sector jobs. "We have more than 450,000 citizens over 55 that are underemployed and undereducated," says Dr. Loo Choon Yong, a lawmaker and chairman of the Sentosa Development Corporation. "These are jobs they can do." Today, 68% of Singaporeans work in service industries, according to the Ministry of Manpower...
...Choon Lee, a parent who has both a sophomore and a first-year daughter, said the weekend’s timing was horrible both this year and last year. Lee said after bringing his daughter to the hotel, she spent all night long studying for midterms...
South Korean Diplomat Hahm Pyong Choon, a former Ambassador to the U.S. and national security adviser to the late President Park Chung Hee, says, "The U.S. is sending the right signals for a change." Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and his Deputy Prime Minister Sinnathamby Rajaratnam are nothing short of ecstatic about the Reagan Administration. "For the first time since the Viet Nam War," says Rajaratnam, "the Americans are taking up the challenge...