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...worry that Greece's woes will spread to other weaker members of the euro zone, such as Portugal, Ireland, Italy and Spain - a collection of countries traders have nicknamed the PIIGS. Government leaders nowhere near Europe are concerned as well. "Such events far away can hurt Singapore," warned Lee Hsien Loong, the city-state's Prime Minister, in his Chinese New Year address. "Singaporeans should be psychologically prepared ... and not let down our guard too soon." (See pictures of the global economic crisis...
Past recipients of master's degrees in Public Administration at the Kennedy School include Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon...
...spared. The CSI 300 index, which tracks both the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges, was down 4.43%. Singapore's main index fell 7.72% amid economic news that the island state has slipped into recession for the first time since 2002. In a speech Friday, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong predicted a continued "rough ride" for Asia. "The world is caught up in a financial storm, and dark clouds fill the immediate horizon," Lee said to a meeting of Indian expatriates in Singapore...
...large percentage of these death tolls is actually preventable by aggressive policy targeted at reducing smoking and other policy views in China,” said Hsien-Ho Lin, a research fellow at the School of Public Health and an author of the paper...
...greatest masterpieces of all time [Nov. 5]. What a curiously mistaken notion that "witnesses to such a grandiose relic should worry less about falling asleep and more about slipping into a coma." I was lucky enough to see Chen Shi-Zheng's full 19-hour production and Pai Hsien-Yung's nine-hour production of the opera. Each time, when the performance ended, I wanted it to start all over again. Such is the power, beauty and fascination of Kunqu opera, even to a Westerner. The consummate skill required of the performers transcends time and space. Like Shakespeare, Kunqu might...