Reflections | As Singapore Marks 60th Birthday, How Did Chinese Dynasties Fare at Same Age?

Reflections | As Singapore marks 60th birthday, how did Chinese dynasties fare at same age?

Singapore celebrates its 60th year of independence on August 9. While textual and archaeological evidence points to a history of human settlement of at least 700 years, the island nation is relatively young as an independent country. Singapore is probably the only modern nation whose leader, on the day of its independence in 1965, wept tears not of joy but of sorrow and anguish. Singapore’s expulsion from the Malaysian federation exposed it to u…

Walid Abdullah posts wish list for Singapore’s 60th birthday, including less use of ChatGPT for younger S'poreans

SINGAPORE: With Singapore celebrating its 60th birthday on Saturday (Aug 9), Walid Jumblatt Abdullah, an assistant professor at Nanyang Technological University as well as a political analyst and podcaster, published a wide-ranging wish list for the city-state on his Facebook account. “6 wishes for Singapore’s 60th. I wish: 1. That Singaporeans stop saying, ‘If LKY […]

Singapore: Oman at 60th National Day celebrations - www.fm.gov.om

Shireen Alzadjali, Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman in Singapore, attended the 60th National Day celebrations of the Republic of Singapore, at the invitation of the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the presence of senior officials and representatives of diplomatic missions to Singapore. The post Singapore: Oman at 60th National Day celebrations appeared first on www.fm.gov.om.