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Good Enough for National Service. From Girls to Women. (Aug 9) - Singapore's defence planners have been doing some soul searching about national service (NS). What lies ahead for this rite of passage for the nation's young men, 46 years after it was first introduced? As part of that crystal ball-gazing exercise, the Ministry... 

PRC private club - Summer Palace (13 Aug) - Situated in the northwest of Beijing, the Summer Palace is a three square kilometer expanse of ancient architecture and natural landscape. Once the royal residence of China’s emperors and his family, its environs are now the gathering place for the rich and privileged. Located at... 

(13 Aug) - More Singaporean women are overcoming bias and cultural differences to find love with men from China. Singaporean Airene Tan finds men from China somewhat self-centred and ambitious, which she attributes to the country's one-child policy and highly competitive education system. That, however, is not stopping the 30-year-old...