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(21 June)     Chinese government ‘unflustered’ about reaction to it placing vessels in South China Sea. China has sent four more oil rigs into a disputed area of the South China Sea less than two months after it placed a giant drilling platform in waters claimed by Vietnam, ratcheting up regional tensions. The largely... 

(June 23) -- Reclamation works under the 'Forest City' project, that is feared by Singapore to have a possible impact on the island republic, does not require the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report as the area reclaimed is not more than 50 acres. According to the Johor Director of the Department of Environment (DOE)... 

(June 20)   - When Elzerie Alcaide moved to Wellington from Singapore in January, she swapped 12-hour workdays, vast mazes of shopping malls and a diet of takeaway food for nine-to-five hours, weekend drives in the countryside and home-cooked meals. Alcaide is among the 40,000 migrants, nearly 1 percent of the population, expected...