SINGAPORE – A “stable, steady person who can accomplish things” was how Mr Lee Kuan Yew once described Mr SR Nathan.
No surprise, then, that throughout his accomplished career, Mr Nathan was often sent in where Mr Lee needed results; akin to a one-man “Mr…
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SR Nathan: The problem solver
Tributes pour in for late former President S R Nathan
Mr Nathan, the sixth and longest-serving President in Singapore, was 92.
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S R Nathan, the 'indispensable man for all seasons'
“His secret for success is that he took life in his stride, stuck to his principles and carried out his duties to the utmost of his ability,” said the late founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of S R Nathan, who rose from top civil servant, to Singapore’s longest-serving President.
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SR Nathan: 1924 – 2016
SINGAPORE – Sellapan Ramanathan, or S R Nathan, the protagonist in an unlikely but quintessential Singapore story of advancement who went from school dropout to the highest office in the land, died on Monday (Aug 22) from complications resulting from a stroke…
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Rio 2016: Why Team USA exceeded all expectations
The WSJ medal predictions underestimated the American Olympic team, as well as the British, and overestimated the Australians
For Team USA it doesn’t get much better than this.
The Americans may not have made a ton of friends in Brazil, given their dust-ups with the law, and all that parading around with an index finger either raised in victory or pointed at other teams’ athletes for being dopers, while Team USA itself had 11 members who had previously tested positive for banned substances.
The medal races became an absolute blowout though-even more than The Wall Street Journal predicted. The US won more medals (121) than it has at any Summer Games except 1984, when many of the Soviet countries boycotted.
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The Journal got a few things right, or nearly right, in its predictions.
We said the US would win both the overall and gold medal races and that it wouldn’t be very close, largely because US women would be so exceptional. They were. American women out-medaled the men 61-55 and out-golded them 27-18. Another five medals, including one gold, came in mixed competitions.
We had the US winning 42 gold medals. They won 46. We got the order of the top five countries in the overall medal count correct. Predicting Russia was a massive puzzle, since the makeup of their team kept changing. In the end we settled on 16 gold medals and 51 overall. The Russians will leave Rio with 19 gold medals and 56 overall. We had the French winning 12 and 43; they won 10 and 42.
That said there were a few big miscalculations. We expected Great Britain to fall back to earth after its triumphant showing at home in London in 2012, where Team GB won 29 gold medals and 65 overall, beating out the Russians in the gold medal count. (That is the count the rest of the world cares most about.)
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Rio Olympics 2016 Closing Ceremony
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Former President S R Nathan dies, aged 92
Singapore’s former President S R Nathan has died at the age of 92, slightly more than three weeks after suffering a stroke.
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Former president S R Nathan dies aged 92
SINGAPORE – Former president Mr S R Nathan has died at Singapore General Hospital at 9.48 pm. He was 92.
The Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement that “Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his Cabinet colleagues are sad to learn of the passing of Mr S R Nathan and would like to convey their condolences to his family”.
Arrangements for the public to pay respects and for the funeral will be announced later.
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Singapore leaders visit S R Nathan in hospital
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A look at the presidents of Singapore
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Singapore's 6th president SR Nathan dies, age 92
SINGAPORE – The Republic’s sixth President, Mr SR Nathan, has died. He was 92.
Mr Nathan, who was Singapore’s longest-serving president, died on Monday (Aug22) night at the Singapore General Hospital, according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s…
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Wynn gambles on new mega-resort in Macau
MACAU – US tycoon Steve Wynn Monday opened a US$4 billion mega-resort in Macau – complete with giant lake, musical fountains and cable cars – as the Chinese casino enclave battles to turn around its fortunes.
At a ceremony attended by 1,000 guests, he launched the Wynn Palace: six million square feet (560,000 square metres) of entertainment with a central casino, more than 50 shops, 13 restaurants and 1,700 hotel rooms starting at under US$300.
Wynn is gambling on Macau even as it faces a downturn following a corruption crackdown by China’s President Xi Jinping and a slowdown in the Chinese economy.
The clampdown has driven away many high-rollers from the mainland who propped up VIP tables in Macau, the only part of China where it is legal to gamble. Mass market tourism is now touted as the enclave’s potential saviour.
With authorities under pressure from Beijing to diversify from gambling – and a three percent cap on annual gaming table growth across Macau – the semi-autonomous Chinese territory is suffering a third year of declining gaming revenues.
But speaking to reporters last week Wynn, 74, was bullish about the project, insisting that gambling is no longer the main focus.
“My reality is the experience people get in this building – when that is perfect, the money takes care of itself,” he said.
Recent resort openings by Galaxy and Studio City have upped the non-casino element, including everything from river rapids to a figure of eight ferris wheel.
In October Las Vegas Sands is due to open another mega-resort, La Parisian, in Macau, featuring a half-scale Eiffel Tower.
Analysts remain cautious over whether the mass appeal of the new mega resorts can really make up for the high-rollers.
Macau overtook Las Vegas as the world’s casino capital in terms of revenue after the sector was opened to foreign competition in 2002, and still leads its US counterpart despite the downturn.
Wynn believes the new formula works. “We’ve got something for everybody here,” he said.
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Coverage for all S'poreans, higher cash payout among improvements sought for ElderShield
During his National Day Rally speech, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had said a committee will be formed to look at how the insurance scheme can be improved.
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