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S. Rajaratnam's Biography

S.Rajaratnam or Sinnathamby Rajaratnam (25 February 1915 – 22 February 2006), was a Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore from 1980 to 1985 and a long time Minister and member of the cabinet from 1959 to 1988. He is regarded as one of the founding fathers of independent Singapore as it achieved self-government in 1959 and later independence in 1965. He devoted much of his adult life to public service in Singapore and helped shape the mentality of Singaporeans on contemporary issues. He is widely known as S.Rajaratnam and one of the schools of Nanyang Technological University, namely S.Rajaratnam School of International Studies is named after him.

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Former Singapore PM Visits Myanmar - Officials

News Source: Myanmar News | 5 months ago

Than Shwe, Prime Minister Thein Sein and other senior officials on the "goodwill" trip, a Myanmar official and a Singaporean statement said. The visit comes just days after the Singaporean government said expelling Myanmar from the Association of
Lee Kuan Yew has surgery

News Source: Taiwan News | 12 months ago

Singapore founding father Lee Kuan Yew had a "minor" surgery Saturday to have a cardiac pacemaker implanted, the government said yesterday. Lee, who turned 85 in September, is recovering at the hospital and is expected to be discharged today, a
Blogger gets jail time

News Source: News 24 | about 1 year ago

A blogger has been sentenced to three months in jail for accusing a Singapore judge of "prostituting herself", he told AFP on Thursday. "I think I will appeal," Gopalan Nair, 58, said in a brief telephone interview with AFP. An official with the