In Singapore, the Sinnards obtained Singapore drivers licenses, filed resident tax returns and US federal tax returns.
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Since 1990, cards to enter Singapore Polytechnic's Japan-Singapore Institute of Software Technology double as time cards, recording how long users have been on the premises.
"The revised Additional Buyer Stamp Duty measures are meant to moderate the demand for properties across all groups of buyers of properties, including Singapore citizens, Singapore permanent residents and foreigners, " a statement provided by a Ministry of Finance official said.
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"Singapore's commitment to open economies and free trade is fundamental and the WTO is therefore critical to Singapore's national interest, " Tommy Koh, Singapore's ambassador at-large and the head of the government team negotiating the FTA with the US told BBC News Online.
"In the case of Indonesian banks in Singapore, this will be by way of a broader provision of financial services, both in wholesale banking and to, for example, Indonesian students and work permit holders in Singapore, " the Monetary Authority of Singapore said in a statement.
Dan Tan Seet Eng "is currently assisting Singapore authorities in their investigations, " Singapore police said in response to queries.
Ismail said two documents needed to be drawn up: an amendment to the constitution making the secession of Singapore possible, and an act giving Singapore independence under that amendment.
It began last Friday with a luxurious flight from San Francisco to Singapore (by way of Seoul) on Singapore Airlines.
In the case of Singapore, it is the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission.
The company installed 63 additional Private IP edge routers for a total of 915 edge routers in 245 sites throughout 63 countries, activated more than 1, 500 kilometers (932 miles) of ultra-long-haul network across the southern part of the United Kingdom, and completed a joint fiber build in Singapore, which almost doubles the coverage of the Singapore fiber-optic network.
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I've also worked in Singapore, and if Hong Kong is like Manhattan, Singapore has a vibrant suburban feel.
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China and Singapore officially agreed to cooperate in developing the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park as a mutually beneficial, inter-governmental project in February 1994.
Kungfu Boy, a game designed for mobile phones and desktop computers by Singapore's Davidcan.com, is available over Singapore's MobileOne and Hong Kong's Orangeworld.
The fine was the first levied against a major corporation by Singapore's central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, under rules governing market misconduct introduced last year.
The most heated arguments concern the price of the water Singapore buys from Malaysia and sovereignty over a small rock in the Singapore strait, known as Pedra Blanca or Pulau Batu Putih, depending on your point of view.
With rates in America at rock bottom, and the Singapore dollar set to strengthen against its American counterpart, interest rates in Singapore are extraordinarily low.
Last July Singapore's national trade agency held a high-profile conference in Singapore that brought investors together with government officials and prospective partners from 17 African countries.
At a breakfast reception in the swanky Fullerton Hotel in downtown Singapore in mid-April, Thomas Kloet, the head of the Singapore stock exchange, and a group of executives step onto a dais.
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Salomon's Lim says the developer's stable rental and hotel income (it owns the King's Hotel in Singapore and the Marriott in Hong Kong) is helping cushion it from Singapore's residential property downturn.
But thanks to consolidation and the devaluation of the Singapore dollar, the remaining companies - Jurong Shipyard and Hitachi Zosen (Singapore) - are in better shape to compete in the worldwide vessel repair and conversion market.
Malaysia, for its part, wants Singapore to hand over the pension payments of Malaysians who work for a time in Singapore but move away before they reach retirement age.
This year's double winners were the Singapore Tourism Board for its latest video and its website at www.newasia-singapore.com and Fiji's Turtle Island (for its eco-friendly practices and for preserving local culture).
There was a measure of agreement from archrival Singapore, where Renton de Alwis, head of the National Association of Travel Agents Singapore, said Hong Kong Disneyland would be another attraction in the region for locals looking for theme-park experiences.
Residents who support Singapore's strict policies believe they instill greater respect for public property and help make Singapore a more inviting place to live and invest, much as former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's efforts to prosecute petty crimes helped boost respect for the law there.
Morgan in Singapore, believe that the same economic trends should boost bonds in other countries, such as Singapore and Thailand, where yields remain high.
Mr Tang had said he feared for his safety in Singapore, and he left for Johor Bahru , the Malaysian city just over the causeway from Singapore, before going on to London.
Singapore's Straits Times Index gained 1.4% to 2, 298.71 after Singapore's government said its economy rose at an annualized and seasonally adjusted rate of 20.4% in the second quarter, the fastest expansion in nearly six years, beating market expectations.
The success of Mapletree Greater China's IPO, which is also Singapore's biggest REIT listing on record, "would give a positive spin on the Singapore REIT market" and set the stage for further REIT listings this year, said Nick Crockett, executive director at CBRE Capital Advisors, a property consultancy firm.
Earlier this year, Singapore police said that a businessman, Tan Seet Eng, also known as Dan Tan, was helping Singapore authorities with their inquiries.
Since the issue date, two things have happened: The bond price has appreciated 4.8% in Singapore dollars, and U.S. dollars have declined 3.7% to 1.65 Singapore dollars.
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