It comes as the city-state seeks to find a competitive edge amid a nascent boom in outbound tourism and business travel from China, India and the rest of the region.

来自中国、印度及该地区其他地方的出境游和商务旅行客流不断壮大，新加坡力求通过此举在该新兴市场中保持竞争优势。

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It is a region as well as a city.

它是一个地区，也是一座城市。

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As a special economic region in a city, development zones have played great role in local economic growth, but there are still some problems in land use.

开发区作为城市的特殊经济区域，为地方经济的增长发挥了重要作用，但开发区土地利用中还存在一些问题。

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Somaliland authorities blame al-Shabab for October 2008 suicide bombings that rocked its capital city and tarnished its image as a pocket of peace and stability in the region.

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