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In 1981, Malaysia decided to standardise the time across its territories to a uniform UTC+08:00. Singapore elected to follow suit, citing business and travel schedules. [14] [15] The change took effect on New Year's Day (1 January) 1982 when Singapore moved half an hour forward on New Year's Eve (31 December) 1981 at 11:30 pm creating "Singapore Standard Time" (SST) or "Singapore Time" (SGT). [16]
St. George or Saint George [2] is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, Utah, United States.Located in southwestern Utah on the Arizona border, it is the principal city of the St. George metropolitan statistical area (MSA).
Beijing Show City Times Entertainment Ltd. (北京少城時代文化傳播有限公司), abbreviated as Show City Times (少城時代), is a Chinese music company ...
The Straits Times (also known informally by its abbreviation ST) is a Singaporean daily English-language newspaper owned by the SPH Media Trust. [2] [3] [4] Established on 15 July 1845, it is the most-widely circulated newspaper in the country and has a significant regional audience.
The English name of "Singapore" is an anglicisation of the native Malay name for the country, Singapura (pronounced), which was in turn derived from the Sanskrit word for 'lion city' (Sanskrit: सिंहपुर; romanised: Siṃhapura; Brahmi: 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀧𑀼𑀭; literally "lion city"; siṃha means 'lion', pura means 'city' or 'fortress'). [9]
The National Library Board and Singapore Press Holdings signed an agreement in 2007 to make digitised articles of The Straits Times available for public access at NLB libraries. NewspaperSG was launched on 28 January 2010.
Callers to SSA's toll-free number are played a message about the Social Security Fairness Act, with an aim of avoiding long and frustrating wait times for people seeking information about the new law.
The Straits Times was established as The Straits Times and Singapore Journal of Commerce. 1852: A new deep harbour called New Harbour, later known as Keppel Harbour, is built. 22 July: St Joseph's Institution [as St John's Institution] was established at Bras Basah Road. [15] 1854: Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (CHIJ) was established. [16 ...