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About 23,000 community care sector employees could get at least 7% pay raise as part of new salary guidelines

About 23,000 community care sector employees could get at least 7% pay raise as part of new salary guidelines

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US judge cites '1984' in ordering reinstatement of slavery exhibit

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‘Very shaken’: Father of girl killed in Chinatown crash mourns as Indonesian community rallies

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How landscape architect Cathy Hang is shaping Singapore’s most loved public spaces

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