Victoria University of Wellington School of Linguistics and Applied Languages Studies WRIT 101 – Writing English Assignment 2 – Persuasion Due Date: 20 September 2004 Name of Student: Chor Teck Daryl Toy To Use or Not To Use Singlish “Aiyah! So Headache!” + In recent years‚ there has been much concern on how Singaporeans use English. While some consider Singapore Colloquial English or Singlish as an undeniable part of being a Singaporean‚ others including the Government
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people who are less ambitious – those with small dreams – tend to do it more often than those who dream big. Daydreaming presents a convenient outlet for our suppressed bigger dreams‚ doesn’t it? Is it wise to dream big? Did our famous Uncle Lim Goh Tong ever think‚ wish or dream that he would build a business empire as big as the Genting Group today? Did Datuk Lee Chong Wei ever imagine that he would be a world-beater in the badminton arena one day when he was a kid? They might not have foreseen
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Muhammad Aliff Taufiq FA3A3 F11FA1240 Or Else‚ The Lightning God I believe art serves a purpose and its delivery is through the medium‚ therefore‚ materials have not been a limitation in my practice. My current execution involves re-creating the Chinese guardian lions out of casting plaster. And then the lions are individually submerged in a salt crystal mixture of alum salt (aluminum sulfate‚ Al2(SO4)3 ) and distilled water‚ where salt crystals will form on the surfaces of the
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PREFACE Anyone who had a chance to witness a Singapore of the 1950s-the British’s colonial port and a prosperous Singapore nowadays has to admire the rise of Singaporean as well as the wise leadership of the government. There is no doubt that the city-state of Singapore represents a remarkable success story that has placed the country among the developed nations. After its independence in the mid-1960s‚ Singapore had no more than a deep port. There are no fresh water‚ no hinterland; all nation’s
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following four listed entities with a combined market capitalisation of about RM87.9 billion (US$27.6 billion). (* as at 31 July 2010) | (exchange rate: Approx US$ 1= RM3.18*) | The Genting Group was founded in 1965 by the late Tan Sri (Dr.) Lim Goh Tong with the development of a beautiful highlands resort in Malaysia named Resorts World Genting (formerly known as Genting Highlands Resort). Located at 2‚000 meters above sea level and 58 kilometers from Kuala Lumpur‚ Resorts World Genting is now
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Singapore 21 & Nation Building In August 1997‚ Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong launched the Singapore 21 Committee with the aim of strengthening the “heartware” of the Republic in the 21st Century. This comprised of five subject committees that were formed to study the pertinent issues Singaporeans would have to face in the building of such a new society during the 21st Century. Some 6‚000 Singaporeans from all walks of life were then consulted for the time span of one year in order to understand
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Berhad and its subsidiaries‚ which comprise the following three listed entities‚ with a combined market capitalisation of about RM47 billion (US$14 billion). (*as at 30 September 2008)The Genting Group was founded in 1965 by the late Tan Sri (Dr.) Lim Goh Tong with the development of a beautiful highlands resort‚ named Genting Highlands Resort. Located at 2‚000metres above sea level and 58 kilometres from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia‚ Genting Highlands Resort is now one of the world’s leading integrated
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Communication is the process of making one’s intentions known to others through various means and mediums. It is a crucial concept for effective human interaction and lies at the crux of human society and survival‚ with its history spanning back to the beginning of life. In the context of rapid globalisation today‚ organisations are aplenty everywhere‚ ranging from public to private to non-profit‚ and they form the base of modern civilisation. The importance of communication cannot be emphasized
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BP2014 Essay Issue Q12. How far‚ in your society‚ should unpopular views be open for discussion? In May 2013‚ Singapore’s media regulator‚ the Media Development Authority (MDA)‚ introduce a new licensing framework regulating online news sites operating in Singapore. The move came as a surprise to many and elicited a wide array of responses. The Asia Internet Coalition (AIC)‚ an industry association formed by eBay‚ Facebook‚ Google and Yahoo‚ argued that the new regulatory framework creates business
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