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8world News is a department which produces news, current affairs, and info-ed programmes for two Mediacorp channels aired in Mandarin, Channels 8 and U. Prior to 2010, the news were presented in three timeslots - News 8 At One (Chinese:1點新聞), which airs daily; Singapore Today (Chinese:獅城6點半), and News 8 at 10. (Chinese:10點新聞 ...
The two Chinese broadsheets in Singapore merged in March 1983 in anticipation of the impending falling readership, due to English being taught as first language in Singaporean schools. [6] The merger led to the formation of Singapore News and Publications, which published the morning paper Lianhe Zaobao as well as the evening paper Lianhe Wanbao.
The Australian Chinese Daily was first published in Sydney on 19 March 1987. [2] The Australian Chinese Daily was founded on 19 March 1987 by the entrepreneurial Chinese immigrant Sandra Lau. Her vision then, which remains at the core of the publication today, was to bridge the gap and strengthen links between Australia and China. [citation needed]
The history of the rupee traces back to ancient times in the Indian subcontinent. The mention of rūpya by Pāṇini is seemingly the earliest reference in a text about coins. [ 2 ] The term in Indian subcontinent was used for referring to a coin.
A circulation version of the $20 note can be exchanged at banks in Singapore beginning 16 July 2007, limited to two pieces per transaction. On 18 August 2015, to commemorate Singapore's 50 years of nation-building, the Monetary Authority of Singapore launched a set of six commemorative notes.
Singapore's Sin Chew Jit Poh ceased publication in Singapore in March 1983 [3] and subsequently merged with Singapore's branch of Nanyang Siang Pau to become Lianhe Zaobao and Lianhe Wanbao; their parent companies, were merged in 1982 [4] [5] as Singapore News and Publications Limited, a predecessor of Singapore monopoly Singapore Press Holdings.
In 1984, Singapore News and Publications was again merged with the publisher of The Straits Times, forming the monopoly Singapore Press Holdings, later SPH Media. Nevertheless, the Malaysia editions were also sold to a Malaysian businessman Lim Kheng Kim (Chinese: 林庆金) in 1982, which the publisher of the editions was known as "Sin Poh ...
The Indian rupee was the official currency of Dubai and Qatar until 1959, when India created a new Gulf rupee (also known as the "external rupee") to hinder the smuggling of gold. [14] The Gulf rupee was legal tender until 1966, when India significantly devalued the Indian rupee and a new Qatar-Dubai riyal was established to provide economic ...