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media type="custom" key="9502598" Article 6: The prime minister admits that he made mistakes an dhe is apoligizing. The PAP who the People's Action Party is expected still, to win the parliamentary elections this Saturday, but there are some well-educated opposition candiates. PAP posters have been taken down and that does not usually happen in this Southeast Asian country. This vandalism could lead to a punishment called caning. The PAP has had to evolved as Singaporeans traveled, studied, and became better educated. The PAP has admitted several mistakes that they have made and are trying to apologize to the public. The PAP supports the delivery of jobs and education, has an efficient, corruption-free bureaucracy, and has had good policy choices. The PAP is loved by the rich people because they can trust them. Lee Kuan Yew, even though he is 87, is still an influential cabinet minister and had told Singaporeans that the PAP can ensure prosperity. Some people still depise the PAP but some people think that the PAP does a good job.

Article 12: Singapore is known for its amazing culinary destinations. Now though top chefs from Singapore are going ona year long journey around the world as part of the Singapore Takeout project. It started on April 28 and the Singapore Takeout project is to show Singapore's vibrant and exciting food scene. They use a shipping container and maked it into a fully equiped kitchen that measures 20 feet wide by 8 feet high. It will serve as a restaurant kitchen and a demostration kitchen. The food will not be just plain food because between June 9 to 12 Ms. Wong will be in the kitchen. She will be creating stuff like lemon grassed-infused laksa dumplings with noodes. Ms. Wong says it is important to share their cuisine with other people.

Article 15: It has been established that Singapore is an internationanl hub for aviation. It offers on of Asia's largest aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul facilities. Some of the aerospace manufacturing and airplane servicing companies are General Electric Aviation Services, Honeywell, Rolls-Royce, and Pratt & Whitney. There is now a rival amongst them that is trying to get a slice of aerospace pie. There rival is Senai Aviation Park in Malaysia and it is taking shape next to the Senai International Airport. Executive Jets Asia is investing $13.26 million to build a 70,000 square foot aircraft hangar. Cheif executive of this company Prithpal Singh said it would be completed by the end of the year. He said that the new facility in Senai will have maintenance, repair, and overhaul known as MRO. The MRO will be able to compete well with the MRO's of Singapore. Mr. Sidik said he will not competing with Seletar. Seletar will continue to attract big global players but Senai could be an attractive alternative. Lim Kok Kiang said that Seletar Aeropace Park has seen steady progress and continued to attract strong interest. John Riggir senior vice president of Hawker Pacific Asia said Seletat Aerospace Park was a compelling location for his company.

Article 2: Singapore employers, almost half fo them, have problems filling vacancies in their companies. 44 percent of employers have found it difficult to fill critical positions said by ManpowerGroup. The hardest to recruit are sales repesentatives and engineering talents. The ones that follow them is technicians and drivers. One-third of all employers interviewed said that the applicants lack the skills and experiences. This is because of an imbalance between the number of available workers in the workforce and the number of qualified workers. The srategies employers used were to enhance benefits packages, focusing more on the staff retention and broadening recruitment outside of Singapore.

Article 10: PAP will re-examine its style of government after it returned to power. PAP are noticing that voters are seeking more accountablility and responsiveness from their leaders. The votes have reflected the views of a younger generation that may be seeking a more normal type of democracy. Lee Kuan Yew was the founder of Singapore's success. He transformed Singapore into one of the wealthiest and fastest-growing nations n Asia. There will be challenges to both sides and that their and how they respond will determine the future shape of power and politics in Singapore as the result of the elections. The oppositons parties have a lack of resources. Workers' Party won the six opposition seats. They also won a group-candidate constituency and a member of the Workers' Party was elected in a single-candidate constituency