S’pore is ‘best seaport in Asia’ for 29th time

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Jul 1, 2017, 5:00 am SGT

Singapore has been named the best seaport in Asia for the 29th time, beating regional competitors, including Hong Kong and Shanghai.

The honour was given out at this year’s Asia Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain Awards, held here on Thursday. The awards, organised by freight and logistics publication Asia Cargo News, honour organisations for demonstrating leadership as well as consistency in service quality, innovation, customer relationship management and reliability.

They are conferred based on votes cast by readers of Asia Cargo News.

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Some migrant workers here are using their limited free time to chase passions such as poetry, photography and painting

Published:

Apr 16, 2017, 5:00 am SGT

Most of the week, they toil in homes and at construction sites. But as they climb scaffolding or clean windows, lines of poetry or song bloom in their minds. Sometimes, their fingers, clenched around a drill or a broom, yearn to close instead around a paintbrush or a camera.

Foreign workers here are using their scant free time to pursue art, with more in recent years stepping up their contributions to the local arts scene.

On a recent Saturday evening, more than 60 people packed the second floor of a Rowell Road shophouse to hear Bangladeshi workers recite their poetry. They were joined by local poets such as Cyril Wong, Ng Yi-Sheng and Deborah Emmanuel.

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