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April 2012

Resale private homes prices up in March 

The Singapore Residential Price Index by the Institute of Real Estate Studies at NUS noted that the market may be shaking off the impact of cooling measure which was introduced last December.
Channel NewsAsia, 30 April 2012  

SingTel wins top spot in Governance and Transparency Index 

According to the 2012 Governance and Transparency Index, SingTel was named Singapore's most well-governed and transparent company for the fourth straight year.
Channel NewsAsia, 26 April 2012  

More financially-trained individuals in audit committees of listed firms 

A survey by the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (ICPAS) and NUS Business School showed that more financially-trained individuals are coming out to serve in audit committees of Singapore-listed companies.
Channel NewsAsia, 24 April 2012  

Desperately seeking cadavers 

The low number of local pledges to donate their bodies to in Singapore is due to the public's fear that their bodies may be mishandled, said Assoc Prof Ng Yee Kong from the Dept of Anatomy at NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.
Channel NewsAsia, Channel 5 News, Channel 8 News, Suria News & Vasantham News, 17 April 2012  

New research in malaria 

NUS researchers had developed a faster method to find drugs that can be used in tandem to treat malaria.
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Channel NewsAsia, Channel 8 News, 15 April 2012  

S'pore-based study identifies critical genes mutated in stomach cancer 

An international team of scientists led by Dr Patrick Tan from the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School has identified hundreds of novel genes that are mutated in stomach cancer.
Channel NewsAsia, 938LIVE, 9 April 2012  

NUS students develop touch-screen sensitive winter gloves 

Four enterprising NUS students designed a pair of touch-screen sensitive gloves called ISGLOVES.
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Channel NewsAsia, Channel 5 News, Channel 8 News, Channel U News, 7 April 2012  

Social policies should not come at expense of future generation: DPM Tharman 

Speaking at ministerial forum organised by NUS Students' Political Association, DPM Tharman Shanmugaratnam said that Singapore's social policies should not come at the expense of future generations.
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Channel NewsAsia, 938LIVE, Capital 95.8FM, 4 April 2012  

Execution key to effective domestic policies: Wong Kan Seng 

Former Deputy Prime Minister Mr Wong Kan Seng spoke at the opening ceremony of the Master in Public Administration and Management programme offered by the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS.
Channel NewsAsia, 2 April 2012  

Academic Clinical Programs to focus on diseases relevant to region 

Under the Academic Clinical Programmes, a collaboration between Singhealth and the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, research will be carried out to improve patient care and treatment outcomes.
Channel NewsAsia, Warna 94.2FM, 2 April 2012  
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