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Governance and Transparency Forum
Singapore's most well-governed and transparent listed companies will be announced today at the Governance and Transparency Forum.
Also to be unveiled is the Governance and Transparency Index, which assesses Singapore-listed companies on their corporate governance disclosures and practices, as well as the timeliness, accessibility, transparency and communications of their financial results. - JEREMY KOH
Singapore Shipping Council briefing on plans for 2015-2017
The Singapore Shipping Council holds a media briefing today on its plans for the 2015-2017 term and offers its views on key shipping-related issues. - JACQUELINE WOO
Record entries for healthcare contest
Public healthcare institutions submitted a record 220 projects for a competition on new ways to improve healthcare delivery, held as part of the Singapore Healthcare Management Congress. Close to 1,000 healthcare administrators will attend the three-day congress at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre at Marina Bay Sands, to learn about best practices in areas such as service quality, operations and risk management. - SAMANTHA BOH
Myanmar's Speaker of Parliament Thura Shwe Mann to face presidential faction of his ruling party
Stripped of the ruling party leadership as a result of his rivalry with President Thein Sein, Thura Shwe Mann will face the emboldened presidential faction of his ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) when Parliament reopens today, just a day after he met opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Mr Shwe Mann, whose relationship with Ms Suu Kyi is regarded with suspecion by some USDP members, is under pressure to table a vote on a Bill that could see him impeached. It is unclear how much support the Bill has in Parliament, where he has cultivated a reputation as a statesman.