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The pen, which is engraved with "SM Lee Kuan Yew", carried a pre-sale estimate of S$30,000 to S$50,000.
The exchange follows a Workers' Party parliamentary motion on Singapore's economic future tabled by MPs Kenneth Tiong and Jamus Lim on Aug 5.
• US scales back drills. • Drills with South Korea. • Cites good Kim ties.
Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji died aged 97 on Wednesday (Aug 12), five days before former President Jiang Zemin’s birth centenary. The convergence puts renewed focus on their reform-era legacies - and Beijing’s balancing act in celebrating them, analysts say.
He pointed to Seoul's refusal to take part in actions against Iran, and his ties with Kim Jong Un.
US President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan has been rejected by Israel.
LUSAKA, Aug 16 - Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema was well ahead in counting for national elections on Sunday with nearly half the constituencies declared, the electoral commission said.
A silver Montblanc fountain pen owned by Singapore’s first prime minister Lee Kuan Yew has sold for S$461,500 (US$360,000), nearly 10 times its highest estimate, after drawing 111 bids at an auction. Singapore auction house Hotlotz said the sterling silver Montblanc Meisterstuck No 146 fountain pen, engraved with “SM Lee Kuan Yew”, sold on Sunday at its “Interiors & Collectibles – August, Fine ...
Participants called for more transparency in land-use decisions and voiced concerns over the loss of green spaces, days after the government said it would retain more greenery at both sites.
The Bill must still be reviewed by the Guardian Council before it can become law.
Parti Keadilan Rakyat president Anwar Ibrahim hit back at accusations of unfairness in allocating funding to opposition-held areas. He also said cooperation with Barisan Nasional at the federal level must be guided by the interests of Malaysians and the country.
SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil, Aug 16 - Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva launches his final reelection campaign on Sunday from a storied stadium where he stood on a table to address some 60,000 striking metalworkers in 1979 without a sound system.
WASHINGTON, Aug 16 - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday vowed to hit Iran hard economically, a day after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that Washington would impose measures on Tehran that have \"never been seen\" as soon as next week.
Nearly nine in 10 voted at the Democratic Action Party’s congress for its ministers to stay on in the Cabinet.
• 12 killed in crash • 10 injured in crash • Crash in Hungary
