21.   High-tech Singapore aims to bring information technology into most homes in this affluent but resource-poor island republic.

22.   It has warned international banks, businesses and investors that transactions with the small Pacific island republic could be tainted by money laundering operations.

23.   It was not immediately clear why Najib mentioned Singapore, a small island republic connected to Malaysia by a causeway and bridge.

24.   It is the first visit by a prime minister of Luxembourg to the small Southeast Asian island republic.

25.   Last week the Singapore government responded by introducing new regulations, that will allow only licensed manufacturers in the tiny island republic to produce items such as digital disks.

26.   New Zealand Prime Minister Jenny Shipley described Singapore as a model economic manager Thursday on her first official visit to the Southeast Asian island republic.

27.   Officials of Laos and Singapore signed an air services agreement Monday that will clear the way for direct links between Vientiane and this island republic.

28.   Singapore has increased the penalties for various infractions and breakdowns by telephone services in the island republic, a newspaper reported Wednesday.

29.   Singapore must continue to ensure investor confidence in the island republic through the duration of the economic crisis plaguing the region, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said Wednesday.

30.   TAIWANESE investors Tuesday urged the Thai government to hasten implementation of a double taxation scheme in a bid to attract investment from the island republic.