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Chee Soon Juan

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Chee Soon Juan (born 20 July 1962) is a Singaporean politician and currently the leader of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP). [1]

89 relations: Activism, Anglo-Chinese School, Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group, Bukit Batok by-election, 2016, Bukit Gombak, Candidate, Censorship in Singapore, Central Provident Fund, Changi General Hospital, Cheo Chai Chen, Chiam See Tong, Constituencies of Singapore, Contempt of court, Cost of living, Defamation, Doctor (title), Doctor of Philosophy, GIC Private Limited, Goh Chok Tong, Group cohesiveness, High Court (Singapore), Holland-Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency, Hong Lim Park, Human rights, Human Rights Watch, Hunger strike, International Monetary Fund, Istanbul, Jurong Group Representation Constituency, Latin honors, Lee Hsien Loong, Lee Kuan Yew, Liberal International, Ling How Doong, MacPherson Single Member Constituency, Mansfield University of Pennsylvania, Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency, Martyn See, Matthias Yao, Minister for Home Affairs (Singapore), Monash University, Monetary Authority of Singapore, National Endowment for Democracy, National Kidney Foundation Singapore scandal, National University of Singapore, Nee Soon Central Single Member Constituency, Neuropsychology, Non-governmental organization, Offence of scandalizing the court in Singapore, Op-ed, ..., Parliament of Singapore, Parliamentarians for Global Action, Paul Wolfowitz, People's Action Party, Politician, Population White Paper, Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency, President of Indonesia, President of Singapore, Prime Minister of Singapore, Prize For Freedom, Psychology, Raffles City, Rodrigo Rato, Secretary (title), Sim Ann, Singapore, Singapore 2006, Singapore Democratic Party, Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore People's Party, Singaporean general election, 1997, Singaporean general election, 2001, Singaporean general election, 2011, Singaporean general election, 2015, Singaporeans, Speakers' Corner, Singapore, Suharto, Tan Jee Say, Temasek Holdings, The Istana, The Straits Times, Today (Singapore newspaper), University of Chicago, University of Georgia, University of Sydney, UOB Plaza, World Bank Group, Xu (surname). Expand index (39 more) »

Activism

Activism consists of efforts to promote, impede, or direct social, political, economic, or environmental reform or stasis with the desire to make improvements in society.

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Anglo-Chinese School

The Anglo-Chinese School (ACS), is a family of Methodist schools in Singapore and Indonesia founded in 1886 by Bishop William Fitzjames Oldham as an extension of the Methodist Church.

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Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group

The IMF and World Bank meet each autumn in what is officially known as the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group and each spring in the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group.

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Bukit Batok by-election, 2016

A by-election for the Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency in Singapore was concluded on Polling Day of 7 May 2016, with Murali Pillai as the winning candidate.

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Bukit Gombak

Gombak, also known as Bukit Gombak, is a subzone of Bukit Batok, Singapore.

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Candidate

A candidate, or nominee, is the prospective recipient of an award or honor, or a person seeking or being considered for some kind of position; for example.

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Censorship in Singapore

Censorship in Singapore mainly targets political, racial and religious issues, as defined by out-of-bounds markers.

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Central Provident Fund

In Singapore, the Central Provident Fund (CPF; Chinese: 公积金, Pinyin: Gōngjījīn) is a compulsory comprehensive savings plan for working Singaporeans and permanent residents primarily to fund their retirement, healthcare, and housing needs.

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Changi General Hospital

Changi General Hospital (Abbreviation: CGH) is a 1000-bed hospital located in Simei, eastern Singapore.

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Cheo Chai Chen

Cheo Chai Chen is a politician and businessman from Singapore.

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Chiam See Tong

Chiam See Tong (born 12 March 1935) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer.

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Constituencies of Singapore

Constituencies in Singapore are electoral divisions which may be represented by single or multiple seats in the Parliament of Singapore.

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Contempt of court

Contempt of court, often referred to simply as "contempt", is the offense of being disobedient to or discourteous toward a court of law and its officers in the form of behavior that opposes or defies the authority, justice and dignity of the court.

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Cost of living

Cost of living is the cost of maintaining a certain standard of living.

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Defamation

Defamation, calumny, vilification, or traducement is the communication of a false statement that, depending on the law of the country, harms the reputation of an individual, business, product, group, government, religion, or nation.

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Doctor (title)

Doctor is an academic title that originates from the Latin word of the same spelling and meaning.

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Doctor of Philosophy

A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or Ph.D.; Latin Philosophiae doctor) is the highest academic degree awarded by universities in most countries.

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GIC Private Limited

GIC Private Limited, formerly known as Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, is a sovereign wealth fund established by the Government of Singapore in 1981 to manage Singapore's foreign reserves.

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Goh Chok Tong

Goh Chok Tong (born 20 May 1941;, Wade–Giles: Wu2-tso4-tung4) is a Singaporean politician.

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Group cohesiveness

Group cohesiveness (also called group cohesion and social cohesion) arises when bonds link members of a social group to one another and to the group as a whole.

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High Court (Singapore)

The High Court of the Republic of Singapore is the lower division of the Supreme Court of Singapore, the upper being the Court of Appeal.

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Holland-Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency

Holland-Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency (Kawasan Undi Perwakilan Berkumpulan Holland-Bukit Timah; ஹோலண்ட்-புக்கிட் தீமா குழுத்தொகுதி) is a four-member Group Representation Constituency located in the central, western and northern areas of Singapore.

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Hong Lim Park

Hong Lim Park (Malay: Taman Hong Lim), formerly Hong Lim Green and Dunman's Green, is a heritage park in Singapore that is "the only venue in Singapore where public protests are allowed".

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Human rights

Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, December 13, 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,, Retrieved August 14, 2014 that describe certain standards of human behaviour and are regularly protected as natural and legal rights in municipal and international law.

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Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights.

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Hunger strike

A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance or pressure in which participants fast as an act of political protest, or to provoke feelings of guilt in others, usually with the objective to achieve a specific goal, such as a policy change.

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International Monetary Fund

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of "189 countries working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world." Formed in 1945 at the Bretton Woods Conference primarily by the ideas of Harry Dexter White and John Maynard Keynes, it came into formal existence in 1945 with 29 member countries and the goal of reconstructing the international payment system.

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Istanbul

Istanbul (or or; İstanbul), historically known as Constantinople and Byzantium, is the most populous city in Turkey and the country's economic, cultural, and historic center.

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Jurong Group Representation Constituency

Jurong Group Representation Constituency (Kawasan Undi Perwakilan Berkumpulan Jurong; ஜூரோங் குழுத்தொகுதி) is a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore.

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Latin honors

Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of distinction with which an academic degree has been earned.

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Lee Hsien Loong

Lee Hsien Loong (Tamil: லீ சியன் லூங்; born 10 February 1952) is a Singaporean politician serving as the third and current Prime Minister of Singapore since 2004.

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Lee Kuan Yew

Lee Kuan Yew GCMG CH SPMJ (16 September 1923 – 23 March 2015), commonly referred to by his initials LKY, was the first Prime Minister of Singapore, governing for three decades.

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Liberal International

Liberal International (LI) is a political international federation for liberal political parties.

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Ling How Doong

Ling How Doong (born 1934) is a politician and lawyer from Singapore.

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MacPherson Single Member Constituency

MacPherson Single Member Constituency (Kawasan Undi Perseorangan MacPherson; மெக்பர்சன் தனித் தொகுதி) is a Single Member Constituency located in central area of Singapore.

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Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

Mansfield University of Pennsylvania is a small, public university located in the borough of Mansfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.

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Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency

Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency (Kawasan Undi Perwakilan Berkumpulan Marine Parade; மரீன் பரேட் குழுத்தொகுதி) is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the central, eastern and north-eastern areas of Singapore.

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Martyn See

Martyn See is a Singaporean filmmaker and the former Executive Secretary of the now defunct Singaporeans for Democracy.

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Matthias Yao

Matthias Yao Chih (born 12 January 1956) is a former politician from Singapore.

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Minister for Home Affairs (Singapore)

The Minister for Home Affairs is an appointment in the Cabinet of Singapore.

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Monash University

Monash University is a public research university based in Melbourne, Australia.

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Monetary Authority of Singapore

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (Abbreviation: MAS;; Malay: Penguasa Kewangan Singapura) is Singapore's central bank and financial regulatory authority.

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National Endowment for Democracy

The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is a U.S. non-profit soft power organization that was founded in 1983 with the stated goal of promoting democracy abroad.

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National Kidney Foundation Singapore scandal

The National Kidney Foundation Singapore scandal, also known as the NKF saga, NKF scandal, or NKF controversy, was a July 2005 scandal involving National Kidney Foundation Singapore (NKF) following the collapse of a defamation trial which it brought against Susan Long and Singapore Press Holdings (SPH).

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National University of Singapore

The National University of Singapore (NUS) is an autonomous research university in Singapore.

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Nee Soon Central Single Member Constituency

Nee Soon Central Single Member Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 義順中單選區; Simplified Chinese: 义顺中单选区) is a defunct Single Member Constituency in the northern area in Singapore.

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Neuropsychology

Neuropsychology is the study of the structure and function of the brain as they relate to specific psychological processes and behaviours.

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Non-governmental organization

Non-governmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, or nongovernment organizations, commonly referred to as NGOs, are usually non-profit and sometimes international organizations independent of governments and international governmental organizations (though often funded by governments) that are active in humanitarian, educational, health care, public policy, social, human rights, environmental, and other areas to effect changes according to their objectives.

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Offence of scandalizing the court in Singapore

In Singapore, the offence of scandalizing the court is committed when a person performs any act or publishes any writing that is calculated to bring a court or a judge of the court into contempt, or to lower his authority.

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Op-ed

An op-ed (originally short for "opposite the editorial page" although often taken to stand for "opinion editorial") is a written prose piece typically published by a newspaper or magazine which expresses the opinion of a named author usually not affiliated with the publication's editorial board.

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Parliament of Singapore

The Parliament of the Republic of Singapore and the President jointly make up the legislature of Singapore, which is based on the Westminster system.

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Parliamentarians for Global Action

Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) is a non-profit, non-partisan international network of committed legislators, informs and mobilizes parliamentarians in all regions of the world to advocate for human rights and the rule of law, democracy, human security, non-discrimination, and gender equality.

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Paul Wolfowitz

Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (born December 22, 1943) is an American political scientist and diplomat who served as the 10th President of the World Bank, United States Ambassador to Indonesia, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, and former dean of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.

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People's Action Party

The People's Action Party (abbreviation: PAP) is a major right-wingPartido de Ação Popular political party in Singapore.

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Politician

A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking office in government.

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Population White Paper

A Sustainable Population for a Dynamic Singapore: Population White Paper, or simply known as the Population White Paper (PWP), is a controversial white paper released by the government of Singapore in January 2013 that projects Singapore's population as 6.9 million by the year 2030.

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Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency

Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency (Kawasan Undi Perseorangan Potong Pasir; பொத்தோங் பாசிர் தனித்தொகுதி) is a Single Member Constituency (SMC) in the central region of Singapore.

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President of Indonesia

The President of the Republic of Indonesia (Presiden Republik Indonesia) is the head of state and also head of government of the Republic of Indonesia.

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President of Singapore

The President of the Republic of Singapore is the country's head of state.

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Prime Minister of Singapore

The Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore (Perdana Menteri Republik Singapura; 新加坡共和國總理;, pinyin: Xīnjiāpō gònghéguó zǒnglǐ; சிங்கப்பூர் குடியரசின் பிரதமர், Ciṅkappūr kuṭiyaraciṉ piratamar) is the head of the government of the Republic of Singapore, and the most powerful person in Singapore.

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Prize For Freedom

The Prize For Freedom is an annual prize presented by the Liberal International since 1985.

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Psychology

Psychology is the science of behavior and mind, including conscious and unconscious phenomena, as well as feeling and thought.

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Raffles City

Raffles City is a large complex located in the Civic District within the Downtown Core of the city-state of Singapore.

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Rodrigo Rato

Rodrigo de Rato y Figaredo (born 18 March 1949) is a Spanish political figure who served in the government of Spain as Minister of the Economy from 1996 to 2004; a member of the conservative People's Party (PP), he was also First Deputy Prime Minister from 2003 to 2004.

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Secretary (title)

Secretary is a title often used in organizations to indicate a person having a certain amount of authority, power, or importance in the organization.

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Sim Ann

Sim Ann (born 12 March 1975) is a Singaporean politician.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia.

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Singapore 2006

Singapore 2006 was a group of several concurrent events that were held in Singapore in support of the 61st Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group.

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Singapore Democratic Party

The Singapore Democratic Party (abbrev: SDP;; சிங்கப்பூர் மக்களாட்சி; Parti Demokratik Singapura) is a social liberal political party in Singapore.

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Singapore International Film Festival

The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) (Chinese: 新加坡国际电影节) is the longest-running film festival in Singapore.

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Singapore People's Party

The Singapore People's Party (abbrev: SPP) is a political party in Singapore.

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Singaporean general election, 1997

The 1997 Singaporean parliamentary election was an election in Singapore which was held on 2 January 1997.

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Singaporean general election, 2001

The Singaporean parliamentary general elections of 2001 were held on 3 November.

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Singaporean general election, 2011

Singapore's general election to form its 12th Parliament was held on 7 May 2011.

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Singaporean general election, 2015

The 2015 Singaporean general election was held on 11 September to form Singapore's Parliament.

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Singaporeans

Singaporeans or Singaporean people are citizens of the city-state of Singapore – a multi-racial and multi-cultural country with ethnic Chinese, Indians, and Malays historically making up the vast majority of the population, hailing from various ethnic groups of China, India, and the Malay Archipelago.

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Speakers' Corner, Singapore

Speakers' Corner is an area located within Hong Lim Park, Singapore, where citizens and permanent residents of Singapore may demonstrate, hold exhibitions and performances, and speak freely on most topics after prior registration on a government website.

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Suharto

Muhammad Suharto (also written Soeharto;, or Muhammad Soeharto; 8 June 1921 – 27 January 2008) was an Indonesian military leader and politician who served as the second President of Indonesia, holding the office for 31 years from the ousting of Sukarno in 1967 until his resignation in 1998.

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Tan Jee Say

Tan Jee Say (born 12 February 1954) is a Singaporean investment adviser, politician and former civil servant.

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Temasek Holdings

Temasek Holdings Private Limited (abbreviated as Temasek) is a state-owned holding company that can be characterized as a national wealth fund owned by the Government of Singapore.

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The Istana

The Istana is the official residence and office of the President of Singapore.

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The Straits Times

The Straits Times is an English-language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore currently owned by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH).

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Today (Singapore newspaper)

TODAY is a Singapore English-language digital news provider under MediaCorp Press.

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University of Chicago

The University of Chicago (UChicago, U of C, or Chicago) is a private, non-profit research university in Chicago, Illinois.

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University of Georgia

The University of Georgia, also referred to as UGA or simply Georgia, is an American public comprehensive research university.

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University of Sydney

The University of Sydney (informally, USyd or USYD) is an Australian public research university in Sydney, Australia.

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UOB Plaza

United Overseas Bank Plaza (UOB Plaza) (Chinese: 大华银行大厦) is a complex with twin tower late-modernist skyscrapers in the city of Singapore.

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World Bank Group

The World Bank Group (WBG) (Groupe de la Banque mondiale) is a family of five international organizations that make leveraged loans to developing countries.

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Xu (surname)

Xu are two surnames of Chinese origin.

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Redirects here:

Xu Shunquan, Xú Shùnquán, 徐順全.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chee_Soon_Juan

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