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Benzinga, 17 Mar 2011Singapore, Mar 17, 2011 - (ACN Newswire) - Singapore International Water Week today announced that Dr James L. Barnard has been awarded the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize 2011, a prestigious award that recognises outstanding contributions towards solving global water problems by either applying technologies or implementing policies and programmes which benefit humanity. Full story

ScandAsia.com, 13 Feb 2011Singapore-based scientist Guillaume Drillet received on Thursday 27 January 2011 about three-and-a-half million Danish kroner for his research on live feed for aquaculture. He is going to spend them on figuring out why copepods get stressed and die. Full story

International Business Times, 5 Feb 2011In an exploratory study conducted by Swiss business school IMD on the international potency of domestic Singaporean brands, 18.2 percent of respondents cited Singapore Airlines as the top national brand that they were most enthusiastic about and would recommend to all, globally. The second and third positions of recall were taken by Tiger Beer and Creative,

Eco-business.com, 19 Jan 2011Two Singapore-based clean-technology companies will benefit from a new certification scheme kicked off today for environmentally friendly food courts.The Singapore Environment Council (SEC) launched a certification scheme to boost the environmental practices of Singapore’s ubiquitous and much-loved food courts. Full story

Eco-business.com, 17 Jan 2011Singapore, January 17 - HarbourFront Centre, formerly known as Singapore’s World Trade Centre, has become one of the oldest buildings to win the Green Mark Platinum Award from the Building and Construction Authority (BCA).The Platinum standard is the highest rating under the BCA’s Green Mark scheme, introduced in 2005 to improve the environmental performance of the

Webwire.com, 17 Jan 2011 J C Sum & ‘Magic Babe’ Ning were presented with a “Special Recognition Award for Contributions to the Arts & Media Community” from the School of Film & Media Studies, Ngee Ann Polytechnic at the M:idea Youth Awards 2011.The award was to acknowledge their track record of contributing to the vibrant Singapore arts & media scene with their live illusion performances and

Bernama.com, 28 Dec 2010The Malaysia National Film Development Corporation (Finas) with the cooperation of the Central Council of Malay Cultural Organisations Singapore and Hann's Entertainment will be organising the Seri Temasek Award 2011 presentation to honour and recognise the contributions made by actors and actresses of the two neighbouring countries. Full story

American Consumer News, 17 Dec 2010Dr. Susanto Rahardja and Dr Liang Ying Chang of A*STAR’s Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R) have been recognized for their efforts in research by the Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) to the status of `IEEE Fellow,’ the highest honor to be bestowed by IEEE.Dr. Susanto Rahardja, who is Head of the Signal Department cum Director (

People's Daily Online, 8 Dec 2010A record number of nominations have been received for the coveted Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize 2011, the Singapore International Water Week organizer announced on Wednesday.A total of 72 nominations were submitted this year, a 38 percent increase from a year before. Full storyRelated:Singapore Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize gets record nominations -

Nanowerk.com, 7 Dec 2010Two recipients of the inaugural defence fellowships granted by Singapore's Ministry of Defence have chosen to further their research at Nanyang Technological University (NTU).The inaugural Temasek Research Fellowship will be awarded to Dr Oleg Vasylkiv, 42, a Ukrainian scientist who is regarded as a rising star in the cutting-edge field of materials science. Singaporean

Medindia.net, 23 Oct 2010Singapore and Hong Kong dominated a list of Asia's best restaurants, but Malaysia made it into the elite ranks for the first time, an annual survey showed.Singapore restaurant Iggy's moved to the top spot from being number two last year, according to this year's ranking of Asia's top 20 restaurants by The Miele Guide. Full story