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CHINA-BEIJING-HE LIFENG-SINGAPOREAN DEPUTY PM-MEETING (CN)

(240410) -- BEIJING, April 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- He Lifeng, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and director of the Office of the Central Commission for Financial and Economic Affairs, meets with Singaporean Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies Heng Swee Keat in Beijing, capital of China, April 10, 2024. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)

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CHINA-BEIJING-HAN ZHENG-SINGAPOREAN DEPUTY PM-MEETING (CN)

(240409) -- BEIJING, April 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Han Zheng meets with Heng Swee Keat, Singapore's deputy prime minister and coordinating minister for economic policies, in Beijing, capital of China, April 9, 2024. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)

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CHINA-BEIJING-HAN ZHENG-SINGAPOREAN DEPUTY PM-MEETING (CN)

(240409) -- BEIJING, April 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Han Zheng meets with Heng Swee Keat, Singapore's deputy prime minister and coordinating minister for economic policies, in Beijing, capital of China, April 9, 2024. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)

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SINGAPORE-CPC-LIU JIANCHAO-VISIT

(240328) -- SINGAPORE, March 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Liu Jianchao, head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, meets with Chairman of the People's Action Party, Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies Heng Swee Keat (R) in Singapore, March 26, 2024. Liu led a CPC delegation on a visit to Singapore from Monday to Thursday. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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America in no position to define democracy -- views on U.S. democracy

STORY: America in no position to define democracy -- views on U.S. democracy SHOOTING TIME: March 22, 2024 DATELINE: March 23, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:25 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people protesting in South Korea (Source: 촛불전진) 2. various of the "Summit for Democracy" (Source: Presidential Office of South Korea) 3. various of people protesting in South Korea (Source: 촛불전진) 4. various of the "Summit for Democracy" (Source: Presidential Office of South Korea) 5. various of Washington DC 6. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): HUMPHREY MOSHI, Director of the Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Dar es Salaam of Tanzania 7. various of Washington DC 8. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ONG TEE KEAT, Former deputy speaker of Malaysia's lower house of parliament 9. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): ALI EL-HEFNY, Egypt's former deputy foreign minister STORYLINE: Amid public protests, the third "Summit for Democracy," an initiative launched by the United States, was held in South Korea from March 18 to 20.

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Chinese democracy genuinely seeks to meet needs of the people: former Malaysian official

STORY: Chinese democracy genuinely seeks to meet needs of the people: former Malaysian official SHOOTING TIME: March 20, 2024 DATELINE: March 21, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:30 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Beijing 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ONG TEE KEAT, Former Deputy Speaker of the Lower House of the Malaysian Parliament 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ONG TEE KEAT, Former Deputy Speaker of the Lower House of the Malaysian Parliament STORYLINE: "I would call the Chinese democracy a unique model that involves the participation of the people, aspiration of the people," said Ong Tee Keat, former deputy speaker of the Lower House of the Malaysian Parliament. SOUNDBITE (English): ONG TEE KEAT, Former Deputy Speaker of the Lower House of the Malaysian Parliament "I would call the Chinese democracy a unique model that involves the participation of the people, aspiration of the people. I'm glad to see that the Chinese governance has attached great significance to the monitoring of the result. It i

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Transplant of electoral democracy leads to failed states, humanitarian disasters: former Malaysian official

STORY: Transplant of electoral democracy leads to failed states, humanitarian disasters: former Malaysian official SHOOTING TIME: March 20, 2024 DATELINE: March 20, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): ONG TEE KEAT, Former deputy speaker of the lower house of Malaysian parliament STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (English): ONG TEE KEAT, Former deputy speaker of the lower house of Malaysian parliament "The present model of electoral democracy is widely touted as the West creation and has ever since been made the one-size-fits-all benchmark for democratic rule worldwide. Unfortunately, this turns out to be a fallacy, the cohesive transplant of electoral democracy, either through military intervention or brutal regime change, as was initiated by Washington in the developing world, has only added more failed states and ensuing humanitarian disasters to the lists. People's wellbeing and aspirations are nowhere to be seen. The so called people-elected governments insta

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Japan wins 2 kata golds in karate

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Tetsuya Furukawa (R) and Nao Morooka hold up their gold medals after winning the kata events of the Asian Games karate competition in Doha on Dec. 12. Furukawa beat Malaysia's Ku Jin Keat 5-0 in the men's final while Morooka prevailed over Vietnam's Nguyen Hoang Ngan with the same score in the women's gold medal match.

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Cambodia aid forum closes with $560 mil. in pledges

TOKYO, Japan - Cambodian Economic and Finance Minister Keat Chhon (L) speaks at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on June 13 after the end of a two-day conference of donor nations on aid to his country. The donors pledged to provide $560 million in aid, exceeding Cambodia's request for $500 million.

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SINGAPORE-HAN ZHENG-VISIT

(221102) -- SINGAPORE, Nov. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng meets with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Singapore, Nov. 2, 2022. Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng visited Singapore from Tuesday to Wednesday upon invitation and co-chaired four meetings of bilateral cooperation mechanisms here. During his visit, Han met with Singaporean President Halimah Yacob, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, and Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean, respectively. Han co-hosted with Heng on Tuesday the 18th China-Singapore Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation Meeting, the 23rd China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Joint Steering Council Meeting, the 14th China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Joint Steering Council Meeting and the 6th China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on Strategic Connectivity Joint Steering Council Meeting. (Xinhua/Li Tao)

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SINGAPORE-HAN ZHENG-VISIT

(221102) -- SINGAPORE, Nov. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng meets with Singaporean Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean in Singapore, Nov. 2, 2022. Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng visited Singapore from Tuesday to Wednesday upon invitation and co-chaired four meetings of bilateral cooperation mechanisms here. During his visit, Han met with Singaporean President Halimah Yacob, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, and Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean, respectively. Han co-hosted with Heng on Tuesday the 18th China-Singapore Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation Meeting, the 23rd China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Joint Steering Council Meeting, the 14th China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Joint Steering Council Meeting and the 6th China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on Strategic Connectivity Joint Steering Council Meeting. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

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SINGAPORE-HAN ZHENG-VISIT

(221102) -- SINGAPORE, Nov. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng meets with Singaporean President Halimah Yacob in Singapore, Nov. 2, 2022. Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng visited Singapore from Tuesday to Wednesday upon invitation and co-chaired four meetings of bilateral cooperation mechanisms here. During his visit, Han met with Singaporean President Halimah Yacob, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, and Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean, respectively. Han co-hosted with Heng on Tuesday the 18th China-Singapore Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation Meeting, the 23rd China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Joint Steering Council Meeting, the 14th China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Joint Steering Council Meeting and the 6th China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on Strategic Connectivity Joint Steering Council Meeting. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

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SINGAPORE-HAN ZHENG-VISIT

(221102) -- SINGAPORE, Nov. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng co-hosts with Singaporean Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat the 18th China-Singapore Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation Meeting in Singapore, Nov. 1, 2022. Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng visited Singapore from Tuesday to Wednesday upon invitation and co-chaired four meetings of bilateral cooperation mechanisms here. During his visit, Han met with Singaporean President Halimah Yacob, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, and Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean, respectively. Han co-hosted with Heng on Tuesday the 18th China-Singapore Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation Meeting, the 23rd China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Joint Steering Council Meeting, the 14th China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Joint Steering Council Meeting and the 6th China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on Strategic Connectivity Joint Steering Council Meeting. (Xinhua/

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SINGAPORE-HAN ZHENG-VISIT

(221102) -- SINGAPORE, Nov. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng meets with Singaporean Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong in Singapore, Nov. 1, 2022. Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng visited Singapore from Tuesday to Wednesday upon invitation and co-chaired four meetings of bilateral cooperation mechanisms here. During his visit, Han met with Singaporean President Halimah Yacob, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, and Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean, respectively. Han co-hosted with Heng on Tuesday the 18th China-Singapore Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation Meeting, the 23rd China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Joint Steering Council Meeting, the 14th China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Joint Steering Council Meeting and the 6th China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on Strategic Connectivity Joint Steering Council Meeting. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

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Hong Kong to get more support in contribution to building of Belt and Road

STORY: Hong Kong to get more support in contribution to building of Belt and Road DATELINE: Sept. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:54 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the conference 2. STANDUP (English): ZHANG YICHI, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE (English): JOHN LEE, HKSAR Chief Executive 4. SOUNDBITE (English): HENG SWEE KEAT, Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies 5. SOUNDBITE (English): YAZRIN SYAKHAIRI, Trade commissioner of Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) 6. SOUNDBITE (English): ANDREW KINLOCH, Advisor on infrastructure finance in Asia, Logie Group Limited 7. SOUNDBITE (English): NICOLAS DE LOISY, President of Supply Chain Management Outsource Ltd. (SCMO) 8. various of Hong Kong, China STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZHANG YICHI, Xinhua correspondent "The seventh Belt and Road Summit has opened here in China's Hong Kong. Themed "Heralding a New Chapter: Collaborate and Innovate," the Summit gathers senior

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CHINA-BEIJING-2022 CIFTIS-SUMMIT (CN)

(220831) -- BEIJING, Aug. 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Heng Swee Keat, Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies, addresses the Summit of 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) via video, Aug. 31, 2022. The summit was held in Beijing on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

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Remaining open to immigrants critical to Singapore's prosperity: deputy PM

STORY: Remaining open to immigrants critical to Singapore's prosperity: deputy PM DATELINE: July 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:24 LOCATION: Singapore CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a family reunion in a hall 2. various of an old man saying STORYLINE: Singaporean Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat has called for the Southeast Asian nation to remain open to immigrants, saying it is critical for the nation to continue to thrive. "Those who may not be born and bred here can contribute to the next chapter of the Singapore Story," local media cited Heng as saying on Wednesday. Heng made the remarks here on Tuesday at the launch of a new book titled "An Illustrious Heritage: The History Of Tan Tock Seng And Family." Published in both English and Chinese, the book is about the life stories of Singapore's famous pioneer Tan Tock Seng and his descendants. Tan Tock Seng, who came to Singapore from Malacca in 1819, was one of the most successful businessmen and philanthropists in the history of Singapore. On

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First giant panda born in Singapore turns 7 months old

STORY: First giant panda born in Singapore turns 7 months old DATELINE: March 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:58 LOCATION: Singapore CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of guests watching Le Le in the Giant Panda Forest River Wonders STORYLINE: Singapore's first giant panda baby, Le Le, is now nearly seven months old and met the public with his mother, Jia Jia, at the resting area of the Giant Panda Forest River Wonders on Thursday. Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies Heng Swee Keat, China's Ambassador to Singapore Hong Xiaoyong, Mandai Wildlife Group CEO Mike Barclay and Mandai Wildlife Group Deputy Chairman and Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore Tan Chuan-Jin attended the event. Weighing in at 15.86 kg (as of March 8), Le Le is active and curious about his new environment. His mother, Jia Jia, always watches her baby exploring, ready to protect him. Visitors whipped out their mobile phones to capture the adorable look of the baby panda. Mike, CEO of Mandai W

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CHINA-BEIJING-HAN ZHENG-SINGAPORE-MEETINGS (CN)

(211229) -- BEIJING, Dec. 29, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat of Singapore via video link in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 29, 2021. Han Zheng and Heng Swee Keat co-chaired the 17th China-Singapore Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation Meeting, the 22nd China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Joint Steering Council (JSC) Meeting, the 13th China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City JSC Meeting and the 5th China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on Strategic Connectivity JSC Meeting. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

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CHINA-BEIJING-HAN ZHENG-SINGAPORE-MEETINGS (CN)

(211229) -- BEIJING, Dec. 29, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat of Singapore via video link in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 29, 2021. Han Zheng and Heng Swee Keat co-chaired the 17th China-Singapore Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation Meeting, the 22nd China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Joint Steering Council (JSC) Meeting, the 13th China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City JSC Meeting and the 5th China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on Strategic Connectivity JSC Meeting. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

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CHINA-BEIJING-HAN ZHENG-SINGAPORE-MEETINGS (CN)

(211229) -- BEIJING, Dec. 29, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat of Singapore via video link in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 29, 2021. Han Zheng and Heng Swee Keat co-chaired the 17th China-Singapore Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation Meeting, the 22nd China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Joint Steering Council (JSC) Meeting, the 13th China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City JSC Meeting and the 5th China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on Strategic Connectivity JSC Meeting. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

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THE GODFATHER PART II (US1974) PARAMOUNT PICTURES DIANE KEAT

THE GODFATHER PART II PARAMOUNT PICTURES DIANE KEATON, AL PACINO Date: 1974

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Japan wins 2 kata golds in karate

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Tetsuya Furukawa (R) and Nao Morooka hold up their gold medals after winning the kata events of the Asian Games karate competition in Doha on Dec. 12. Furukawa beat Malaysia's Ku Jin Keat 5-0 in the men's final while Morooka prevailed over Vietnam's Nguyen Hoang Ngan with the same score in the women's gold medal match. (Kyodo)

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Cambodia aid forum closes with $560 mil. in pledges

TOKYO, Japan - Cambodian Economic and Finance Minister Keat Chhon (L) speaks at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on June 13 after the end of a two-day conference of donor nations on aid to his country. The donors pledged to provide $560 million in aid, exceeding Cambodia's request for $500 million.