A comprehensive list of links to help you with your case-writing.

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Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore
Results of the annual survey of R&D in Singapore.

a2o Online, Singapore
National Archives of Singapore's portal site on heritage information. Search for information across NHB's various independent databases and view selected photographs, maps and plans, listen to oral history interview samplers and watch snippets of audio-visual recordings.

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Building & Construction Authority, Singapore
Construction statistics including construction cost indices, material price index, tender price index, construction demand, construction output.

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CIA's World Factbook
Provides profiles of countries around the world.

D

Discover Singapore
Find links to various organisations within Singapore.

Daiwa Institute of Research
Provides research reports on economics and strategy and the Asia-Pacific.

The Dow Jones Interactive has been replaced by Factiva.com.

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Economic Development Board of Singapore
Results of quarterly economic surveys and annual economic reports.

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Factiva.com
Combining the old Dow Jones and Reuters search, this all-in-one stop allows you to search for news, industry information, market research and more using 17 publications including The Straits Times, Business Times, Asiaweek etc.

Note: NTU students can access this database from the NTU Library.

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InfoComm Development Authority of Singapore
Infocomm facts and figures including survey results of Singapore's infocomm industry, manpower & skills and usage; statistics on postal and telecom services; and Quality of Service performance results of mobile, paging and internet access services.

International Telecommunication Union
Worldwide communication statistics (on fixed telephone line, mobile cellular, Internet penetration and service) categorized by country, operator/company, and region.

The page also provides the URL link to the ITU Internet Country Case Studies.
Countries featured in these case studies are Nepal, Uganda, Bolivia, Hungary, Egypt and Singapore. Upcoming case studies will feature Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos and Philippines.

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Japan Financials
Detailed financial statement data for all the companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

JETRO
Find useful data and resources from Japan's External Trade Organisation's database.

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Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore
Port statistics - vessel arrivals and shipping tonnage, vessel arrivals by type, vessel calls by purpose, total cargo, total container throughput, bunker sales and the Singapore ship registry

Ministry of Education Singapore
Education statistics for enrollment in primary, secondary, pre-university, ITE and tertiary institutions and government expenditure on education.

Ministry of Finance Singapore
Information on Singapore's 2001 off-budget measures, annual budget statements (from 1996 to 2001), tax information and government expenditure.

Ministry of Health Singapore
Health statistics - Singapore's health facts and hospital statistics such as population & vital statistics, principal causes of death, top 10 causes of hospitalization, hospital admissions rate by sex and age, health facilities, health manpower and others.

Ministry of Manpower Singapore
Manpower statistics on employment creation, unemployment rate, number of unemployed, number of retrenched, job vacancy rate, monthly recruitment rate, monthly resignation rate, growth in average monthly earnings, overtime hours.

Monetary Authority of Singapore
Available in Data Room are the key economic indicators of Singapore (such as Singapore's exchange rates and interest rates since 1983 and foreign reserves), financial databases, monthly statistical bulletin with coverage of Singapore's monetary and financial development including Asian Dollar Market, foreign exchange and interest rates, insurance statistics and credit & charge card statistics.

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National Library Board
The NLB annual reports provide statistics on loans, membership, visitorship, library collection and materials.

Nikkei Net Interactive
Find out about the latest news and resouces on Japan and the rest of the Asian economies.

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The Public Register's Annual Report Service (PRARS)
Free company financials including annual reports and prospectuses on over 3,600 public companies listed on NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX etc.

S

Sprinter
An online source of press releases and speeches from the Singapore Government.

Singapore Department of Statistics
Official statistics on Singapore including latest monthly, quarterly and annual indicators on the Singapore economy; demographic indicators; social indicators; employment statistics, literacy & education statistics; information on population & area; price indices; household expenditures, census of population; and business expectations survey reports.

Singapore Exchange Limited
Annual reports and IPOs of listed companies, 'live' stock prices & statistics, derivatives prices & statistics

Singapore Productivity and Standards Board (SPRING Singapore)
Statistics on the competitiveness of the Singapore economy; GNP, GDP & inflation rates; productivity growth; labor (total labor force, labor force participation rate, educational profiles of employed people); local enterprises; quality circle; and training.

Singapore Tourism Board
Tourism statistics – visitor arrivals and hotel sector performance.

Standard & Poor's
Information about S&P's financial indices, reference guides, ratings definition and criteria.

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Trade Development Board Singapore
Singapore trade statistics – registration required for accessing the data.

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United Nations
Provides URL links to the webpages of national statistics offices worldwide.

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The World Bank Group
Country data on agriculture, domestic finance, development, early childhood development, education, environment, governance, health, informatics, infrastructures, industry, international economics, labor and employment, macroeconomics, and poverty.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) Statistic Division
International trade statistics.

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Zoomerang.com
This free web service allows you to create, format, customise a survey and also helps tabulate and present your survey results. Very useful for research methods.