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Singapores ambassadoratlarge bilahari kausikan has warned the japanese people to be wary of the founding leader of the beleaguered city harvest church chc after noting that the latter had made missionary trips to japan cities. Singapore is not an island views on singapore foreign policy bilahari kausikan, author and editor, tan lian choo on. This site uses cookies to improve your user experience. Book overview diplomacy is not about being nice, polite or agreeable. One of singapores top diplomats, bilahari kausikan was the institute of policy studies ips 201516 s r nathan fellow for the study of singapore.
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