SINGAPORE May 9 Singapore's Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd reported a nearly 14 percent rise in quarterly profit, largely led by sustained growth in its wealth management business and robust results from insurance operations. The city-state's second ... ( read original story ...)
Gigaba set to woo Singapore investors
Cape Town - Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba would soon head to Asia to woo fund managers after he held bilateral engagements with Singapore’s deputy Prime Minister, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, at the recently concluded World Economic Forum on Africa. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Customs warns public about emails impersonating officers
SINGAPORE: Singapore Customs has warned the public to be wary of e-mails claiming to have been sent by its officers asking for personal information. “Singapore Customs does not ask for confidential personal information through emails nor do we send ... ( read original story ...)
Commentary: Say yes to renewing the Singapore F1 Grand Prix
In a few months’ time, the Singapore F1 night race will be upon us and the Government has to decide whether it wishes to extend the current contract for another five years. The Singapore Grand Prix (GP) has always had its naysayers, who question its ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Morning News For May 8
Garena has rebranded as Sea Ltd. after Southeast Asia’s most valuable startup secured $550 million in funds to step up a battle with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and other players in Indonesia. SINGAPORE will have a greater role to play in the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore online platform Viddsee partners A + E Networks Asia to show local filmmakers’ works
Singapore online entertainment platform has partnered A + E Networks Asia to curate and broadcast a weekly selection of local filmmakers’ works on Lifetime Asia. Lifetime Asia, female-focused entertainment brand, will be expanding its Lifetime Original ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to enforce death penalty for nuclear terrorism acts
SINGAPORE: A person who commits a fatal act of terrorism using radioactive material or nuclear explosive devices will face the mandatory death penalty under new laws passed in Parliament on Monday (May 8). The legislation paves the way for Singapore’s ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore passes death penalty law for nuclear terrorism
Death penalty will be given to a person who commits a fatal act of terrorism using radioactive material or nuclear explosive devices, Xinhua news agency reported. Second Minister for Home Affairs Desmond Lee said Singapore cannot discount the rise of the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore sailing needs a trailblazer
The 59-year-old believes that Singapore needs a trailblazer like Elvstrom, for the Republic to start winning medals at major senior sailing events, such as the Olympics. "You've already had 10 sailors at the (Rio Olympics), in numbers you are already ... ( read original story ...)
SINGAPORE CUSTOMS NEXT TO BE USED BY IMPERSONATORS CLAIMING TO BE THEIR OFFICERS
The Singapore Customs is the latest in a list of Singapore authorities who have issued an advisory to the public over fake emails that are impersonating its officers. In the latest case, Singapore Customs had said that some members of the public had ... ( read original story ...)
Parliament: Sixth university for Singapore to focus on lifelong learning
SINGAPORE - Singapore will have a sixth autonomous university with its own distinctive focus, as Parliament gives the nod on Monday (May 8) to the new Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS), previously called SIM University. Its establishment will ... ( read original story ...)
Suite Talk: Alok Ghose, MD, Philips Lighting – Singapore, Malaysia & Exports
Alok Ghose, managing director and cluster leader, Philips Lighting – Singapore, Malaysia and exports, shares his views on leadership, motivating employees, and HR, in an interview with Jerene Ang. Q I understand that you have been with Philips since 1996 ... ( read original story ...)
Positive Lead Tipped For Singapore Stock Market
(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market bounced higher again on Friday, one session after it had ended the three-day winning streak in which it had collected almost 65 points or 2 percent. The Straits Times Index remains just beneath the 3,230-point ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore tech start-ups face years of struggle
Singapore copied a funding scheme from Israel in which the government provides up to 85 per cent of co-funding for technology companies, leaving private investors with the other 15 per cent, Prof Wong said. But Singapore was less stringent in its ... ( read original story ...)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 Expected to be Launched on 9th of May
The event is scheduled next week in Beijing and Singapore. Rumor mills have been continuously speculating ... Furthermore, the Snapdragon 660 is expected to be bundled along with Snapdragon X10 LTE modem capable of download speeds up to 450 Mbps and ... ( read original story ...)
Kulicke and Soffa Industries' (KLIC) CEO Dr. Fusen Chen on Q2 2017 Results – Earnings Call Transcript
The end markets driving this demand was mobile, LED as well as IoT and wireless communication applications supporting RF, WiFi and LTE build-outs ... a lot of these volume book in the revenue here in Singapore. As you know, in Singapore, we do enjoy ... ( read original story ...)