Month: November 2017

Nine in 10 global employees, or 91 per cent, say that it is their personal responsibility to keep up with the best practices through learning and development opportunities. However fewer Singapore employees felt that way (83 per cent) as compared to the ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Airlines is introducing fantastic new First Class for their Airbus A380s. They have 5 new planes which are being delivered over the next year and these new planes will feature the new first suites and new business class that offers double beds ... ( read original story ...)

Forty years after Singapore embarked on a cleanup of the Singapore River, the Prime Minister says that keeping the river clean is a relentless effort and that people should help by refraining from littering. "The river cleanup is never done," said PM Lee ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - Business receipts for the services sector in Singapore grew 6.3 per cent in the third quarter of 2017 compared to a year ago, reflecting an improved global outlook and a strengthening economy. The data released on Monday (Nov 27) by the ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - Singapore is considering new penalties to address sex crimes targeting women and children on the Internet, said Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam on Monday (Nov 27). In a Facebook post, Mr Shanmugam also said he hopes to relook issues ... ( read original story ...)

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) from Singapore's UAV Command have been deployed in the fight against terror in Afghanistan, Second Minister for Defence Mr Ong Ye Kung said on November 24. Speaking after visiting the UAC command base at at Murai Camp ... ( read original story ...)

According to Tiffany Crawford’s story last week, drug abuse has produced 1,100 corpses in B.C. this year to date, meaning 2017 is on pace to more than double the carnage of 2016 which, in turn, dramatically increased the death rate for 2015. Singapore ... ( read original story ...)

- SPH Buzz today launched a new hybrid store concept in partnership with Mastercard that includes attended and unattended retail counters. As part of the partnership, SPH Buzz has integrated Mastercard's mobile commerce platform - Vending powered by ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - Nine in 10 global employees, or 91 per cent, feel that it is a personal responsibility to keep up with the best work practices through learning and development opportunities, according to the latest report by staffing firm Randstad. However ... ( read original story ...)

Forty years after Singapore embarked on a clean-up of the Singapore River, the Prime Minister said that keeping the river clean is a relentless effort and that people should help by refraining from littering. "The river clean-up is never done," said Mr Lee ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - Singapore stocks opened weaker on Monday (Nov 27) with the Straits Times Index retreating 1.67 points to 3,440.48 as at 9.02am after fits of volatility in markets last week. Gainers outnumbered losers 73 to 42, after 31.1 million shares worth S ... ( read original story ...)

The Singapore Government has launched in China the first overseas initiative under the Global Innovation Alliance (GIA), a network to promote entrepreneurship and innovation with a focus on technology. Singapore has reported its first case of laughing gas ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong visited the United States from 23 to 26 October 2017 and had discussions with President Donald Trump, key economic and security members of his cabinet and important figures in Congress. He was the fourth Southeast ... ( read original story ...)

The tropical city is starting to get left out in the cold when it comes to marketing offshore dollar debt, in another sign of the increasing influence of China. At least 37 Chinese companies skipped roadshows in Singapore this year, out of the 136 that ... ( read original story ...)

Nov.26 -- Singapore is being left out in the cold in Asia's dollar bond market, even in a banner year for sales. More Chinese companies are choosing to skip roadshows in the city-state and are taking a bigger share of the buyer-base in the region. ( read original story ...)