Singaporean travellers hankering for familiar food while they are overseas now have more choices, with many home-grown brands opening in places from Australia to Britain Years ago, when chef Willin Low was a student at University of Nottingham in the ... ( read original story ...)
Mindanao’s Tarintik car ready to compete in Singapore
Last week, Tarintik was shipped to Singapore to join the contest ... Don't miss out on the latest news and information. ( read original story ...)
Singapore: 2 men charged with extortion after capturing sex video of teenager
Two Singapore residents, aged between 21 and 23 years, were charged with one count of extortion on Saturday for pressurising a 17-year-old boy to hand over $2,000. The reports said that the duo threatened the teenager of circulating his sexual video on ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore mulls imposing tax on e-commerce
SINGAPORE: Singapore may unveil an e-commerce tax in next week’s budget, setting the tone for a region that’s grappling with online retail’s assault on brick-and-mortar vendors. Eight of the 12 economists in a Bloomberg survey said the Feb. 19 budget ... ( read original story ...)
Exports off to strong start this year
Singapore's trade got off to a strong start in 2018, with growth in non-electronics exports more than making up for the second straight month of decline in electronics. Non-oil domestic exports (Nodx) rose 13 per cent year-on-year in January, data by trade ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysian NRI Beats Death Row Charge And Wins Acquittal In Singapore
The man was arrested after he entered Singapore with three black bundles of heroin hidden in his motorcycle. SINGAPORE – In a rare case, an Indian-origin Malaysian on death row in Singapore for possessing drugs has been acquitted by the country’ apex ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Goh blazing a trail on the ice
The 18-year-old will be Singapore’s only representative at PyeongChang 2018. Football and badminton are the number one pursuits in the south-east Asian city-state, where winter sports rarely set pulses racing. Goh could be about to change all that ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines announces blockchain-based loyalty programme
The Singapore Airlines Group recently announced bringing blockchain into its loyalty scheme. The airline’s KrisFlyer frequent-flyer programme is to launch a world-first blockchain-based airline loyalty digital wallet. The KrisFlyer is expected to be ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore non-oil exports climb 13% in January thanks to non-electronics growth
SINGAPORE - Singapore's trade got off to a strong start in 2018, with growth in non-electronics exports more than making up for the second straight month of decline in the electronics sector. Non-oil domestic exports (NODX) went up 13 per cent year-on-year ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Archbishop calls on Europe ‘to let itself be inspired by religion’ (II)
"The West has become rationalist, materialistic and individualistic. Religion, however, cannot be explained, it is something that comes from the heart, it is an encounter. Faith and reason do not contradict each other, but faith is greater than reason". ( read original story ...)
Property agents in Singapore to be rated by home buyers and sellers
The Singapore government has announced a system that will enable home buyers and sellers in Singapore to rate real estate agents' service quality. The rating will be publicly displayed online along with the history of property transactions closed by the ... ( read original story ...)
Looking Back: Best Performing Stocks in Singapore 2017
2017 was a dramatic year for the Singapore market, with invaluable lessons for investors to glean from for 2018. Stocks in the semiconductor and property sectors had a pretty good run in 2017. These were characterised by improving fundamentals, coupled ... ( read original story ...)
Where in Singapore should you buy property in 2018, according to Fengshui?
Real estate investors should look at the central, south, southeast and southwest areas, as properties in these areas are likely to boom in the Year of the Dog. Owners of properties in these areas, whose prices have appreciated, should definitely consider ... ( read original story ...)
Guide To Understanding Taxes In Singapore, And Who Pays For Them
In Singapore, all properties, be it residential, industrial or commercial, are subject to property tax. For residential property, the tax rate differs, depending on whether it’s an owner-occupied or non-owner-occupied property. With Singapore being a ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore estate buy for RM1.59bm boon for Malaysia’s Sunway
Sunway unit Sunway Developments Pte Ltd plans to jointly acquire a private residential property – Brookvale Park in Singapore – with Hoi Hup Realty Pte Ltd. Both entities have entered into a collective sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with the ... ( read original story ...)
Consumer Taxes in Singapore: Trends Analyzed
Besides the trend we observed in income and property taxes, it seems that an increase in GST is imminent in Singapore. Given what we’ve observed from analysis above, this could be a departure from the past where the increase in tax was mostly impacted ... ( read original story ...)