As several countries mull how best to utilise contact-tracing technology, Singapore is planning to issue virus-tracking wearables to each of its 5.7 million residents. The proposed device isn’t a ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore wants every resident to wear a COVID-19 tracing device
For Singapore, contact tracing apps might not be enough to help reopen the economy as the COVID-19 pandemic eases. Smart nation minister Vivian Balakrishnan has revealed that the city-state is close ... ( read original story ...)
Hospital sterilization equipment market
Metall Zug AG, MME group Inc., Nanosonics, Midmark Corporation, TSO3 INC., LTE Scientific Ltd, STERIS plc ... India, South Korea, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Rest ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Building Wearable Tracking Device For Citizens Because Phone-Based COVID-19 Tracking Isn’t Good Enough
Singapore is developing a wearable tracking device that will reveal if citizens come into contact with COVID-19 infected people. ( read original story ...)
Singapore wants to give every citizen a device to wear for coronavirus contact tracing
The bluetooth technology is now available in smartphones but is not widely used and can experience glitches. ( read original story ...)
Is The Stock Market’s Optimism For Economic Recovery Valid?
The gap between the current ADS level and what's considered a growth profile is an economic chasm. Deciding if the market is accurately pricing in the economic ... ( read original story ...)
More home owners considering refinancing loans as banks cut interest rates
More home owners are refinancing their mortgage, as banks' interest rates for floating home loans are at its lowest in recent years.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
The Ultimate Guide To Parallel Importers in Singapore
Buying a car is one of the biggest financial commitments in Singapore. That is why many Singaporeans opt to buy from Parallel Importers (PIs) instead of authorised dealers as a much cheaper ... ( read original story ...)
Papua New Guinea accuses Barrick of plan to illegally export gold
Papua New Guinea's mining regulator said on Friday it is planning to bring criminal proceedings against a Barrick Gold Corp joint venture over what it says was an attempt to illegally export $13 ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore heading for record unemployment in 2020 -finance minister
Singapore's finance minister said its unemployment rate could rise to a record of over 100,000 in 2020 due to fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. Sin ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore: Manufacturing sector seen under pressure – UOB
Economist at UOB Group Barnabas Gan assessed the latest PMI figures in Singapore. Key Quotes “Singapore’s manufacturing and electronic PMI reported by SIPMM rose in May 2020 a ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia exempts palm oil from export duty
Malaysia will fully exempt palm oil from export duty this year as part of plans to support industries badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on Friday said crude palm ... ( read original story ...)
Unemployed Singapore Residents May Top 100,000 This Year: Straits Times
The number of unemployed residents in Singapore may rise above 100,000 this year from around 73,000 in 2019 due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Straits Times reported, citing Deputy Prime ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore updates contact tracing app to include foreign visitors
Country's COVID-19 contact tracing app has been updated to include travellers visiting Singapore and the government also is looking at issuing a wearable device to every resident to aid in such ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Considers Wearable Tech Devices For All to Trace Virus
Singapore is working on a contact tracing method that would involve a portable wearable device that could be distributed to everyone in the country. ( read original story ...)
Strong demand for HK dollar ‘linked to IPO market’
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has intervened the local currency market to prevent the Hong Kong dollar from breaching the strong end of ... ( read original story ...)