DBS Foundation helps to support 6,700 jobs across Asia; tackles job security amid Covid-19 5,200 jobs retained and 1,500 new roles created through the DBS Foundation Business Transformation and Improv ... ( read original story ...)
Royal Caribbean and others will test how travelers like sailing in big circles with Singapore-based ‘cruises to nowhere’
Cruises have been under a lot of scrutiny, from their status as massive air polluters to passengers getting trapped aboard amid COVID-19 outbreaks. ( read original story ...)
Singapore allows ‘cruises to nowhere’ for residents on Royal Caribbean, Genting
Travel-starved residents of Singapore will finally be able to set sail in November, even if their trip is only in one big circle. ( read original story ...)
Singapore-based Corporate Services Firm Lanturn Raises US$ 3Mn In Seed Round
The company will utilize the fresh capital to enhance its corporate service and accounting practices and develop its Zuve platform ... ( read original story ...)
Renting out private property in Singapore: 10 tips for a first-time landlord
You may have heard that there are several ways to make money in real estate.Making profits from property flipping (admittedly harder to do today).Earning huge upside upon an en bloc sale of your ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore police’s Anti-Scam Centre makes its largest recovery of S$6.6 million
Scam Centre has recovered S$6.6 million from an email scam, its largest recovery since the centre was set up in June last year. The police said on Thursday (Oct 8) they were alerted by United Overseas ... ( read original story ...)
The first lab-grown meat for sale could come from this Singapore startup that’s re-creating shrimp
Shiok Meats is among a bevy of companies hoping to win the "edible space race" by making cell-cultured beef, chicken and even bluefin tuna and foie gras. ( read original story ...)
KL-Singapore HSR could ease Iskandar Malaysia’s property glut
Having efficient connectivity with Singapore such as the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (KL-Singapore HSR) could help ease the property oversupply in Johor’s Iskandar Malaysia, reported The ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Scales Up Virus Screening Centers for Migrant Workers
Singapore is expanding swab testing operations and capacity to support routine testing for migrant workers, who make up the vast majority of total coronavirus infections in the city-state that’s ... ( read original story ...)
New programme to help 20,000 enterprises in Singapore’s heartlands adopt e-payments, digital commerce solutions
A new programme has been launched to support about 20,000 retailers and food and beverage (F&B) enterprises in the heartlands to keep pace with digitalisation and adopt e-payments as well as other ... ( read original story ...)
Leading SME lending platform Validus the first fintech approved as a PFI by Enterprise Singapore
Southeast Asia's leading SME lending platform Validus Capital (Validus) is Singapore's first fintech to be approved as a Participating Financial Institution (PFI) under Enterprise Singapore's ... ( read original story ...)
Ferns N Petals Makes a Mark in Gifting Business in APAC
Ferns N Petals has created a niche in gifting business in Singapore and is now planning to cater to a large audience. Apart from top-selling categories of birthday gifts, including cakes and flowers, ... ( read original story ...)
ICANN turns on root server cluster in Singapore
Comprising "dozens of servers", the new Managed Root Server cluster in Singapore is ICANN's first in Asia-Pacific, where its smaller sites are its busiest and currently receive twice as many queries ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s GIC said to invest over $1b in China’s Ant Group
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC plans to invest more than US$1 billion in Ant Group’s mega initial public offering as early investors look for a bigger slice of the Chinese payments behemoth, ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore recovers US$5mil laundered in e-mail scam
The Singapore Police Force's Anti-Scam Centre (ASC) has recovered the bulk of US$5 million (S$6.79 million) stolen in an alleged business e-mail scam. ( read original story ...)
Singapore promising market for Vietnamese exports: seminar
Vietnamese enterprises should capitalise on Singapore’s status as an Asian hub and biggest market in the region to boost exports to it after the Covid-19 pandemic ends, a seminar heard in HCM City on ... ( read original story ...)