Singapore’s top diplomat lauded recent inroads made with Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei as part of a strategy to build “overlapping circles of friends” amid worsening geopolitical tensions in the ...
Sport Singapore, shoe recycling partners apologise for ‘lapse’ after footwear found for sale in Indonesia
A Reuters investigation found that several pairs of shoes meant for recycling were instead exported to Indonesia for sale.
Malaysia police defend students’ arrest for insulting Singapore on TikTok, using ‘vulgar words’
A viral video shows one of the Malaysian students venting over the inclusion of Singapore in a recent national examination 'Singapore's nothing but a kampung. They're so poor even their water comes ...
Malaysia police defend arrest of students over exam rant that ‘insulted Singapore’
The Royal Malaysia Police said it acted within the law when arresting two students on Friday (Feb 24) over an alleged rant on the history paper of a national examination. Two 18-year-olds were remand ...
Singapore to introduce Online Criminal Harms Act amid ‘growing international consensus’ for such laws: MHA
The proposed Online Criminal Harms Act is aimed at closing the gaps left by the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act as well as the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act.
Singapore will feel ‘spillover’ effect of growing US-China tensions but won’t be a ‘proxy’: foreign minister
The spy balloon episode was a 'setback' to relations between the superpowers, Vivian Balakrishnan says, although both sides have recognised the need to keep communication channels open Even as mutual ...
Stock Market Live: Sensex and Nifty 50 ease initial losses, Nifty IT index down 1.5%
Indian equity benchmarks BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50 are expected to open lower on the first trading day of the week tracing global cues. Singapore Exchange Nifty futures, an early indicator of the ...
Revitalised Hong Kong investor immigration scheme unlike Singapore policy, aims to entice world’s wealthiest 5 per cent, finance chief says
Financial Secretary Paul Chan says Capital Investment Entrant Scheme to set higher threshold than S$2.5million criteria for Singapore policy Task force established to develop scheme investment ...
Agent tries to sell ‘cheapest’ private residential land in Singapore – that you can’t actually build a house on
Realtor Lynn Tiang introduced “probably the cheapest land you can get in Singapore” in a video posted to the Property Giant TikTok channel recently. ( read original story ...)
HSBC signals rate rise profit windfall has peaked even as dividend payouts rise
SINGAPORE – HSBC dampened investors’ expectations of a sustained income bonanza from rising global interest rates, even after Europe’s biggest bank reported a 92 per cent surge in quarterly ...
Stock Market Live: Sensex falls 200 points and Nifty 50 below 17,400
Indian equity benchmarks BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50 are expected to open lower on the first trading day of the week tracing global cues. Singapore Exchange Nifty futures, an early indicator of the ...
SGX Nifty down 40 points; here’s what changed for market while you were sleeping
With the market in an oversold territory, we could see a quick pullback rally if the index trades above 17500. Above which, the pullback formation is likely to continue till 17600-17750. On the flip ...
Singapore Stock Market Due For Support On Friday
(RTTNews) - The Singapore stock market has finished lower in four straight sessions, sinking more than 60 points or 1.9 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the ...
IPO drought to end in March with nine companies seeking to raise over Rs 17,000 crore
Companies planning to enter the primary market in the next 4-6 weeks, according to bankers, include Avalon Technologies, Capillary Technologies, Cogent Systems, Divgi TorqTransfer Systems, Mankind ...
Singapore’s rave scene offers freedom in a strait-laced city
Last November we met at a rave at Haw Par Villa - a hell-themed amusement park in the city's west dotted with statues of figures from Chinese mythology: topless mermaids, warrior demons and wizened ...
‘You think I care about Singapore?’ 2 teens in Malaysia arrested, made to take drug test after TikTok rant about history exam questions
Two teenagers in Malaysia were arrested in connection with a viral video that showed them complaining about a secondary school history exam paper — and their frustration that questions about Singapore ...