Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs says jail time and fines could be handed out for anyone seen wearing clothing with emblems related to the Israel-Hamas war.
HSBC CEO Quinn Says Chinese Businesses Stepping up Offshore Diversification
(Reuters) - HSBC Group Chief Executive Noel Quinn said on Wednesday the bank had seen a 70% lift in business from its Chinese clients looking to diversify their business models outside of mainland China.
Singapore fintechs expand footprint in Australia through Project Lorikeet
The initiative aims to boost fintech trade and investment between Singapore and Australia. Singaporean financial technology (fintech) companies are expanding in Australia through Project Lorikeet, a joint initiative between the Singapore FinTech Association (SFA) and the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade).
New plans to use more tech in Singapore’s tourism sector | Video
Shorter ticket lines and more interactive displays could be in place for Singapore's tourist attractions under a new plan to use more technology to help the tourism sector, including SMEs. Marcus Tan with more.
Shein targets up to US$90 bil valuation in US IPO, sources say
Shein was the world’s third most valuable startup in 2022, when a funding round valued the company at US$100 billion.
DBS Has $74 Million Exposure to Singapore Laundering Scandal
DBS Group Holdings Ltd.’s exposure to a money laundering scandal in Singapore is about S$100 million ($74 million), mainly from financing properties of those arrested in one of the biggest such cases in the city-state.
5 shots at saving the earth: Prince William attends Earthshot Prize ceremony in Singapore
AsiaOne has launched EarthOne, a new section dedicated to environmental issues — because we love the planet and we believe science. Find articles like this there. SINGAPORE — UK's Prince William attended the annual Earthshot Prize ceremony on Tuesday (Nov 7),
William ‘a natural’ as his team wins dragon boat race in Singapore
William ‘a natural’ as his team wins dragon boat race in Singapore - The prince is in Singapore for the third annual Earthshot Prize ceremony.
Singapore auction listings increase by 24.4% to 102 in Q3
Almost half of the listings were from the residential sector. According to a recent Knight Frank report, Singapore’s auction listings rose 24.4% q-o-q to 102 (including repeat listings and excluding ... ( read original story ...)
Commentary: DBS, Citi outage – it shouldn’t be so easy to bring daily life to a halt
service during the Oct 14, 2023 banking outage that affected DBS and Citibank. New: You can now listen to articles. SINGAPORE: Oct 14 was an otherwise ordinary Saturday afternoon until many in ...
Celebrities join Prince William on the Singapore green carpet for his Earthshot Prize awards
Celebrities have joined Britain’s Prince William on the “green carpet” in Singapore for the third Earthshot Prize awards ceremony, where five winners ranging from solar-powered dryers to combat food waste to making electric car batteries cleaner were unveiled.
Britain’s Prince visits Singapore for Earthshot environmental prize
Britain's Prince William attended the annual Earthshot Prize ceremony on Tuesday, which awards 1 million pounds ($1.23 million) to each of five green innovators working on projects including a cleaner lithium-ion battery and ocean conservation.
Singtel 5G services restored after users faced intermittent mobile access issue
Users started reporting issues from 9.06am, with reports hitting 400 at about 10.20am. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Oct. 14-15 bank service outage: 2.5 million ATM & payment transactions & 810,000 access attempts failed
Approximately 2,500,000 ATM & payment transactions could not be completed, and 810,000 attempts to access DBS and Citibank's digital banking platforms failed from Oct. 14, 2023, to Oct. 15, 2023, when ...
Singapore’s Impressive Food Security
This achievement is largely attributable to the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA), and comes despite a heavy dependency on food imports. At present, Singapore imports almost 90 percent of ...
Singapore to remove melamine-related requirements for milk imports, including infant formula, from China
SINGAPORE: Singapore will remove melamine-related import requirements for milk, milk products and products containing milk from China from Nov 1, the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) said on Monday (Oct 23 ...