The investiture also marks when the ruling party, the People’s Action Party ( PAP ), passes the baton from a “3 G ” (third generation) of senior party cadres to the “4 G ” cohort who chose Mr Wong as their man.
Singapore Foreign Minister among MPs who received letters with ‘distasteful’ photos, threats
Singapore Foreign Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan is among several members of parliament (MPs) who have received letters containing fake distasteful images and threats.
Murder in Spain: Singaporean suspect travelled overseas often for business and rave parties
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Parental Fury After Stem Cell Bank Ruins Thousands of Samples in Singapore
Thousands of parents in Singapore are furious, with some now pursuing legal action, after a major operator of cord blood banks in Asia irreparably damaged their children’s samples through improper handling.
NUS, NTU, SMU and other Singapore university degrees: How much do they cost in 2024?
Generally speaking, Singaporeans are a privileged bunch when it comes to tertiary education. Year after year, universities like NUS and NTU emerge as top universities in Asia according to the ...
Singapore stem cell bank scandal gives parents in Hong Kong, Philippines, India the jitters
The scandal now engulfing Cordlife Group Ltd. has implications across the region, given its operations in Hong Kong, Macau, Indonesia, the Philippines and India.
Rewarding CEO, senior executives with OCBC shares helps to foster group spirit: Great Eastern
INSURER Great Eastern Holdings (GEH)’s group chief executive officer (CEO) and other senior executives have long been rewarded with shares of holding company OCBC Bank because this “helps to foster a ...
Letter with S’pore Customs logo requesting payment for release of package held for clearance fake
Singapore Customs is warning the public about a scam involving the agency. Read more at stomp.straitstimes.com ...
Vietnam surpasses India, Thailand to become Singapore’s top rice supplier
Vietnam became Singapore’s biggest rice supplier in value terms for the first time with a 32% market share in the first quarter, followed by India and Thailand.
Cordlife scandal: Parental fury after stem cell bank ruins thousands of samples in Singapore
Thousands of parents in Singapore are furious, with some now pursuing legal action, after a major operator of cord blood banks in Asia irreparably damaged their children’s samples through improper ...
“By far, Singapore is a better place to live” — US millionaire says people don’t give SG enough credit
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Foreign banks here told Singapore is not ’tilting’ towards China in series of ‘unusual’ briefings: FT
We engage on a variety of issues — not only on international developments but also economic and social issues': PMO ...
Smart Reads of the Week: OCBC, CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust and Attractive Semiconductor Stocks
The retail and commercial REIT looks well-positioned to grow its DPU and we assess if its unit price can rise in tandem. Elsewhere, we singled out several attractive Singapore semiconductor-related ...
Singapore gives top-level briefings to reassure foreign banks on stability
Singapore has given international banks an unusual series of top-level briefings on geopolitics as it seeks to reassure them that the financial hub can remain stable and neutral at a time of rising ...
HSBC Cuts a Dozen Investment Bankers in Asia on Deals Slump
HSBC Holdings Plc has started a new round of job cuts at its Asia investment bank amid a slump in dealmaking across the region, according to people familiar with the matter.
Singapore’s Indian-origin minister gets extortion letter with fake ‘obscene’ photos
Balakrishnan said in a Facebook post that several other MPs and himself received letters containing a “fake distasteful image accompanied by a threat”.