The Ministry of Health (MOH) said today that Singapore is on track to meet its target of getting 80 per cent of the total population fully vaccinated by the end of August. Given this level of ... ( read original story ...)
Youths urged to adopt sustainability as a ‘core value’ to help Singapore’s green journey
SINGAPORE: Minister for National Development Desmond Lee on Friday (Aug 27) urged youths to adopt sustainability as a core value, such that it becomes a part of “what it means to be Singaporean”. ( read original story ...)
2021 UnionPay Study Shows More Consumers are Adopting Mobile Payments Compared to 2018
UnionPay Study Shows More Consumers are Adopting Mobile Payments Compared to 2018. SINGAPORE, Aug. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- According to UnionPay's Cashless Payment Adoption ... ( read original story ...)
Moving Towards a Sustainable and Innovative Future at the Huawei Digital Power Summit 2021 Singapore
Aiming to secure the future of innovation and sustainability, Huawei International continues to cement its position as a leader in building a greener, better, and smarter world. On 27 August, the ... ( read original story ...)
Enhancing the allure of Sunny Singapore
GB Srithar, Regional Director, India, Middle East & South Asia, Singapore Tourism Board, tells Connected to India about how they plan to rejuvenate the travel sector and how they weathered the ... ( read original story ...)
Bank employee’s own disability no barrier to her mentoring others
In 2014, Deutsche Bank launched its dbEnable work placement programme for students with disabilities, and Ms Chan was among the three students in the first batch. The 10-week internship led to a ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Workers’ Party renews calls for minimum wage, retrenchment benefits, anti-discrimination laws ahead of National Day Rally
The Workers’ Party has renewed calls for the government to introduce some of the party’s policy ideas published in its manifesto at last year’s general election, such as a nationwide minimum wage, ... ( read original story ...)
120 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in Singapore, with 47 linked to Bugis Junction cluster
SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 120 new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections as of noon on Friday (Aug 27), including 47 linked to the growing Bugis Junction cluster. Of the remaining 73 locally ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Scientists Dissect RNA Structures of SARS-Cov-2 and Discover Important Host Factor for Infection
A team of researchers from Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and Bioinformatics ... ( read original story ...)
CSB Bank appoints Rajesh Choudhary as Chief Information and Technology Officer
CSB Bank Limited has announced the appointment of Rajesh Choudhary as the Chief Information and Technology Officer of the bank. Rajesh Choudhary has al ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore households to get package of 6 ART self-test kits
All residential households in Singapore will soon each receive a package of six antigen rapid test (ART) self-test kits, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Friday (27 August). ( read original story ...)
Singapore Rolls Out Covid Test Kits as Vaccination Target Nears
Singapore’s health officials will start distributing self-test kits for Covid-19 and begin to close some vaccination centers, the government said, as the country approaches a major milestone of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s ComfortDelGro lands S$1.13bil joint venture deal to operate rail services in Auckland
Singapore-listed transport giant ComfortDelGro Corp has clinched a $1.13 billion deal to operate rail services in Auckland. ( read original story ...)
China Plans to Ban U.S. IPOs for Data-Heavy Tech Firms
China’s stock regulator plans to propose new rules that could thwart internet companies’ plans to list in the U.S. ( read original story ...)
GoFirst IPO back on track after Wadias resolve SEBI enquiry
GoFirst’s Rs 3,600-crore IPO likely to hit the stock exchanges by October or November after the low-cost airline’s promoters, the Wadias, resolved a pending enquiry against a group company and ... ( read original story ...)
EMERGING MARKETS-Singapore stocks drop 1% as ‘taper tantrum’ fears resurface
Singapore stocks dropped 1% on Friday as investors cut exposure to riskier assets over concerns of a shift in the U.S. Federal Reserve's pandemic-era accommodative stance and fears of geopolitical ... ( read original story ...)