Singapore Acquires Gamekeeper Anti-Drone Radar

The Gamekeeper radar, a counter-drone detection system, has been installed near the Singapore Flyer. Made by radar technology company Aveillant Ltd, the system was sold in February to ST Electronics (Satcom & Sensor Systems). According to Aveillant’s ... ( read original story ...)

Homecoming for Halimah Yacob at union’s dinner and dance

SINGAPORE - The United Workers of Electronics and Electrical Industries dinner and dance on Friday night (Aug 4) was a homecoming of sorts for Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob. She was its executive secretary from 2004 to 2011, and is now advisor to the ... ( read original story ...)

117 Students Awarded the Singapore-Industry Scholarship (SgIS)

Murata Electronics Singapore (Pte.) Ltd, Rohde & Schwarz Asia Pte Ltd, Showa Denko HD (Singapore) Pte Ltd, SICK Product Center Asia Pte Ltd, Siltronic Singapore Pte Ltd, Singapore LNG Corporated Pte Ltd, STMicroelectronics Pte Ltd, Systems on Silicon ... ( read original story ...)

Union event caps busy time for Halimah

The United Workers of Electronics and Electrical Industries dinner and dance ... Earlier this week, she met Chinese community leaders at the Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations and discussed foreign policy and economic challenges. ( read original story ...)

Tighter security measures for this year’s National Day Parade

UK-based radar technology firm Aveillant sold the system to ST Electronics in February, and it was brought in ahead of the parade’s second preview show on Saturday. According to Aveillant, Singapore is the second installation of the system in a major ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore, Nigeria trade volume hits N846b

SINGAPORE: The trade volume between Nigeria and Singapore reached N846bn from 2011 to 2015, while the absolute balance of trade was N222 billion in favour of Nigeria. This submission was made by the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, on Wednesday in ... ( read original story ...)

Stocks in Asia Waver on Disappointing Earnings

Nomura raised its target price to 6,400 yen from 5,600 yen and kept a "buy" call, noting the automaker was well ahead of rivals in the Indian market and that margins ... around 10% to 66 Australian cents. In Singapore, shares of DBS dropped 2.3%. ( read original story ...)

SEBI boosts stock trading on GIFT

Stock brokers ... that shifted to Singapore and Dubai may come back as derivatives trading picks up on GIFT and even the talent pool will return here.” The 52 stocks that are now allowed on GIFT account for nearly 55 per cent of market capitalisation ... ( read original story ...)

In Singapore, Family Feud Deepens Over Facebook Posts

In the Facebook post last month, he said that some foreign news outlets engaged in self-censorship when covering the prime minister, because of the threat of legal action in Singapore. The dispute is the latest in a bitter family drama that has riveted the ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore bans Chinese-American scholar as foreign agent

Singapore's government has declared a distinguished scholar of Chinese studies with a prestigious appointment at a local think-tank persona non grata, alleging that he has been identified as an agent of influence of a foreign country. An announcement late ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore expels US-Chinese professor for ”espionage”

Huang Jing, an expert on US-China relations, worked at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP) in Singapore and was Director of the Centre on Asia and Globalisation, Efe news reported. Huang "has been identified as an agent of influence of a ... ( read original story ...)