SINGAPORE: Plain clothes investigators were seen on Thursday (Apr 20) raiding the offices of the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) and three local football clubs. The raids were conducted shortly after SportSG announced that it had filed a police ... ( read original story ...)
Top-level market analysis Singapore Cards and Payments Industry
GlobalDatas "The Cards and Payments Industry in Singapore: Emerging Trends and Opportunities to ... and in May 2016 relaunched Dash in collaboration with Standard Charted Bank, Citibank, DBS Bank, OCBC Bank, and UOB telecom provider Singtel. ( read original story ...)
POP: KLM Business Class 777-200 Singapore to Bali
We had specifically routed through Singapore from Beijing so that we could all experience Singapore Suites together. It made the routing to Bali a bit longer, but it was WELLLLLLLL worth it. After an incredible flight we spent a night at the Crown Plaza ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore celebrates contributions of Parsis
Singapore, Apr 20 (PTI) The spirit of entrepreneurship, philanthropy and cultural contributions of the Parsis in the early days of Singapore has been celebrated with the launch of a book on the community that moved from Persia to India and then to Southeas ... ( read original story ...)
6 Ways DBS Group Holdings Ltd Is Riding the Digital Wave
The first one is the POSB Smart Buddy. The app is designed for young students ... The app has more than 450,000 users and is the fastest-growing personal mobile wallet app in Singapore. Using DBS PayLah, users can send or receive money (using an eAng ... ( read original story ...)
The Top 6 Quality Dividend Stocks from the Singapore Stock Market
Last week, Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX: S68) launched the SGX Developed Asia ex Japan Quality Index. The new index is a regional index built on what are considered to be “quality factors.” In the accompanying report for the launch of the index ... ( read original story ...)
DBS hires leading project finance banker in Singapore
DBS has hired one of Singapore’s top project finance bankers into an executive director role. http://news.efinancialcareers.com/sg-en/280389/lawrence-lua-dbs-private-bank/ DBS has hired one of Singapore’s leading project finance bankers into an ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore shophouse: The original live/work units
Twenty-first century developers are not the first to envision purpose-built live/work units. In the 1800s, Singapore had its own version, called the shophouse, typically a two or three storey building owned by one family who would operate a business on the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Morning News For April 20
The losing streak has hit four sessions now for the Singapore stock market, which has given away more than 60 points or 2 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,125-point plateau, although the market may stop the bleeding on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Google aims to train 1,000 Singaporean business leaders by 2019
SINGAPORE: US tech giant Google will work with global training provider AVADO, SPRING Singapore and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) to launch a digital leadership and marketing programme aimed at fostering the next generation of digital ... ( read original story ...)
Visit HDB homes, have a picnic at Singapore International Festival of Arts 2017
SINGAPORE: From home cooks welcoming visitors to their kitchens to families opening their doors to strangers, this year’s Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) will have a decidedly inclusive and participatory vibe when it kicks off in June ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore and Germany have the most powerful passports
For the first time, Singapore is tied with Germany as the country with the most powerful passport in an international ranking. Both countries share top spot in Global Passport Power Rank 2017, published by Arton Capital's Passport Index. Holders of a ... ( read original story ...)
5 hilarious comebacks over inaccurate portrayal of Singapore in Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders
American TV drama Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders features Singapore in one of its episodes, but netizens are not happy. They have called it inaccurate and stereotypical. Enter local blogger mrbrown, who gave a hilarious comeback to certain scenes in the ... ( read original story ...)
PM Lee delivers eulogy for pioneer leader Othman Wok
The unwavering commitment of pioneer leader Othman Wok and his Malay colleagues to multiracialism made today's Singapore possible, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. Speaking at the memorial service for one of Singapore's founding fathers ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore's SATS mints Kiwi lamb trade transhipments
Singapore ground handler SATS has received European Union (EU) approval as an authorised establishment for meat transhipment services between New Zealand and the EU. With this new trade flow, SATS is looking at an estimated 10% increase in lamb shipments ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Press : SPH wins eight awards at Asian Media Awards 2017
19 April 2017- Singapore Press Holdings Limited (SPH) clinched eight awards at the Asian Media Awards 2017. The awards were presented this evening at the Publish Asia 2017 Gala Dinner by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA ... ( read original story ...)