Category: NEWS

SINGAPORE: Green standards could soon be introduced for power generation companies, as the country looks to decarbonise its energy sector and reduce its carbon footprint.  Under proposed changes to ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's Health Minister says 80 per cent of the country's population of 5.7 million people have had their "full regimen" of COVID-19 jabs. ( read original story ...)

Singapore has stood firm on racial equality and treated all races equally, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his Mandarin speech at the National Day Rally. ( read original story ...)

Sea Ltd's Shopee took just two years to become Brazil's most-downloaded shopping app, winning users to its low-cost marketplace with its game-changing approach to e-commerce: in-app mini-games ... ( read original story ...)

GCBs are large, green, rare and ultra-exclusive. With price tags in the tens of millions, they are home to some of the city state’s richest people. ( read original story ...)

Here is a round-up of sports events and developments in Singapore in the past week (23 to 29 August): Singapore's national netball captain Charmaine Soh has been selected by World Netball as its ... ( read original story ...)

"It is the result of the people of Singapore coming forward to take care of themselves and the people around them," Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - Singapore companies have long been encouraged to expand into Asia's fast-growing market but they are now being urged to take advantage of the immense opportunities opening up in Africa.. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - Covid-19 has cast a spotlight on vulnerable groups, and deepened several fault lines - between haves and have-nots, locals and foreigners, and over race.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

Singapore will introduce new laws to deal with racial and workplace discrimination, and in a widely expected landmark move, will allow Muslim nurses to wear the Islamic headscarf to work, Prime ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore has fully inoculated 80 percent of its 5.7 million people against COVID-19, according to officials, becoming the world’s most vaccinated country and setting the stage for further easing of ... ( read original story ...)

To nudge Singaporeans, over time, to behave better and treat everyone equally regardless of race, a new Maintenance of Racial Harmony Act will be introduced to the law books soon, Prime Minister Lee ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore must stay open to preserve its status as a global business hub, its prime minister said on Sunday, even as the country continues to tighten its foreign worker policies and addresses ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore must preserve its business hub status, attract more foreign investments, and continue to develop local companies and entrepreneurs in order to sustain growth in the long run, said ... ( read original story ...)

Don’t like wearing masks? Neither does Benjamin Glynn. But his refusal to wear one, on account of his failure to accept Singapore’s right to make them legally mandatory, saw him treated like a ... ( read original story ...)

The Asian island state has fully vaccinated 80% of its population. Elsewhere, Japan is struggling to keep its inoculation campaign on track over tainted Moderna vaccines. All the latest with DW. ( read original story ...)