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For Singaporeans, the covid-19 pandemic has been closely intertwined with technology: two technologies, to be specific. The first is the QR code, whose little black-and-white squares have been ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is tightening restrictions on intra-corporate transferees, one category of workers brought from overseas offices of multinational corporations, the Straits Times reported. ( read original story ...)

Annual production of new bank notes, to facilitate the gift-giving tradition marking the Lunar New Year, is estimated to be some 330 tonnes or the equivalent of charging 5.7 million smartphones in ... ( read original story ...)

What global events might test future generations, particularly in the defense and security arena? Two come to mind. ( read original story ...)

The changes send a stronger signal that multinational corporations need to consider hiring locals before transferring in a foreign worker, local media reported. ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s tradition of gifting new bank notes during the Lunar New Year celebrations generates the same level of emissions as charging 5.7 million smart-phones for five days. The city state’s ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 22 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Monday (Jan 11), said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in its preliminary daily update. ( read original story ...)

Singapore Airlines Ltd. is considering its first-ever offering of dollar bonds, as it tries to bolster cash amid the pandemic. ( read original story ...)

Singapore is tightening restrictions on intra-corporate transferees, one category of workers brought from overseas offices of multinational corporations, the Straits Times reported. ( read original story ...)

The Singapore stock market has moved higher in five straight sessions, gathering more than 150 points or 5.3 percent along the way. The overbought Straits Times Index now sits just beneath the ... ( read original story ...)

The upcoming Connect@Changi "test-stay-work-meet" facility is like a hotel with strict health protocols and barriers that separate visitors from locals. ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s three major universities have reported zero cases. Their secret: technology, tough penalties and students willing to comply. ( read original story ...)

A woman in Singapore who concealed her meetings with a male friend from coronavirus contact tracing has been sentenced to five months in prison. Oh Bee Hiok, 65, was worried her family would think she ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong received his first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, and urged others to take the jabs in a country that has largely brought the pandemic under control. ( read original story ...)

A Singaporean woman was sentenced to five months in prison on Friday for hiding her meetings with a male friend from coronavirus contact tracers as she did not want her family to think she was having ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese Banking Corp. named Helen Wong as Singapore’s first female bank chief executive officer, putting her in charge of leading the island state’s second-largest lender through a severe economic ... ( read original story ...)