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Singapore home sales surged to the highest monthly total for nearly four years in March, a month in which the government rolled back some property curbs in March following a three-year slide in prices. PROCTER & Gamble (P&G) will invest more than US$100 ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore and Switzerland are not competitors when it comes to the development of financial technology (fintech) and with both countries being small financial hubs, it is important to cooperate, said Swiss Finance Minister Ueli Maurer. Mr Maurer ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore home sales surged to the highest monthly total for nearly four years in March, a month in which the government rolled back some property curbs following a three-year slide in prices. Developers sold 1,780 units in March, the most in a ... ( read original story ...)

Mr Othman Wok, a member of independent Singapore's first Cabinet, died yesterday at the age of 92. According to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Mr Othman died at the Singapore General Hospital at 12.21pm. He had been ill for some time. He leaves his ... ( read original story ...)

Changi Airport Group (CAG), Singapore Airlines (SIA) and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) will take an ongoing joint partnership, aimed at promoting inbound travel, to new heights. Under a renewed three-year partnership, the three parties will jointly ... ( read original story ...)

The latest data from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) shows there are a total of 49 licensed bunker surveyors in Singapore, a slight decrease from 51 in January. As Ship & Bunker reported in September - ahead of the January 1 ... ( read original story ...)

A ride on the MegaZip costs $45 for about 30 seconds of fun, but combine it with the ropes course and it’s $65 for both. For more travel news and inspiration sign up to Escape’s newsletter. The writer was a guest of the Singapore Tourism Board. ( read original story ...)

A body was found in the Singapore River early yesterday morning, the second such incident in four days. The police were alerted to the discovery near Clarke Quay at 3.41am. The Singapore Civil Defence Force said officers retrieved the body of a woman in ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE -- Canada made men's rugby sevens history Sunday, winning a Cup final on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series for the first time. And the Canadians did it the hard way at the Singapore Sevens, defeating No. 4 New Zealand 26-14 and No. 3 England 17 ... ( read original story ...)

with the Singapore Eye Bank receiving its largest number of donations in its 26-year history. The 236 donations last year broke the previous record of 222 donations set the year before, the eye bank said in a news release on Monday (Apr 17). The ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: To combat human trafficking in Singapore, a new law - the Prevention of Human Trafficking Act - came into effect in March 2015. To date, three convictions have resulted from the eight cases prosecuted under the Act. While this number seems low ... ( read original story ...)

Captain John Moonlight scored his 98th career try on the rugby sevens circuit as Canada advanced to the Cup quarter-finals at the Singapore Sevens on Saturday. The Canadian men defeated Russia 28-15 and Hong Kong 34-0 before being bulldozed 35-7 by Olympic ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: High Commissioner to the UK Foo Chi Hsia has responded to an article by The Economist, saying it is not true teen blogger Amos Ye was prosecuted here for political dissent and not for making vicious statements about Christians and Muslims as ... ( read original story ...)

BENGALURU: Normal delivery is preferred by many in Singapore as it is considered the healthy way to welcome a baby. The Singapore International Foundation (SIF), the Singapore Health Services, and Singapore General Hospital have partnered with the ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: For the first quarter of 2017, Singapore’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 2.5 per cent compared to the same period a year ago, advance estimates from the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) showed on Thursday (Apr 13). That is ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s central bank left monetary policy unchanged after the economy contracted in the first quarter, saying the neutral stance is appropriate for an extended period of time. All except one of the 21 economists surveyed by Bloomberg predicted the ... ( read original story ...)