Singapore Morning News For December 18

Details of this new $6.2 million building, to be known as Jurong Central Plaza, were revealed yesterday by Jurong GRC MP Ang Wei Neng. Singapore telecom firm StarHub Ltd has further augmented its enterprise solutions offering through the acquisition of ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Morning News For December 15

Half of Singapore’s business sectors need to improve their cash management to free up an additional $8.7 billion of liquidity that is tied up, according to a new study. It found that the drag in performance was due to a rise in the time taken to collect ... ( read original story ...)

The top Google search in Singapore is an unlikely candidate

Also Read: Singapore less likely to experience e-commerce fraud ... tennis tournament on the planet — was the top searched result in the international news category. It looks like Singaporeans are pretty concerned about Kim Jong-un and his threat ... ( read original story ...)

Ed Sheeran concert pass forgers jailed in Singapore

These are external links and will open in a new window An Australian has been jailed in Singapore for using a forged concert pass at an Ed Sheeran concert. Paul Cosgrove, along with a Briton and two New Zealanders, obtained and used the fake passes to ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s electric car-sharing program hits the road

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore launched on Tuesday its first large-scale electric car-sharing program through which the land-scarce city-state hopes to provide commuters with more transport options and steer them away from the need to buy their own cars ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s ComfortDelGro buys majority stake in Uber unit

(Reuters) - Singapore's top taxi operator ComfortDelGro Corp (SES:C52.SI - News) will buy a 51 percent stake in a unit of Uber [UBER.UL] that runs a fleet of private hire vehicles, as the companies seek to bridge the gap with dominant ride-hailing firm Grab. ( read original story ...)

Singapore is on the brink of a ‘demographic time bomb’

Singapore's low fertility rate and aging population have put the country on a dangerous path. If the course doesn't reverse, experts say it could become a "demographic time bomb." These "time bombs" result in shrinking economies and breakdowns in the ... ( read original story ...)

Two Singapore ‘Airbnb hosts’ charged for illegal home stays

Two men have been charged in Singapore for illegally renting out their homes for short-term stays via Airbnb, according to local media. It is the first known case of its kind since new laws against home sharing came into effect in June. Under the changes ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore researchers’ underwater robot inspired by manta ray

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Researchers in Singapore have built an underwater robot that looks and swims like a manta ray, using only single motors and flexible fins to propel it through water in a manner uncannily like its biological cousin. It’s not the ... ( read original story ...)