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Amendments have been added to the country's Personal Data Protection Act to allow businesses to use consumer data without prior consent for some purposes such as business improvement and research, and ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore wants to improve standards in its commodities trading industry after scandals rocked banks' confidence in lending to the sector, its trade minister said on Monday. ( read original story ...)

The average annual first-time issuance volume more than doubled during the scheme period of 2017 to 2019.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

Singapore stocks took a beating this week amid the twin uncertainties of the U.S. election and the worsening pandemic in the West, overtaking Thailand to become Asia’s worst equity market this year. ( read original story ...)

Singapore's pilot initiative to carry out rapid coronavirus testing to allow fans into a One Championship MMA show could show the way for other countries to host sports events during the pandemic, ... ( read original story ...)

With a torch in one hand and an electromagnetic meter in the other, paranormal investigator Charles Goh scours some shrub land in suburban Singapore, looking for hidden graves that could give clues to ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore will lift border restrictions on visitors from mainland China from Nov. 6, a further reminder that the nation where the coronavirus outbreak first began is firmly on the road to recovery as ... ( read original story ...)

Faced with issues related to fingerprint verification such as ageing, scarring, and dryness, Singapore will begin tapping both iris and facial biometrics as the main identifiers at all immigration ... ( read original story ...)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended her decision to once again severely limit movement in Germany, saying the country is in a “dramatic situation.” U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing ... ( read original story ...)

A company in Singapore has developed a breathalyser test for the new coronavirus which it says will enable people to know whether they are infected in under a minute. Breathonix, a startup firm from ... ( read original story ...)

Led by real estate group CapitaLand and an investment of up to SG$10 million, the Smart Urban Co-Innovation Lab aims to support 200 companies in the country over the next three years and has roped in ... ( read original story ...)

Some sectors of the economy, especially those that are travel-related, may not return to pre-pandemic levels by the end of next year as the Singapore economy faces a “gradual but uneven” recovery, the ... ( read original story ...)

The pace of recovery is expected to moderate in subsequent quarters, as companies and households are restrained by income losses and increased uncertainty, the Monetary Authority of Singapore said. ( read original story ...)

The Ministry of Health confirmed seven new COVID-19 cases in Singapore as of Wednesday (28 October) noon, taking its total case count to 57,987. ( read original story ...)

Singapore will allow travellers from more countries to spend their mandatory 14-day isolation period upon arrival in the city at their place of residence from November, the Ministry of Health said in ... ( read original story ...)

A woman, who had used her position as a customer service officer at the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA), and her daughter ... ( read original story ...)