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Lynette’s ship was targeted by Japanese bombers almost as soon as it left Singapore, but somehow managed to make it across the Indian Ocean, and then on to the U-boat-infested Atlantic. Ruth would have to wait two and a half tortured years to learn if ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Haj and Umrah of Saudi Arabia have increased Singapore's official Haj quota to 800 places, Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim announced on Friday (Feb 17). In a media release, the Islamic Religious Council of ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s government has a message for anyone expecting great things following Friday’s surprise growth bounce: don’t hold your breath. The city-state’s economy will still only expand between 1 percent and 3 percent this year, policy makers said ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore shares closed 0.35 percent higher on Friday, although some investors began to turn cautious and take profit after U.S. stocks fell overnight. Wall Street lost momentum on Thursday following U.S. President Donald Trump's first solo news conference ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE Singapore's economy grew at a faster pace in the final 3 months of last year than initially thought, revised data showed, but the city state faces fresh challenges amid rising concerns of trade protectionism under U.S. President Donald Trump. ( read original story ...)

Singapore, nicknamed the "little red dot," is eyeing a sliver of Silicon Valley's pie, aiming to attract venture capitalists to grow a stable of start-ups in the regional financial hub. Earlier this week, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS ... ( read original story ...)

In addition to generally difficult global market conditions, bunker suppliers in Singapore have to contend with intense competition; nevertheless, it is still a good bunker market to be in for the right kind of players, Fratelli Cosulich CEO Timothy ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE Singapore's economy grew at a faster pace in the final three months of last year than initially thought, but the government warned the outlook remained hostage to policy and protectionist risks in the United States. That uncertainty was reflected ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE Singapore's fourth-quarter economic growth was revised higher on Friday, helped by a sharp rebound in manufacturing, though there is heightened uncertainty about the outlook amid concerns about trade protectionism under U.S. President Donald Trump. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore's economy expanded 2 per cent last year, propped up by a strong showing in the fourth quarter as manufacturing output surged, according to data released by the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) on Friday (Feb 17). The full-year GDP ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: To prepare the next generation of citizens for the challenges that the country will face, a course named Singapore: Imagining the Next 50 Years will be offered across all six universities here. It was rolled out in at the National University ... ( read original story ...)

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has opened three co-location facilities in Singapore, making it the latest communications service provider to invest in the country’s burgeoning datacentre space. By submitting your personal information, you ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: More than 600 animal babies were born or hatched in Jurong Bird Park, Night Safari, River Safari and Singapore Zoo in 2016, according to Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS). Among them were highly threatened Southeast Asian animals such as the ... ( read original story ...)

Len Tadman remembers precisely the moment he heard. It was a cold February night and the nine o’clock news chimed on the family wireless set at home in Dulwich, south London. His mother was ironing. Len, then 16 years old, and two of his eight siblings ... ( read original story ...)

“We see volume picking up and the price declines have slowed,” Lim Ming Yan, the president and CEO of CapitaLand Ltd, said in a Bloomberg Television interview with Haslinda Amin today. “We see this trend continuing for 2017. There is no compelling ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE — It was 75 years ago that Singapore, the island at the tip of the Malay Peninsula that had been key strategic outpost of Britain's colonial empire, fell to invading Japanese troops. The events live on in history books more than in memories. ( read original story ...)