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The Singapore Democratic Party is pushing for changes on the immigration policy saying that the country “allows too many foreign workers into Singapore to displace local PMETs (professionals, managers ... ( read original story ...)

Load Error With stock in Singapore’s second-largest developer jumping as much as 6.1% Monday, the Kwek family’s net worth shot up by S$227 million ($166 million), according to Bloomberg calculations. ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is a puzzle — almost an affront — to liberal writers and political analysts. The island city state, squeezed between Malaysia and Indonesia near the equator in south-east Asia, is ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore has some of the best and luxurious condos across Asia that is drawing the interest of some of the richest individuals in the world who want to own one. For years the high-end real estate ... ( read original story ...)

(Reuters) - Millennium & Copthorne Hotels Plc has agreed to be acquired by majority owner City Developments Ltd (CDL) in a deal that values the British company at 2.23 billion pounds, the two ... ( read original story ...)

PHNOM PENH/HANOI (Reuters) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has accused Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of supporting genocide because of comments Lee made about Vietnam’s 1978 invasion ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE, June 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Every day after his morning run, Adam Reutens-Tan washes under a half-full camping shower hooked on the ceiling of his bathroom. The modified shower, ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE, June 7 (Reuters) - Singapore’s foreign exchange reserves fell to $265.42 billion in May, a drop of more than 10 percent from the month before, preliminary data from the central bank showed ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE, June 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Every day after his morning run, Adam Reutens-Tan washes under a half-full camping shower hooked on the ceiling of his bathroom. The modified shower, ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore has recently joined the list of countries seeking to protect their citizens from harmful online content. But many complain the government's move "criminalizes free speech" and encourages ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A U.S. citizen who leaked the names of more than 14,000 HIV-positive people in Singapore has been found guilty by a U.S. court of illegally transferring personal data and ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: President Halimah Yacob on Wednesday (Jun 5) launched a S$20 note to commemorate Singapore’s Bicentennial. The note, issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), depicts Singapore’s ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) aims to add products to its lucrative derivatives business and offer Southeast Asian unicorns a platform to list shares and bonds, in a multi-asset ... ( read original story ...)

LEXINGTON, Ky. - A federal jury in Kentucky has convicted a man of leaking a database of HIV patients from the Singapore government. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports jurors returned the verdict ... ( read original story ...)

An American man has been found guilty by a US court of trying to extort the Singaporean government over information in a leaked official HIV database. The court in Kentucky heard Mikhy Farrera-Brochez ... ( read original story ...)

A Singapore company has launched an online marketplace aimed at cutting operational costs and improving efficiencies in the maritime industry. Marine Online's e-commerce site currently features more ... ( read original story ...)