SINGAPORE: Local multidisciplinary artist Zai Kuning and curator and art historian June Yap will no longer represent Singapore as a team at Venice Biennale 2017 due to "differences in the operational approaches within the team". In a statement to the media ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore blogger seeking U.S. asylum regrets posts in home country
Amos Yee, 18, who is currently detained in Illinois, told Reuters that videos he filmed insulting Singapore's late prime minister and various religions were in bad taste. "I told you, it is hate speech, it is overly rude, it isn’t good activism," Yee ... ( read original story ...)
2016 was Singapore's hottest year on record
The recent spell of cool and cloudy weather may have given a different impression, but 2016 will go down as the hottest year since Singapore started keeping temperature records in 1929. The latest update from the Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore's GIC buys 50% of Southampton's new Watermark complex for £48.5m
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/news/singapores-gic-buys-50-of-southamptons-new ... 8e662/AUTOCROP/h342/PANews%20BT_P-e97706aa-cb2a-4b71-b875-b1dbc38799dd_I1.jpg Singapore's sovereign wealth fund has splashed out £48.5 million on acquiring ... ( read original story ...)
Researchers in Singapore reveal advanced drone traffic system that uses 'virtual fences' to prevent crashes
Hundreds of drones are expected to hit the Singapore skies in the near future, but with limited airways and a dense population, many question how they will safely fly over the city. Now, researchers have unveiled a traffic management system, which is much ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore startups must now grow up, think bigger
The Singapore government has invested significant resources and efforts in building up a thriving startup environment, but its inhabitants must now take risks and look beyond local shores. Jeffrey Paine, general partner at Golden Gate Ventures, believed ... ( read original story ...)
Migrant workers in Singapore reveal hidden poetry talents on stage
Nath has a diploma in engineering, but has worked in a Singapore shipyard for nearly two years, sending money home to his parents in their rural village. All 17 competitors nervously waiting their turn on the stage are migrant workers, whose daily lives of ... ( read original story ...)
Video Maker Who Tested Singapore’s Limits Seeks U.S. Asylum
Mr. Yee absorbed the news differently, posting a video on YouTube titled ... after Mr. Yee’s most recent conviction. In Singapore, “people are extremely sensitive,” said Melissa Chen, a Singaporean human rights activist who is now a legal permanent ... ( read original story ...)
Breaking Singapore's record streak of negative inflation: 5 key questions
SINGAPORE: After a record 24 straight months of negative readings, consumer prices in Singapore have finally stopped falling. Data released last Friday (Dec 23) showed the consumer price index (CPI), a measure of headline inflation, flat at zero per cent ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore authority on high alert
SINGAPORE: The naughty list for Singapore financiers has rarely been so long. From the 1Malaysia Development Bhd-linked scandal to a 333-count front-running case and the largest market-manipulation prosecution in Singapore’s history, this year’s ... ( read original story ...)
India, Singapore DTAA amendment to modify capital gains tax exemption on cards
NEW DELHI: India and Singapore would hold key dialogue here on Thursday and Friday to conclude protocol to amend bilateral Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement or DTAA which will modify capital gains tax exemption. India-Singapore DTAA came into force in ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Defaults Seen as Bellwether for 2017 Asia Distress
Singapore’s commodities-related defaults could turn out to be the canary in the mine. Despite a modest rebound in resource prices, restructuring specialists including KPMG and Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee see more Asia-Pacific commodities and shipping ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore dollar to weaken further in uncertain 2017: Analysts
SINGAPORE: The Singapore dollar may have recovered some lost ground after hitting multi-year lows against the greenback last week, but this momentum is unlikely to be sustainable when the new year comes around, analysts told Channel NewsAsia. Alongside ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore second most vegan-friendly city in Asia: PETA
SINGAPORE: Food paradise Singapore is the second most vegan-friendly city in Asia after Taipei, animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) announced on Tuesday (Dec 27). Chiang Mai, Thailand and Makati city in the Philippines ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore named second most vegan-friendly city in Asia by Peta
SINGAPORE - The Lion City has earned the No. 2 spot on ... where they're deprived of everything that's natural and important to them," Peta added in its news release. ( read original story ...)
Singapore stocks end up 0.51 percent
Singapore shares closed 0.51 percent higher on Tuesday, but trading was thin as most major markets were closed. Latest data showed China’s industrial sector profit rose 14.5 percent in November from a year earlier, suggesting the economy there was ... ( read original story ...)