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SINGAPORE - Singapore has come in 25th globally and retained its position as the Asian city with the highest quality of living, according to human resources consulting firm Mercer’s 20th annual Quality of Living survey. Using data analysed largely ... ( read original story ...)

Speaking before the country’s parliament, Singapore’s minister for home affairs, K Shanmugam, extolled the country’s success in fighting drugs. He attributed these results to Singapore’s harsh drug laws, which include the use of capital punishment. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE, March 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- This year, Singapore's Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) will lead a delegation of 23 Singapore media companies to Hong Kong Filmart 2018, presenting over 400 hours of compelling stories from Asia across ... ( read original story ...)

THE Economist Worldwide Intelligence Unit recently released a report naming Singapore as the most expensive city the world to live in, for the fifth year in a row. However, it’s not just residents that feel the pinch. It’s travelers too. For this very ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore's central bank imposed penalties of S$5.2 million (US$3.95 million) on Standard Chartered Bank (SCBC) and S$1.2 million on Standard Chartered Trust (Singapore) (SCTS) for breaching money laundering rules and terrorism financing safeguards. ( read original story ...)

Malaysian man who just moved to Singapore gets shook over $20 nasi padang at ION Orchard food court Man, 22, involved in viral Geylang brawl arrested for criminal force against cops Singapore remains the most expensive city in the world, according to The ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore’s central bank imposed penalties of S$5.2 million ($3.95 million) on Standard Chartered Bank (SCBC) (STAN.L) and S$1.2 million on Standard Chartered Trust (Singapore) (SCTS) for breaching money laundering rules and ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) imposed penalties of S$5.2 million ($3.95 million) on the Singapore branch of Standard Chartered Bank (SCBC) and S$1.2 million on Standard Chartered Trust (Singapore) Ltd (SCTS) for ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s real estate prices are picking up and some analysts predict that they will continue to rise as buyer interest returns. But clearly, some neighbourhoods are more popular among homebuyers than others. So to help better understand buyer ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore O&G Ltd (SGX: 1D8) is a healthcare company that was listed on June 2015. It has four main operating business segments at the moment, namely, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cancer-related, Dermatology, and Paediatrics. At the current price of S$0.365 ... ( read original story ...)

Billionaire Quek Leng Chan’s GuocoLand Ltd. and its joint venture partners are buying Pacific Mansion near Singapore’s business district for S$980 million ($743 million), the biggest purchase of a residential site for redevelopment in more than a decade. ( read original story ...)

MELBOURNE and Singapore might not seem to have a lot in common at first glance. But a wave of money from an an increasingly sophisticated buyer base is coming to Australia’s property markets out of South-East Asia, which are giving some Melbourne ... ( read original story ...)

With sales stagnating and high rent and manpower costs eating away at his profits, Azan Tengku, the director of Singaporean gift company Kalms, decided to close down his stores and move all his products into vending machines. Singapore was the target of a ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: With sales stagnating and high rent and manpower costs eating away at his profits, Azan Tengku, the director of Singaporean gift company Kalms, decided to close down his stores and move all his products into vending machines. Kalms, which has ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - With sales stagnating and high rent and manpower costs eating away at his profits, Azan Tengku, the director of Singaporean gift company Kalms, decided to close down his stores and move all his products into vending machines. Kalms ... ( read original story ...)

WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama is embarking on a weeklong tour of Singapore, New Zealand, Australia and Japan. Obama’s office says he’ll be in Singapore on Monday for an Obama Foundation discussion with young adults representing Southeast ... ( read original story ...)