That's a question that the operators of Singapore's Changi Airport have had to answer amid the coronavirus pandemic. Changi -- which has a hawker center, butterfly garden, movie theater and more among ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Central Bank Seen Keeping Monetary Policy on Hold on Recovery Hopes: Reuters Poll
Singapore's central bank will likely keep policy settings steady in October on hopes the economy will recover as the financial hub further loosens coronavirus curbs and on expectations fiscal policy ... ( read original story ...)
Amazon to Take Citigroup Office Space in Singapore’s Finance Hub
Amazon Inc. is planning to take over some of Citigroup Inc.’s office space in Singapore at a time when a number of the e-commerce giant’s Chinese tech rivals expand in the city state. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines Will Turn Its Grounded A380 Aircraft Into An Exclusive Restaurant
As part of its “Discover Your Singapore Airlines” initiative, the airline plans to launch a limited-time dining experience onboard its A380 double-decker aircraft at Changi Airport in Singapore. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines rethinks ‘flights to nowhere’ idea, will instead turn Airbus into pop-up restaurant
Singapore Airlines has abandoned an idea to put passengers on “flights to nowhere” — i.e., short plane rides that take off and land at the same airport — in favor of simply sitting guests on a ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to Spend S$2.2 Billion on Health Insurance Measures
The Singapore government will spend S$2.2 billion ($1.6 billion) over the next three years to improve a medical insurance plan for the country’s citizens and residents amid the economic impact of the ... ( read original story ...)
Goldman Joins JPMorgan in Building Singapore Forex Trading Hub
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is joining the likes of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and BNP Paribas SA in setting up a foreign-exchange trading and pricing platform in Singapore. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines Drops ‘Flights To Nowhere’ After Outcry
Singapore Airlines said Tuesday it had scrapped plans for "flights to nowhere" aimed at boosting its. With the aviation industry in deep crisis, several carriers -- including in Australia, Japan and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines Turns A380 Superjumbo Into Pop-Up Restaurant
Singapore Airlines Ltd. is opening one of its Airbus SE A380 superjumbos as a temporary restaurant, joining a gaggle of other carriers trying out novel ways to raise cash while the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Temasek Markets Its Longest Bond Amid Lower Yields
An Asian investment giant is marketing 50-year dollar bonds as issuers in the region look to get cheaper funding with longer debt. ( read original story ...)
This Singapore Startup Grows Prawn Meat From Stem Cells
Cell-based seafood producer Shiok Meats of Singapore has received $12.6 million in Series A funding -- the latest alternative protein company to raise money as the pandemic pressures global ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore SME business sentiment sinks to all-time low
Business sentiment for the next six months at Singapore's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) plunged to the lowest ever amid Covid-19-induced uncertainty over prospects for global growth and ... ( read original story ...)
Covid-19 accelerates Singapore’s digital push
Midway through this year, sales assistants at Singaporean digital payments start-up MatchMove stopped making cold calls to potential customers. The number of inquiries from companies wanting to ... ( read original story ...)
Can Singapore become Asia’s silicon valley?
The FT's Mercedes Ruehl looks at how far the city has come in attracting money and talent to its start-up sector and how far it has to go before it can be considered a world-leading centre of tech inn ... ( read original story ...)
15 new COVID-19 infections in Singapore, including community case who went to work at Changi Airport
SINGAPORE: Fifteen new COVID-19 cases were reported in Singapore as of noon on Monday (Sep 28), taking the national tally to 57,715. Thirteen of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s use of facial verification in ID scheme stirs privacy fears
Singapore's more than four million residents will have to use facial verification technology to access government services through the national identity scheme, a move criticised as intrusive and ... ( read original story ...)