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Singapore’s richest property dynasty, which runs City Developments Ltd, suffered a loss of S$32.1 million ($23.7 million) in the first half of the year due to tax expenses and the pandemic fallout. ( read original story ...)

Pontiac Land’s Evan Kwee is pushing past the pandemic with a new resort development in the Maldives, as part of the Kwee family’s expansion out of Singapore and into the global high-end hospitality ... ( read original story ...)

With COVID-19 pandemic situation stablising, Singapore on Wednesday reported 14.7 per cent year-on-year economic growth in the second ... ( read original story ...)

A baby born prematurely in June of 2020 weighing just under 7.5 ounces has left Singapore's National University Hospital. ( read original story ...)

Singapore's economy grew by 14.7 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2021, faster than the 1.5 per cent growth in the previous quarter, the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) said on ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore raised its trade forecasts on Wednesday (Aug 11) amid better than expected growth in the second quarter of 2021. This is due to favourable sector-specific growth in areas such as electronics ... ( read original story ...)

Giant pumps whir deep underground at a plant in Singapore that helps transform sewage into water so clean it is fit for human consumption while reducing ocean pollution. The tiny island nation has ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: A man who helped run a vice ring in Singapore, handling up to nine Thai sex workers and arranging for their lodging, was sentenced to 15 months' jail on Wednesday (Aug 11). Tan Boon Kheng, ... ( read original story ...)

The city state revised its forecast for annual economic growth to 6-7 per cent, the Ministry of Trade and Industry said on Wednesday as it reported final second-quarter data. ( read original story ...)

Recycled wastewater can now meet 40 percent of Singapore's water demand -- a figure that is expected to rise to 55 percent by 2060 ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 61 new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections as of noon on Wednesday (Aug 11), including 17 with no links to previous cases. Thirty-three infections were linked to ... ( read original story ...)

Enterprise Singapore, a government agency, announced on Wednesday in the Review of Second Quarter 2021 Trade Performance that it adjusted the 2021 growth projection upwards to 13-14 percent for ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore on Wednesday upgraded its growth forecast for this year as the trade-reliant economy's key export markets pick up strength thanks to rapid coronavirus vaccine rollouts. The prosperous ... ( read original story ...)

The role of foreigners in the economy has been scrutinized amid the pandemic, yet class anxieties may be the country's bigger pressure point. ( read original story ...)

Zuellig Pharma Singapore, a leading healthcare services provider in Singapore, has been presented with the 'Industry Champions of the Year' title at the recent Asia Corporate Excellence and ... ( read original story ...)

The Singapore stock market has moved higher in consecutive trading days, collecting more than 30 points or 1 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now sits just above the 3,205-point plateau ... ( read original story ...)