Category: NEWS

India and Singapore will link their fast-payment systems to step up cross-border payments and remittance flows, which amount to more than $1 billion each year currently. ( read original story ...)

Singaporeans.” Singapore’s expats are turning to co-living to combat high rents and loneliness during #Covid19, with demand rising by at least 10%. @ByFarisMokhtar has more (Source: Quicktake) ... ( read original story ...)

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 100 Singapore companies ventured for the first time onto US shores last year. Money Mind looks at what it takes for businesses from the little red dot to make ... ( read original story ...)

With offices still quiet and friends leaving town, a lifestyle more typically associated with students is gaining in popularity. ( read original story ...)

Singapore's month-old giant panda cub is a boy, zoo officials said on Friday at a gender reveal party, which was also a birthday party for the baby's father. ( read original story ...)

The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Monday (13 September) confirmed 607 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore, taking the country's total case count to 72,294. ( read original story ...)

That law allows authorities to issue orders to correct what they see as false statements. The government says legitimate criticism and free speech are unaffected. ( read original story ...)

Groups in the southern Malaysian state of Johor have welcomed Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) Hasni Mohammad’s call for the state to be more involved in efforts to reopen the border with Singapore. ( read original story ...)

* Singapore's daily cases near one-year peaks * Surging infections highlights bumpy path to reopening * Patients requiring oxygen doubled over past two days to 54 By Aradhana Aravindan and Chen ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore introduced a new parliament bill on Monday that empowers the government to investigate and stop foreign actors from influencing national politics and inflaming social issues, in the latest ... ( read original story ...)

Some businesses in Hong Kong are mulling over a move to Singapore, where business travel is more amenable.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

According to a recent Time Out Index survey, 62 per cent of respondents voted Singapore as the world's cleanest and greatest city in the world. With a population of 5.9 million, that's quite a feat! ( read original story ...)

S'pore is committed to projects such as the RTS Link, and "constructive and positive" ties, said the Foreign Minister. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore remains committed to engaging and cooperating with the new Malaysian government to seek "win-win" outcomes, said Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan on Monday (Sep 13 ... ( read original story ...)

A 24-year-old Singaporean man was charged on Monday (13 September) after he was recorded wakeboarding at the War Memorial Park in July. ( read original story ...)

Southeast Asia saw a decline in new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, the lowest in four days, but deaths were higher, collated data showed. ( read original story ...)