One of the world’s most ambitious renewable energy projects is being proposed in Indonesia, piggybacking on demand for electricity from Singapore. ( read original story ...)
Singapore companies applaud govt’s move to allow workers from India, South Asia
Several businesses facing labour shortages also seek clarification on the measures that will allow manpower for the construction sector to grow ... ( read original story ...)
A Facade of Progress: Singapore’s Response to Climate Change
Climate change, in the words of Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, is a matter of “life or death.” This summer, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published a report detailing the ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC issues Singapore’s first EFS-green loan worth $6 million to Durapower
HSBC Singapore extended a $6 million green trade loan to Singapore tech company Durapower Group, becoming the first participating financial institution to issue financing via the Enterprise Financing ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s companies laud govt’s move to allow workers from India, S Asia
The companies have applauded the government's move to reopen borders to India, Bangladesh and other South Asian countries ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s labour short companies applaud govt’s move to allow workers from India, South Asia
Several companies, facing labour shortage, have expressed uncertainty about the rate of workers from South Asian countries allowed to enter Singapore from Wednesday, reported the Channel News Asia. ( read original story ...)
Singapore sets reopening date for fully-vaxxed Aussie travellers
Singapore will extend its Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) scheme to Australia for entry into the destination from 8 November 2021. ( read original story ...)
Singapore, Malaysia police cripple two job scam syndicates that allegedly cheated more than 390 Singapore victims of S$5m
Acting on shared intelligence, police forces in Singapore and Malaysia cracked down on two transnational job scam syndicates after 17 men and seven women were arrested simultaneously in a joint ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Temasek sets up S$4.5b subsidiary to invest in large local firms with regional, global ambitions
State investment firm Temasek Holdings has set up a new S$4.5 billion (RM13.9 billion) subsidiary headquartered in Singapore to invest in large enterprises here that have ”regional and global ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Stock Market Poised To Extend Tuesday’s Gains
The Singapore stock market has finished higher in two of three trading days since the end of the two-day slide in which it had fallen more than 10 points or 0.3 percent. The Straits Times Index now ... ( read original story ...)
Amazon Singapore latest to launch official Apple Store alongside Shopee and Lazada
Hot on the heels of Shopee and Lazada, Amazon.sg has just launched their official Apple Store, offering its customers the majority of Apple's slate of products. This is a welcome addition, ahead of ... ( read original story ...)
Australia and Singapore establish quarantine-free travel lane as international borders reopen
Singapore and Australia have established a quarantine-free travel lane which will open next month for use by fully vaccinated travellers. ( read original story ...)
3,277 new COVID cases, 10 more deaths in Singapore
The 330th to 339th COVID-19 deaths in Singapore were aged between 66 and 98. All except an unvaccinated case had various underlying medical conditions. ( read original story ...)
Singapore urges Myanmar to cooperate with ASEAN, ‘gravely concerned’ with situation in country: PM Lee
SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday (Oct 26) urged Myanmar’s military authorities to cooperate fully with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)’s envoy as the ongoing ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19 engulfs Singapore’s Mental Health Institute
A new outbreak has emerged at a facility caring for Singapore’s psychiatric needs as the city struggles to contain COVID-19. ( read original story ...)
Five COVID-19 cases among more than 5,100 people who entered Singapore via vaccinated travel lanes: Iswaran
SINGAPORE: Only five out of more than 5,100 travellers who entered Singapore via the vaccinated travel lanes have been found to be COVID-19 positive since the scheme began last month. Minister for ... ( read original story ...)