Shipments from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bloc, including Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia and Laos, accounted for 27 per cent of India's paper imports at 5.1 lakh ...
DPM Fadillah visits CIQ unannounced at Johor Causeway to Singapore during morning rush hour
J OHOR BARU, May 27 — Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof made a surprise visit to the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) complex at the Sultan Iskandar Building before dawn today.
Singapore Boosts Food Sources as Local Vegetable Supply Drops
Singapore, which has been ramping up food security measures, saw its local vegetables and seafood production decline last year.
How Singapore can show that it is no fluke
For S'pore to stay ahead, the role of ordinary citizens is more important than ever before. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Growing gamut of India-Singapore relations, enduring bilateral ties to newer heights
With the recent change of guard in Singapore, the relationship between India and Singapore remains old and vibrant. It has a history of bilateral relationships rooted in shared values, economic opportunities and convergence of interests on key issues.
Singapore’s badminton mixed doubles pair Terry Hee and Jessica Tan get their spot in Paris Olympics
The married badminton couple endure nervy 4-week wait to find out if they are going to the Olympics. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Boustead Singapore H2 profit up 64% to S$37.3 million on improved revenue
ENGINEERING and technology group Boustead Singapore has posted a 64 per cent increase in its second-half net profit. Read more at The Business Times.
Singapore invests $37.1m for precision oncology research
Office, MOH Holdings, Pte Ltd, has invested $37.1m (S$50m) to advance precision oncology research in Singapore. The investment, under the NMRC Open Fund-Large Collaborative Grant (OF-LCG) programme, ...
Hong Kong’s stock exchange hustles for more IPOs as capital returns to the market
S'pore and Hong Kong have a part to play in the growth of the region’s wealth, the CEO of HKEX said. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore, Ghana sign carbon credit agreement enabling firms to offset part of carbon tax
SINGAPORE – Companies here looking to offset part of their carbon tax liability could soon be able to purchase carbon credits from projects based in Ghana, following an agreement signed between both ...
Singapore businesses look to cash in on cross-border payment links as visitor numbers rise
Singapore has person-to-person and person-to-merchant payment links with countries like Malaysia, China, Indonesia, India and Thailand.
Fatal Myanmar maid abuse in Singapore: Cop admits to lifting victim off the ground by her hair
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Suspended policeman Kevin ... to police that she had seen a recording of their maid going about her work on her mother’s mobile phone. Chelvam said, while being ...
S’pore’s factory output decline narrows to 1.6% in April despite drag from biomed, electronics sectors
Factory output continued to slide in April but the rate of decline – while worse than analyst forecasts – was markedly less than the big drop recorded in March. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore Exchange Market closes marginally higher
At closing bell, the Straits Times Index (STI) index edged up 1.89 points, or 0.06% to 3,318.45 after trading between 3,308.94 and 3,324.07. Across the broader market, advancers outpaced decliners 328 ...
I was on Singapore Airlines horror flight – this is why so many didn’t have seatbelts on
They were on the way to Singapore to begin their round-the-world-trip to celebrate their honeymoon. They described how their holiday plans soon turned upside down. The SQ321 was around 11 hours into its 13-hour journey. Most of the window shades on the ...
Singapore’s Koon Seng Road has been named one of the most beautiful streets in the world
Earlier this year, the Time Out team picked Cecil Street as the coolest street in Singapore for 2024, as part of our overarching ranking of coolest streets around the world. Despite its seemingly cold and steely appearance, the oft-overlooked stretch along ...