Billionaire Richard Branson openly condemned Singapore’s death penalty several times, recently making a case for Tangaraju Suppiah, who was sentenced to death in 2018 for smuggling more than one ...
HDFC Bank to buy stake in Griha, gets Singapore regulatory body’s approval
The proposed agreement is subject to approval from the market regulator Sebi in respect of change in control of certain subsidiaries of HDFC Limited. After the acquisition, HDFC B ...
PBoC and MAS join forces to promote sustainable finance
The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore announced the establishment of the China-Singapore Green Finance Taskforce at a meeting in Chongqing on April 21. Members of ...
HDFC Bank to acquire 20% or more in Griha Pte, gets Singapore regulatory nod
Griha Pte, founded in 2012, is a private equity fund manager headquartered in Singapore and registered with MAS. The entity is a foreign step-down subsidiary of the Housing Development Finance ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC investors hold talks as proxy advisors oppose Asia spinoff
HSBC's logo is seen on its headquarters in Hong Kong, China August 4, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu ...
OCBC Investment Research initiates ‘buy’ on First REIT, calls it a ‘potential defensive addition’
Based on our fair value, we expect First REIT to return an attractive distribution yield of 9.1% in FY2023,” says analyst Ada Lim ...
Jail for man who smuggled 26 puppies into Singapore; 19 died
SINGAPORE: A man was sentenced to 12 months’ jail on Monday (Apr 24) for smuggling 27 pet animals, some in laundry bags, from Malaysia to Singapore. Of the 27 animals, one puppy was found dead and 18 ...
Singapore and China to hold joint naval drills
SINGAPORE: Singapore and China will hold a joint military exercise this week, their first combined drills since 2021. The exercise will be held from Apr 28 to May 1, said Singapore's Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) on Monday (Apr 24).
Malaysian lorry driver sentenced one-year jail for smuggling animals from Malaysia into Singapore gets jail; 19 dogs died
For RM250 (S$80) per animal, a man agreed to smuggle 26 dogs and a cat in his lorry from Malaysia to Singapore in one trip in October 2022.
Singapore, Shanghai businesses ink record 15 deals as bilateral trade grows
Trade between Singapore and Shanghai grew by 8 per cent in 2022 from the year before. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore Technologies Engineering Launches Satellite to Monitor Natural Disasters and Climate Change
ST Engineering has launched its first polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (PolSAR) satellite, TeLEOS-2, in partnership with Singapore's Defence Science and Technology Agency. The satellite is ...
Singapore, Shanghai sign 15 agreements to boost cooperation in areas like digital economy, healthcare
SINGAPORE: Singapore and Shanghai on Monday (Apr 24) signed 15 agreements to boost cooperation in areas such as the digital economy, healthcare and tourism. The agreements were inked at the 4th ...
Singapore’s iFast launches cross-border digital banking platform in UK
FAST Global Bank (“iGB”), the UK-based digital bank division of wealth management Fintech platform iFAST Corporation Ltd. (“iFAST Corp”), one of Singapore's incepted and most successful wealth ...
Singapore and China launches taskforce for green finance
The collaboration will be co-chaired by Gillian Tan and Dr. Ma Jun. The People's Bank of China (PBC) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have declared the formation of the China-Singapore ...
Virgin’s Richard Branson joins calls urging Singapore not to hang man over 1kg of cannabis
Tangaraju Suppiah is expected to be hanged on Wednesday for a 2017 conviction, but billionaire Richard Branson said the case against Tangaraju was circumstantial and that Singapore ‘may be about to kill an innocent man’.
China, Singapore to Hold Joint Naval Drills
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy will dispatch its frigate Yulin as well as the Chibi minesweeper for the drills, which will take place around Singapore from “end-April to early May”, the ministry said in a statement,