KUCHING: Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg paid a courtesy call on Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at his office in the Istana at Orchard Road. The visit on Thursday (July 7) ... ( read original story ...)
Exxon delivers first sustainable aviation fuel cargo to Singapore Changi Airport
SINGAPORE: Exxon Mobil said on Thursday (Jul 7) it has delivered the first sustainable aviation fuel cargo to Changi Airport, as part of a one-year pilot programme to test the new fuel for planes. ( read original story ...)
Singapore hangs 2 drug traffickers despite opposition
Two drug traffickers were hanged in Singapore on Thursday, bringing the number of executions this year in the city-state to four despite growing calls to abolish its death penalty. Activists said the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s GLP Sets Up $5 Billion China Logistics Fund; Taps AIA, Allianz As New Investors
Singapore-based warehouse developer GLP has set up a $5 billion income fund focused on logistics properties across China, supported by existing as well as new investors including insurance giants AIA ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore executes two prisoners convicted of drug trafficking
Singapore executed two prisoners Thursday sentenced to death for drug crimes more than two months after it hanged an intellectually disabled Malaysian man convicted of drug trafficking. Malaysian ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore executes 2, including Indian-origin man, for drugs trafficking
Punjab-origin Kalwant Singh from Malaysia is the second Indian-origin man to be hanged - in the past three months - by Singapore for a drug-related offence ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Conducts Two More Executions: Activists
Singapore has some of the world's toughest anti-drugs laws, and insists that capital punishment remains an effective deterrent against trafficking despite growing pressure to abolish it. Those ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore govt to hang second Indian-origin drug trafficker in 3 months
Kalwant Singh, an Indian-origin Malaysian drug trafficker, is to be executed early Thursday after a Singapore court dismissed a last-minute appeal to delay his sentence, according to a Hindustan Times ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC, Standard Chartered complete 30-year SORA OIS trade
The 30-year SORA OIS trade was the first transaction cleared by LCH. OCBC Bank and Standard Chartered have completed the first longer-tenor overnight indexed swap (OIS) derivatives transaction using ... ( read original story ...)
Woman ignores OTP message and loses almost $300 to online fraudsters
One woman had the shock of her life when she noticed that nearly $300 had been deducted from her bank account.And to add salt to injury, this entire fiasco started off with her doing what most of us ... ( read original story ...)
Financial service providers well positioned to facilitate users traversing metaverses and the physical world: DBS
Financial service providers are well positioned to facilitate seamless interoperability by partnering with metaverse players, said DBS Group Research analysts. In its “Can Metaverse Break Constraints ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore green-lights nuclear power in low-carbon energy import proposals
Atomic energy, along with coal, were banned in an earlier round of applications. Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines are among Southeast Asian countries exploring the power source in their future ... ( read original story ...)
Fleet Management shifts toward Singapore with Marubeni tie-up
Hong Kong-based Fleet Management hopes to be Singapore’s largest ship manager by year’s end after taking on Marubeni’s dry-bulk fleet ... ( read original story ...)
How a former Lehman Brothers banker turned the tables and built a pandemic-proof business
Declan Ee's experience in investment banking, where he "saw many blow-ups," has taught him a thing or two about running his own business. ( read original story ...)
Fraud Costs Increased More Than 10% over Pre-Pandemic Levels for APAC Businesses, According to LexisNexis Risk Solutions Study
Fraud Costs Increased More Than 10% over Pre-Pandemic Levels for APAC Businesses, According to LexisNexis Risk Solutions Study. Each Fraudulent Transaction Costs Nearly U.S. $4 fo ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore reveals international talks on protection for retail crypto investors
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has hinted the city-state may soon impose more regulations on cryptocurrency. The senior minister and minister in charge of MAS, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, ... ( read original story ...)