Medicine stocks are vanishing from pharmacy shelves in Singapore as worried Chinese nationals hoover up supplies to send home to their loved ones. It’s sparked a debate on limiting sales – as some ...
Singapore company Chope lays off nearly a quarter of all its employees
A total of 38 employees in Chope's Singapore headquarters were affected. A screengrab showing the app for reservation platform Chope. SINGAPORE: Singapore-based restaurant reservation platform has ...
Singapore is not Christmas-ey Enough, But For This Icelander, It’s Perfect
Halli hates Icelandic Christmas as much as many Singaporean Chinese hates celebrating CNY. Christmas in Singapore, though, is perfect bliss. This is the story of one man and his escape to a country ...
Applied Materials breaks ground on $600 million facility in Singapore that will add 1,000 jobs
American semiconductor equipment maker Applied Materials will build a $600 million plant here that will expand its manufacturing and research operations and create 1,000 new jobs. Read more at ...
Annyeong Singapore: South Korean convenience store emart24 to open in Jurong and Serangoon
Eleven, Singapore has already got its fair share of convenience stores.But you can never have too much of a good thing, right? Popular South Korean chain emart24 will soon be opening two stores in ...
THE FIREWORKS MUSICAL SPECTACULAR, STAR ISLAND, RETURNS TO SINGAPORE TO USHER IN THE NEXT YEAR
The fireworks will start a little earlier this New Year's Eve. One of the world's leading fireworks entertainment, STAR ISLAND, returns, after a two-year hiatus, with an estimated 80-minute array of ...
Football: Singapore counting on golden ‘oldies’ at AFF Championship
In the blink of an eye, he is twice the age at 32 and national captain, while I am also 38 already.” There is no denying the Lions’ 23-player Asean Football Federation (AFF) Championship squad is an ...
Stock Market LIVE Updates: Sensex erases over 300-point gains, trades in the red; Nifty below 18,200; pharma stocks extend rally
Oil prices rose for a fourth straight day on Thursday with U.S. crude, heating oil and jet fuel stocks seen tight just as a chilly blast hits the United States and travel is set to soar for the ...
O-level cheating case: Ex-principal of tuition centre allegedly fled Singapore
The authorities are looking to apply for an Interpol red notice against the missing former principal of an education centre.
‘It’s ok,’: Jackson Wang achieves zen mode while getting mobbed by crazed fans in Singapore
A screaming mob of fans throwing themselves at you as you try to walk through a narrow path is clearly nothing new to Hong Kong singer-rapper Jackson Wang, who came to Singapore early to meet his fans ...
In Singapore, man gets 26 days’ jail for molesting colleague multiple times within an hour
While in a drunken state at the workplace, a 34-year-old cleaner molested his colleague multiple times despite protestations from the victim.
Singapore dollar will hold its ground in 2023 even as policy tailwinds fade
The Singapore dollar is set to end the year as Asia’s most resilient currency against an exceptional surge in the United States dollar.
Hotel restaurants see brisk business as crowds flock back for Christmas
SINGAPORE: Crowds have returned to hotel restaurants this Christmas after two years of COVID-19 restrictions, and establishments are looking to stay sustainable even as business improves. Mr Ryan ...
NoonTalk shouts out Singapore with IPO, joins sluggish listed media companies
For FY2023 and FY2024, NoonTalk’s directors plan to distribute dividends of at least 20% of earnings to shareholders.
Singapore shares rise at Thursday’s open amid global rally; STI up 0.3%
SINGAPORE stocks advanced on Thursday (Dec 22), tracking rallies in Wall Street and Europe as investors take heart from confident consumer data. Read more at The Business Times.
Indian-origin man in Singapore jailed for stealing wires from college with Bangladeshi duo
An Indian-origin man in Singapore has been sentenced to 42 months in jail along with two other foreign workers from Bangladesh for stealing copper wires and cables from a vacant college in January, ...