The 71-year-old prime minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong, has tested positive for COVID for the first time since turning home from visiting South Africa, Kenya, and Indonesia.
Singapore ERP rates to lower by S$1 during June 2023 school holiday
SINGAPORE — Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) rates at seven locations will be lowered by S$1 during the June 2023 school holiday period, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced on Monday (22 May).
Is Atlantic Navigation Holdings (Singapore) Limited’s (Catalist:5UL) Latest Stock Performance A Reflection Of Its Financial Health?
Most readers would already be aware that Atlantic Navigation Holdings (Singapore)'s (Catalist:5UL) stock increased significantly by 84 ... company's financial health over the long-term usually ...
Singapore’s High Costs Won’t Dethrone the Money Center… Yet
Singapore’s post-Covid bull run has brought more than its fair share of grousing. The city-state basks in its status as Asia’s destination of choice, a beneficiary of disillusion with magnets such as Hong Kong. That’s come with a big caveat ...
Hong Kong? Singapore? Tokyo? Seoul? Dubai? The race is on for the Web3 hub of Asia | Part 1
As U.S. regulators file lawsuits against cryptocurrency platforms, prompting some digital asset companies to seek more favorable jurisdictions, a fleet of cities in Asia are putting out the welcome ...
Tamil Nadu CM to visit Singapore, Japan to seek investment
Chennai, May 22 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin will embark on an overseas trip to Singapore and Japan on May 23 to attract more foreign investment to the state, the government said on ...
Singapore, Kazakhstan sign four agreements, including one to boost economic cooperation
The services and investment agreement will give Singapore firms access to more than 15 service sectors in Kazakhstan Read more at straitstimes.com.
Kids from lower-income homes get boost from OCBC-MSF volunteer initiative to pursuit sports and other interests
Ms Myca Marla would like to give her two daughters, aged 11 and six, more opportunities to play and explore sports that interest them but as the family's sole breadwinner, she often lacks the time or ...
Singapore Institute of Technology’s Punggol campus to be ready in 2024 | Video
From next September, students at Singapore's fifth autonomous university, the Singapore Institute of Technology, will be able to attend classes at the new Punggol campus. And as Tan Si Hui reports, ...
Yong An Park town house seller made 47 per cent windfall over 15 years as buyers pile into Singapore property
The sale of a town house unit at Singapore’s Yong An Park, a freehold development on River Valley Road in District 9, was the most profitable condo resale transaction recorded during the week of May 2 ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s DBS expects yearly earnings to beat $7.5 bln in medium term
Singapore's biggest bank DBS Group on Monday said it expects to lift annual earnings to more than S$10 billion ($7.55 billion) within the next three to five years, after it posted a record ...
Singapore’s DBS expects yearly earnings to beat $7.5 billion in medium term
Singapore's biggest bank DBS Group on Monday said it expects to lift annual earnings to more than S$10 billion ($7.55 billion) within the next three to five years, after it posted a record first-quarter profit earlier this month.
Singapore life expectancy rises from a decade ago despite Covid-19; average now stands at 83 years at end 2022
Life expectancy in Singapore rose to an average of 83 years in 2022, increasing by almost one year from a decade ago, even after the country logged more than 1,700 deaths from the pandemic.
Volunteers from OCBC to work with lower-income families in rental flats under new programme
The programme aims to help 100 such families in implementing solutions to struggles they may be facing. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore banks show the way in region’s net-zero quest but actions must speak louder, say observers
SINGAPORE - Singapore’s local banks may be ahead of many other Asian peers when it comes to mapping out their decarbonisation goals, but observers say the next big hurdle is how far the banks will go ...
Singapore’s DBS Eyes Lending to India’s SMEs Thanks to Private Credit
DBS Group Holdings Ltd.’s takeover of a local bank in 2020 will help it tap opportunities in offering private credit to India’s cash-hungry small- and medium-sized firms, according to an official at ...