The drop followed new restrictions imposed in October by Washington on the export of advanced semiconductors and chip-manufacturing equipment to China.
‘Serious health risks’: Singapore health authority warns against using rash cream after 4-year-old child hospitalised
A four-year-old child was taken to hospital after using a skin product supposed to treat rashes, the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) said today.
Singapore’s electric vehicle push makes headway as demand ramps up | Video
Singapore's race to have all vehicles running on cleaner energy by 2040 is making progress, with registrations for new zero-emission vehicles nearly tripling from last year. But how ready is Singapore ...
HDB investigating ‘vacant’ BTO flats listed for sale on property portals; 53 such cases since 2017
Of these, 21 owners had their flats compulsorily acquired by the HDB, while the rest were issued fines or warnings. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Sea Freezes Salaries, Cuts Bonuses as Tougher 2023 Looms
Sea Ltd. is freezing salaries for most staff and paying out lower bonuses this year, bracing for what founder Forrest Li warned could be a worsening global economic environment in 2023.
Singapore reacts to Chinese panic buying Panadol with grumbles, scorn: ‘it’s not an exotic medicine’
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.