SINGAPORE: A Singaporean businessman wanted by the United States for violating sanctions on North Korea is currently in the city-state where he is under investigation, the Singapore police said. In a ...
Singapore succession due by 2025
Singapore’s planned political succession that would see Singaporean Minister of Finance Lawrence Wong (黃循財) become the country’s next leader is to coincide with general elections due by 2025, ...
Powerboat: Singapore’s Loh Kai Ling overcomes fear to win Asia C’ship’s female category
Even though she had done motorsports racing for nearly a decade, Loh Kai Ling still remembers the fear she felt when she tried her hand at powerboating about a year ago. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Golf: No mobile phone, just practise and focus – here’s why China’s Ding Wenyi is going places
The 17-year-old Chinese is the US Junior Amateur champion. Read more at straitstimes.com.
If Singapore’s politics goes wrong, our governance will go wrong too: PM Lee
SINGAPORE: The nation’s governance and “all our lives” will go wrong if Singapore’s politics goes wrong - something that has already happened in other countries, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on ...
Southeast Asia is a case study in Russia’s declining prospects as an arms exporter.
Analysts say Russia’s performance in Ukraine, coupled with Western sanctions, is likely to hurt its ability to sell weapons abroad. Southeast Asia is a case in point.
Singapore reports 1,893 new Covid-19 cases and one death on Sunday (Nov 6)
Singapore reported 1,893 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, bringing the total tally to 2,123,328. Of the new cases, 258 were detected through PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests and 1,635 through ...
Singapore PM Says Political Succession to Coincide With Vote
Singapore’s planned political succession that would see Finance Minister Lawrence Wong become the country’s next leader will coincide with general elections due by 2025, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong ...
Singapore vows to become crypto asset hub without cryptocurrency trading and speculations
Singapore wants to be a crypto asset hub but does not accept trading and speculations in cryptocurrencies, said Ravi Menon, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), at the ...
Core 4G leaders elected into Singapore PAP’s top decision-making body, chairman Gan Kim Yong steps down
Several prominent fourth-generation (4G) leaders were on Sunday (Nov 6) voted into the highest decision-making body of the ruling People’s Action ...
Singapore PM says political succession to coincide with general elections due in 2025
Singapore’s planned political succession that would see Finance Minister Lawrence Wong become the country’s next leader will coincide with general elections due by 2025, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong ...
The war could dent Russia’s prospects as an arms exporter.
Analysts say Russia’s performance in Ukraine, coupled with Western sanctions, is likely to hurt its ability to sell weapons abroad. Southeast Asia is a case in point.
Singapore PM urges PAP activists to show up Opposition for ‘missing in action’ on controversial issues, stirring up resentment
The People’s Action Party’s (PAP) secretary-general, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, today criticised the Opposition for not taking a position ...
Real question not about timing of next Singapore GE or political succession, Lawrence Wong tells PAP activists
While he has often been asked when the next General Election or leadership succession will take place, Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said today ...
Singapore’s PAP needs ‘strong mandate’ as power transition, global uncertainty loom, leaders say
PM Lee Hsien Loong and Deputy PM Lawrence Wong highlighted US-China tensions, and a possible recession in the West as key risks to the city state A timeline for a transition of power to Wong - Lee's ...
Singapore PM Says Political Succession to Coincide With Election
Singapore’s planned political succession that would see Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong become the country’s next leader will coincide with general elections due by 2025, Prime Minister Lee Hsien ...