Singapore is just a whisker away from joining the global negative-rate club. The nation’s overnight borrowing rate was less than two basis points above zero on Tuesday, down from the year’s high of 1. ( read original story ...)
Singapore sentences man to death via Zoom for masterminding drug deal
The sentencing of a man in Singapore to death via Zoom video for his role in a 2011 drug deal has outraged human rights activists who call issuing capital punishment verdicts during the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Supreme Court Sentences Drug Suspect to Death on Zoom Call
Singapore has sentenced a drug suspect to death on the popular videoconferencing app Zoom because of the city-state’s coronavirus lockdown, in a move slammed by a human rights group as callous and ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Singapore rebuts claims Manpower Minister Josephine Teo profited from migrant worker housing
Surbana Jurong – whose international chief executive Teo Eng Cheong is Teo’s husband – in the conversion of the Singapore Expo, an exhibition centre, into a facility housing 8,000 beds. The centre is ... ( read original story ...)
A Singapore court sentenced a man to death over Zoom, marking the city-state’s first remote capital punishment during the coronavirus pandemic
Punithan Genasan, 37, was sentenced to death for his role in a 2011 heroin deal. The city-state has a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to drugs. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Slammed For ‘Cruel’ Zoom Death Sentence
Singapore was criticised for being "cruel and inhumane" Wednesday after a death sentence was handed down via video-conferencing platform Zoom. Malaysian drug trafficker Punithan Genasan was Friday ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Running Out of Time to Call Election, Minister Says
There’s “not much time” left for Singapore’s government to hold its next general election as the city-state has to dissolve parliament in January, months ahead of an April deadline, Minister for Trade ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore sentences drug suspect to death on Zoom
Singapore has sentenced a drug suspect to death on the popular video chat app Zoom because of the city-state's coronavirus lockdown, a move slammed by a human rights group as callous and inhumane ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s new test kit that can detect coronavirus antibodies in an hour is awaiting FDA approval
The test kit, which passed regulatory approval in Singapore and the EU, is not for rapid and early diagnosis ... Global Business and Financial News, Stock Quotes, and Market Data and Analysis. Data ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Singapore, private equity firms eye minority stake in Edelweiss unit: Report
Edelweiss Global Investment Advisors runs the wealth management, capital markets, asset management and asset reconstruction businesses of Edelweiss Financial Services. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s PropertyGuru Grew Sales 24% While Gauging IPO Window
Southeast Asian online property leader PropertyGuru Pte grew revenue 24% in 2019 thanks to surging regional wealth, a strong performance its chief executive said may be hard to repeat this year. ( read original story ...)
Singapore official set to head UN intellectual property agency says focus is on staying ‘neutral’
Daren Tang said he intends to ‘call out’ unilateralism and be a bridge between countries while helming the World Intellectual Property Organisation. ( read original story ...)
Singapore property group Ho Bee Land sets up S$1.3mil Covid-19 fund to help smaller charities, social enterprises
Property group Ho Bee Land has set up a S$1.3 million Covid-19 support fund to plug funding gaps at smaller charities and social enterprises. It said on Wednesday (May 20) that it has been reaching ... ( read original story ...)
Commentary: COVID-19 will reshape the Singapore office property market outlook
Businesses have made that leap to remote working, which has major implications for office space in Singapore and could accelerate trends already ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s PropertyGuru Says 2019’s 24% Growth Tough to Repeat
PropertyGuru’s Australian IPO was to have been one of the most-anticipated events of Singapore’s tech scene last year. The 12-year-old company, started by entrepreneurs Steve Melhuish and Jani ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore sentences man to death via Zoom call
Malaysian man receives sentence remotely for role in 2011 drug deal as city-state tries to curb its coronavirus rates ... ( read original story ...)