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Some Singapore clinics report rise in pickleball injuries as sport’s popularity surges
Common pickleball injuries include knee and ankle sprains, shoulder and elbow strains, and in severe cases, eye injuries from being hit by the ball.
Chandra Asri says it will buy Exxon’s Singapore retail fuel stations
Chandra Asri Pacific said on Friday it will acquire Exxon Mobil's network of Esso-branded retail fuel stations in Singapore.
ExxonMobil’s Singapore retail fuel stations to be acquired by Indonesia-based Chandra Asri
"The company has entered into a sale and purchase agreement to acquire Exxon Mobil’s network of Esso-branded retail service stations in Singapore through a special purpose vehicle under its ...
Shu Qi’s ‘Girl’ to Open Singapore Film Festival, Deepa Mehta and Youn Yuh-jung Receive Honors
The Singapore International Film Festival has unveiled its full lineup, with Shu Qi's award-winning directorial debut 'Girl' set to open the event.
Singapore factory output jumps 16.1% in September with big pharma boost
Biomedical output surged 45.9 per cent year on year, within which pharmaceutical production soared 55.3 per cent. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Chandra Asri Group to Acquire ExxonMobil’s Esso Service Stations in Singapore
Chandra Asri Group’s acquisition of the Esso retail network aligns with the company’s long-term growth strategy, which focuses on establishing an integrated energy infrastructure for Singapore and ...
Group CEO Lai on GXS Bank’s blueprint for scale, profitability and purpose
GXS Bank’s Group CEO Lai Pei-Si says the digital bank has a unique advantage as it is part of an ecosystem that serves millions of Singaporeans.
Last call for the NightRider bus: Can Singapore be a 24-hour city without it?
Singapore's revellers and nightlife workers are wistful for the bygone era of the NightRider bus. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MAS puts retail ban on AT1s/T2s, Singapore banks mostly unharmed
Banks must insert clauses in agreements with intermediaries forbid retail sales, and MAS has told intermediaries not to facilitate retail access to such instruments. Capital instruments issued before ...
Megan Khung’s fatal abuse: Singapore minister apologises, vows to fix child protection gaps
Minister for Social and Family Development Masagos Zulkifli said agencies could have done more in the case of the girl who died in 2020.
The rise of state-owned investment funds in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asian states increasingly see state-owned investment funds more as tools of national development than wealth generators.
Standard Chartered issues payment demand to mm2 Asia units over S$905,000 debt
[SINGAPORE] Standard Chartered has issued letters of demand to two associated companies of entertainment group mm2 Asia, seeking repayment of S$905,582.87 by Thursday (Oct 23). The letters, dated Oct ...
Singapore’s core inflation edges up to 0.4% in September, above forecast
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s core inflation rose to 0.4 per cent year-on-year in September, official data showed on Thursday (Oct 23), up from 0.3 per cent in the month before.
Former Citibank relationship manager jailed for involvement in billion-dollar money laundering case
Chinese national Wang Qiming, 27, held S$481,678 in laundered cash for Su Baolin. Two others involved in one of Singapore’s biggest money laundering cases, Su Haijin and Vang Shuiming, were also his ...
Las Vegas Sands soars after its Singapore property stuns again
Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS) shot up more than 12% in Thursday morning trading as analysts and investors gushed over the strong results once again from the casino giant's Singapore casino Adjusted ... ( read original story ...)