Malaysia lifts interstate, international travel curbs * Singapore dollar hits two-week high * Thai stocks scale over four-week high By Sameer Manekar Oct 11 (Reuters) - Malaysia's ringgit scaled a ... ( read original story ...)
Amazon releases report on e-commerce export opportunities for Singapore SMEs at inaugural Seller Boot Camp
Huge potential for local SMEs with B2C e-commerce export value in Singapore forecast to grow from S$1.4B in 2021 to S$3.5B by 2026, per Amazon's first-of-its-kind report87% of SMEs find e-commerce ... ( read original story ...)
‘Don’t be deterred’: Why South East Asia should be a food export priority, even as COVID-19 cases rise
Food and beverage brands with plans to expand or export into South East Asia should not be deterred by the region's current COVID-19 woes, as the rewards to be reaped for persistence will be worth the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore reopens for quarantine-free visits from 11 countries, India excluded for now
Non-residents of Singapore must also apply for a Vaccinated Travel Pass (VRP) online between seven and 30 days prior to the intended entry into Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore relaxes travel curbs, eyes Covid-19 ‘new normal’
Singapore will also “drastically simplify” its healthcare ... and hospitals will be able to go back to business as usual. “We are in a much better position now, than a year or even six months ago,” he ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore aims to reclaim global aviation hub status through its ‘vaccinated travel lanes:’ minister
Singapore aims to "reclaim and rebuild" Changi Airport as an international aviation hub through reopening air travel in a safe manner, says the country's Transport Minister S. Iswaran. ( read original story ...)
Singapore reports 2,809 new COVID-19 cases; 9 more deaths
SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 2,809 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Sunday (Oct 10) as nine more people died from complications due to the virus. The fatalities are all Singaporeans, comprising eight ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Keen to Work With Australia on Quarantine-Free Travel
Singapore is keen to work with Australia, New Zealand and Japan on quarantine-free travel as the city-state pushes on with its strategy of living with Covid, Singapore Transport Minister S. Iswaran ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Ambitious Quarantine-Free Travel Plan Eyes Covid “New Normal”
Singapore is opening its borders to more countries for quarantine-free travel as the city-state seeks to rebuild its status as an international aviation hub, and prepares to reach a "new normal" to ... ( read original story ...)
US aerospace firm Pratt & Whitney to hire another 250 employees in Singapore as it prepares for recovery
SINGAPORE: American aerospace manufacturer Pratt & Whitney is looking to fill around 250 jobs in Singapore by the end of this year, with more positions to come in 2022, as it readies itself for a ... ( read original story ...)
As Singapore Exchange opens floor to SPACs, new vistas await Southeast Asian start-ups
With Singapore Exchange making its entry into the SPAC space, the implications for Southeast Asia's upcoming tech players can only be positive. For smaller businesses with overly localised or ... ( read original story ...)
Should Istana Woodneuk, in Singapore’s ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ estate Tyersall Park, be preserved for its heritage?
When art educator Dahlia Osman was a child, she would visit her grandparents during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr at a house in a sprawling estate near Singapore's Botanic Gardens. Known as ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s new ‘foreign interference’ law leaves journalists like me with an impossible puzzle
The Singapore government is now free to act on suspicions of foreign influence, and their targets will struggle to clear their names ... ( read original story ...)
Temasek-backed Indian unicorn Pine Labs may file for $1b Nasdaq IPO this month
“Pine Labs may, however, close another pre-IPO round before the listing and is currently negotiating ... In April, the company acquired Singapore-based loyalty cashback startup Fave for $45 million to ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore opens more travel lanes
Singapore opens its Vaccinated Travel Lanes (VTL) to nine more countries starting 19 October after successfully introducing the VTLs to Brunei Darussalam and Germany last September. The Ministry of ... ( read original story ...)
Minimum Income Standard (MIS) Of $6,424 For Singapore Families? 5 Things To Understand About The “Basic Cost Of Living” Figures Reported
A study by the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy released on 8 October shared some concerning statistics about the basic cost of living in Singapore. According to findings from this study, the ... ( read original story ...)