Lee noted that the city-state has to review its approach to land use and city planning as the pandemic underscored the need to relook the design of homes and workplaces. ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered Hires ING’s Senior Exec as Its New Digital Lead
Standard Chartered announced the appointment of Roel Louwhoff as its new Group Chief Digital, Technology and Innovation Officer. ( read original story ...)
DBS launches digital bond issuance platform to ease capital markets access
DBS has launched a fully digital and automated fixed income execution (FIX) platform where issuers can directly connect with investors without the involvement of a bank.. Read more at straitstimes.com ... ( read original story ...)
Gorilla Mobile Revolutionises With SwitchBack & Service-On-Demand
Telco startup Gorilla Mobile has launched in Singapore, spearheading a whole new approach to the mobile communications experience. ( read original story ...)
R/GA Singapore named Brand Innovation Partner in next phase of Aviva Singapore + Singlife merger
R/GA Singapore has been appointmented as brand innovation partner to Aviva Singlife Holdings Pte Ltd (Aviva Singlife Holdings), as part of the next chapter of the combined entity. ( read original story ...)
Leadership lessons from Singapore’s first CIO
In a candid conversation with ETCIO, Prof Alex Siow talks about the innovative culture of Singapore, and how the region’s CIOs are streamlining thei.. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Digital Academy taps Australia’s Secure Code Warrior for launch
GovTech, the Singapore government’s technology agency, has launched its new Digital Academy initiative, tapping Australian scale-up Secure Code Warrior to help develop cyber security skills. ( read original story ...)
Singapore rolls out regular COVID-19 testing for staff in higher-risk settings | Video
As Singapore reopens with tighter safeguards, staff working in higher-risk settings with unmasked customers, like food and beverage outlets or fitness studios, will have to test themselves regularly. ( read original story ...)
Stock Market Today: SGX Nifty rises 60 points; Asian markets open higher; all eyes on Fed chair’s testimony
Bitcoin stabilised in Asian trading on Tuesday morning a day after a statement from China's central bank reaffirming the ongoing crackdown on cryptocurrencies in the country sent the world's largest ... ( read original story ...)
SGX Nifty up 65 points; here’s what changed for market while you were sleeping
Asian stocks mostly opened higher on Tuesday tracking an overnight rally on Wall Street, as investors snapped up value stocks that are expected to outperform along with an economic recovery. MSCI's ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Bourse Expected To Bounce Higher Again On Tuesday
The Singapore stock market turned lower again on Monday, one session after ending the two-day losing streak in which it had fallen ... ( read original story ...)
China cuts second batch of crude oil import quotas for private refiners
SINGAPORE: China has issued 35.24 million tonnes of crude oil import quotas to non-state refiners in a second batch of allowances for 2021, a 35% drop from the same slot last year, according to a ... ( read original story ...)
SPL resumption delayed by two weeks, Singapore Cup cancelled
The Singapore Premier League season will resume about two weeks later than originally planned, while the Singapore Cup has been cancelled. ( read original story ...)
Spike in demand as delivery-only McDonald’s BTS Meal launches in Singapore after delay
In 2019, Taeden Goh took his mother with him to watch the Korean boyband BTS perform live in concert at the National Stadium. Before that, his mother, Ping Lim, was not a fan of the band and she ... ( read original story ...)
Nurse at Singapore’s Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital among unlinked cases; two new clusters form in Bukit Merah View
A nurse at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, a delivery rider with Foodpanda as well as a foreign domestic worker were the three Covid-19 community cases with no known sources of infection reported ... ( read original story ...)
U.S.-Singapore Relations at 55: Our Shared Past and Future
Good evening everyone. It is a great pleasure to be here today with Professor Danny Quah and Professor Chan Heng Chee to discuss the U.S.-Singapore partnership. As ... ( read original story ...)