The bulk of growth came from manufacturing, which expanded by 17.7 per cent year on year.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Razer withdraws from competitive mobile wallet market
Multinational gaming company Razer is to shut down its e-wallet and card services to focus on B2B payments. In a notice to users, the firm says all wallet and card payment services will be suspended ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s logistics tech startup Parcel Perform raises $20 million
Singapore-headquartered Parcel Perform, which connects merchants with e-commerce carriers and provides shipment tracking features, said on Wednesday it has raised $20 million in a new financing round ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Is Shaping The Future Of Mobility
The transition to shared, driverless cars could enable Singapore to eliminate around 80 percent of its 1.3 million parking spaces. ( read original story ...)
Lendlease, WWF-Singapore fill knowledge gap, not landfills, with mall waste report
Supermarkets are the culprits of producing the widest variety of plastic waste. The most common type of trash? Styrofoam boxes. ( read original story ...)
61 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in Singapore, including 17 unlinked
SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 61 new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections as of noon on Wednesday (Aug 11), including 17 with no links to previous cases. Thirty-three infections were linked to ... ( read original story ...)
COMMENT: Singapore’s social divisions aren’t so clear cut
The role of foreigners in Singapore's economy has been scrutinised amid the pandemic, yet class anxieties may be the country's bigger pressure point. ( read original story ...)
Ultra-rich driving property frenzy in Singapore
S$32.9 billion worth of luxury properties transacted during the first half of 2021 alone, marking it as the biggest property frenzy Singapore has seen in over 10 years. ( read original story ...)
Chinese stocks rise as shares of indebted property developer Evergrande and its units soar
Wall Street was boosted by the U.S. Senate's $1 trillion infrastructure plan, which includes $550 billion in new spending on transportation and broadband. ( read original story ...)
A Honeymoon Staycation – Review of Fairmont Singapore
A Honeymoon Staycation - See 8,180 traveller reviews, 4,517 candid photos, and great deals for Fairmont Singapore at Tripadvisor. ( read original story ...)
Singapore lifts 2021 trade growth forecasts again
Enterprise Singapore, a government agency, announced on Wednesday in the Review of Second Quarter 2021 Trade Performance that it adjusted the 2021 growth projection upwards to 13-14 percent for ... ( read original story ...)
Ultra-rich are driving a US$24 billion property frenzy in Singapore
Singapore’s red-hot residential market this year saw S$32.9 billion spent in the first half alone, the city’s biggest frenzy in more than a decade. ( read original story ...)
Singapore clocked a massive $24 billion in real-estate sales in the first half of 2021 — twice as much as NYC
Singapore's real-estate market has remained hot in the pandemic thanks to its "safe haven" reputation and low tax rates. ( read original story ...)
Fixed asset investment commitments in Singapore rise to $3.6 billion in Q2: MTI
SINGAPORE - Fixed asset investment (FAI) commitments in Singapore rose to $3.6 billion in the April-June period, up 28.6 per cent from $2.8 billion in the first quarter, according to the Ministry of ... ( read original story ...)
Covid-19: Some confusion but most F&B outlets in Singapore did not face much issues implementing new dining rules
It was quite smooth sailing for most restaurants and other food-and-beverage (F&B) establishments that reopened for dining yesterday (August 10), the first day that rules for vaccinated and ... ( read original story ...)
Jail, fine for man in Singapore who choked and tied up five-year-old son; bit wife who stabbed him
A father repeatedly abused his five-year-old son out of anger, picking the boy up by the neck on one occasion, shaking and choking him while saying he hated him. The man, who worked as a delivery ... ( read original story ...)