Grace Fu, Singapore's minister for sustainability and the environment, discusses climate change, jobs in new energy and green bonds. Got a confidential news tip? We want to hear from you. Sign up for ... ( read original story ...)
Foundation for ‘air traffic control tower’ for drones in Singapore in place after successful trials
The system helps keep track of where drones are at any point in time even if they cannot be visually seen.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Singapore: GDP seen expanding 5.8% in 2021 – UOB
In the latest MAS Survey of Professional Forecasters, respondents upgraded their median GDP outlook for 2021 to +5.8%, up from a previous forecast of +5.5%. Across sectors, a stronger recovery is ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore-based Thor Group achieves positive earnings for both Q4 2020 and Q1 2021 with unique two-pronged business model
Thor Group growing prominence in SEA and South Asia's entertainment sector has yielded the two-year-old firm positive earnings for both the fourth quarter of 2020 and the first quarter of 2021. The ... ( read original story ...)
NUS professor asks if it’s time to raise taxes on Singapore’s wealthy
Dr Sumit Agarwal, the Low Tuck Kwong Distinguished Professor of Finance, Economics and Real Estate at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School, asks if it’s time that taxes were ... ( read original story ...)
Should You Buy Property In Singapore’s ‘Cursed’ Town?
In recent years, Yishun has developed an unsavoury reputation for criminal and eyebrow-raising events – spawning heated online ... ( read original story ...)
Property agents charged with backdating Option to Purchase to evade raised stamp duties for condo unit buyers
SINGAPORE: In a first charging of its kind, two property agents were charged on Friday (Mar 12) with exercising a backdated Option to Purchase ... ( read original story ...)
Complete Cost Guide To Renting An HDB Flat In Singapore
There is more than just the monthly rental to pay for. The post Complete Cost Guide To Renting An HDB Flat In Singapore appeared first on DollarsAndSense.sg. ( read original story ...)
The Clan Hotel Singapore
The Singapore story is cleverly woven into this new luxury hotel’s software, granting guests a chance to appreciate how the city-state has progressed on the back of hardworking early migrants, and to ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore sends ‘robot couriers’ out for delivery
Two autonomous robots have be rolled out in a pilot to facilitate on-demand food and grocery deliveries within a trial area comprising 700 residential households, though, the Singapore government ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore hedge funds training 16-year-old interns to manage billionaires’ wealth
Hedge funds in Singapore are training interns as young as 16 years old in order to nurture local talent as a shortage of qualified professionals is starting to bite, according to Bloomberg. Political ... ( read original story ...)
Aztech Global debuts on SGX mainboard at 7% above IPO price
Aztech Global began its trading debut at $1.37 on the Singapore Exchange's (SGX) mainboard on Friday (March 12), 7 per cent or $0.09 above its initial public offering price (IPO) of $1.28 per share. ( read original story ...)
After Coupang soars in US IPO, can it deliver for the long term?
Before its blockbuster IPO, Coupang spent 11 years focusing on ... a professor of economics at National University of Singapore. "Coupang is a case of a major global shareholder covering the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore PM warns on US-China tensions
Lee Hsien Loong tells the BBC a clash between the US and China is more likely than it was five years ago. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Shares May Add To Thursday’s Winnings
The Singapore stock market bounced higher again on Thursday, one day after snapping the two-day winning streak in which it had collected almost 95 points or 3 percent. The Straits Times Index now sits ... ( read original story ...)
How local teams can end Albirex’s Singapore Premier League dominance
Singapore Premier League season kicking off, will this be the year that the local teams finally end foreign dominance? ( read original story ...)