SINGAPORE: A nationwide COVID-19 testing strategy is being developed, as the Government scales up its testing capacity, said National Development ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s reputation will aid it in attracting premium sports events after outbreak, say experts
It is a different sporting world since the coronavirus pandemic struck this year, and analysts believe it will take time before live events return to the days of full stadiums and a packed calendar.. ( read original story ...)
COVID-19 Singapore | Leveraging First Page’s Digital Marketing To Maximise Credit Line For Businesses
By rolling out stricter circuit breaker measures, all but essential businesses have been required to close - directly impacting revenue. Global containment measures have thrown a curveball at ... ( read original story ...)
Nearly 4,800 Indians are COVID-19 positive but with mild conditions in Singapore
Over 3,500 Indian nationals, including students, have also registered with the High Commission to return home or to seek assistance for accommodation and food. ( read original story ...)
Walt Disney Company bringing streaming service to migrant workers in Singapore
The platform, Hotstar, is available free for the workers until Jul 21, and includes more than 2,000 movies and 900 TV shows. ( read original story ...)
Corporate debt in China, Singapore and South Korea is rising fast as coronavirus hits revenue
Among Asian economies, corporate debt builds up the fastest and the most in China, South Korea and Singapore, according to a report by Australian bank ANZ last week. ( read original story ...)
Stretched but coping: How Singapore’s healthcare system has cranked up efforts to deal with COVID-19
A man wearing a face mask walks in the Raffles Place financial business district in Singapore, Apr 14, 2020. (File photo: AFP/Roslan Rahman) Following a huge spike in the number of cases - 16,169 ... ( read original story ...)
GoBear acquires Singapore fintech startup AsiaKredit
GoBear looks to introduce “lending-as-a-service” to its partners and expand its direct consumer lending service through AsiaKredit’s Pera247. ( read original story ...)
Singapore to require smartphone check-ins at all businesses and will log visitors’ national identity numbers
Singapore will from May 12th require all businesses to adopt a system that logs visitors to their premises using their smartphones, in the name of tracking COVID-19 cases. Called “SafeEntry”, the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Bourse Due For Consolidation On Monday
Ahead of the Labor Day holiday weekend, the Singapore stock market had finished higher in four straight sessions, advancing almost 100 points or 4 percent in that span. The Straits Times Index now ... ( read original story ...)
Huawei Launches Flagship Intelligent Data Center Interconnect (DCI) Product for Singapore’s Enterprise Market
Huawei hosted the Singapore OptiX Club -- an online technology webinar. Themed "OptiX, lighting up your mind", Huawei together with its business leaders and technical elites explored the role of fiber ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: OCBC donating another $1.23m to over 50,000 people
More than 50,000 people, including migrant workers, will receive supermarket vouchers or other necessities with a $1.23 million donation by OCBC Bank.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Singapore reports 657 new coronavirus cases, mostly foreign workers
The health ministry reported one death, an 86-year-old Singaporean woman, bringing the virus-related death toll in the country to 18. Among the new cases, ten were Singaporeans or permanent residents, ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC donating another $1.23m to over 50,000 people
More than 50,000 people, including migrant workers, will receive supermarket vouchers or other necessities with a $1.23 million donation by OCBC Bank.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Was A Shining Star In COVID-19 Control — Until It Wasn’t
The Southeast Asian city-state was lauded as a success story when it came to controlling the coronavirus. Now, it's facing an enormous outbreak in the cramped quarters where migrant laborers live. ( read original story ...)
Singapore in touch with South America’s Mercosur bloc on free trade talks: MTI
SINGAPORE - Singapore said on Sunday (May 3) that it is in contact with South American bloc Mercosur after a member state pulled out of talks on new free trade agreements (FTAs) the group is ... ( read original story ...)