SINGAPORE: Singapore’s economy grew by a meagre 0.1 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter, the lowest in a decade, according to official estimates released on Friday (Jul 12). That widely missed ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s laws apply equally to local and foreign offenders: MHA
SINGAPORE - The Singapore Government has dismissed as baseless allegations that Malaysian prisoners had been targeted for capital punishment, saying that the country’s laws “apply equally” to both ... ( read original story ...)
Silver Ferns thrash Singapore to keep perfect Netball World Cup run alive
Back for the final quarter. Singapore on track for their best ever score against New Zealand, their current highest being 17. Langman back in at centre for the Ferns. 9:02pm: End of Q3: NZ 63 ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore feels for Hong Kong protesters, but won’t support violence: harmony and stability are core values
(July 9). I want to put the facts in the right perspective and emphasise that the survey cited does not represent the majority of Singapore. It is just a random survey of a minority who may not be ... ( read original story ...)
Crazy Rich Asian: Dyson’s founder forks out US$54 million for Singapore’s biggest penthouse – this is what it looks like
It’s official: James Dyson will soon be living like a crazy rich Asian. The billionaire founder of British electronics company Dyson has bought Singapore’s most-expensive penthouse – a sumptuous three ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s first seed bank launched to protect regional plant from climate change
The first seed bank of Singapore that currently has a collection of 10,000 plant species, was officially launched on Saturday, July 13. This unique move was taken to protect the local and regional ... ( read original story ...)
China’s crude imports rise in June as new refineries start operations
China’s crude oil imports on a daily basis in June rose 15.2 per cent from a year earlier, customs data showed on Friday, as the start up of new large-scale refiners spurred demand for feedstocks. A ... ( read original story ...)
China’s June crude oil imports rise on-month, but below peak -Rtrs calculations
SINGAPORE/BEIJING — China’s crude oil imports rose in June from May on a daily basis but remained off April’s peak, according to Reuters calculations based on customs data issued on Friday. ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Together: Redefining the national conversation
Is the latest citizen engagement exercise just another national conversation? Insight looks at why it's set to be different this time. In 1991, then Acting Minister for Information and the Arts George ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s first seed bank launched at Botanic Gardens to promote plant conservation
SINGAPORE - Much has been said about endangered animal species, but Singapore is now also doing its part for threatened plant species in South-east Asia with the opening of the country's first seed ... ( read original story ...)
‘Just a matter of when’: the $20bn plan to power Singapore with Australian solar
There are ambitious solar and wind projects planned for both the Northern Territory and the Pilbara in Western Australia. Photograph: Alice Solar City/AAP The desert outside Tennant Creek, deep in the ... ( read original story ...)
2019 International Conference on Flexible Electronics opens in Zhejiang
More than 600 experts and scholars in the field of flexible electronics from China, the United States, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Australia, Belgium and Sweden attended the conference. The ICFE ... ( read original story ...)
Regulatory, capital market reforms needed to revive Singapore’s stock market
Fundamental reforms to Singapore’s capital markets, pension system and how regulators interact with it are essential to revive our public equity market. A lack of reforms will inhibit its ... ( read original story ...)
Baby Hoai An, who fought for her life in Singapore hospital, dies in Vietnam
After spending about two months in Singapore, Hoai An returned to the Hue Quang monastery in Vietnam in June. Sharing news of the death in a Facebook post on Friday, Venerable Minh Tai said the nun ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore opens first seed bank to protect regional plant diversity against climate change
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s first seed bank was officially launched on Saturday (Jul 13), as part of efforts to protect local and regional plant diversity against threats like climate change and habitat ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s GDP badly misses forecasts, shrinking 3.4% from the prior quarter
The Singapore dollar weakened slightly on the GDP news, reaching S$1.3585 from S$1.3570 before paring the loss. ... ( read original story ...)