Singapore revised its requirements for imported pufferfish in August 2022 to allow the muscles, skin, fins, and milt of farmed pufferfish to be imported. Previously, only muscle meat of the fish could ...
8 Best Personal Loans in Singapore with Lowest Interest Rates (May 2024)
If you’re in urgent need of money, but are too paiseh to borrow from your family and friends, your best bet is probably a personal loan. With a personal loan, you borrow cash from a bank or financial ...
Singapore’s Oil Veteran OK Lim Convicted of Criminal Charges
Lim Oon Kuin, founder of collapsed oil firm Hin Leong Trading Pte., has been convicted of three criminal charges after a lengthy trial in Singapore, the Business Times reported.
Singapore updates cybersecurity law to expand regulatory oversight
Amendments to the country's cybersecurity bill aim to bolster its administration amid changes in the threat landscape.
Singapore’s GIC bets on Latin American infrastructure companies
Singapore’s GIC, one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, is making an outsized bet on Latin American infrastructure, while targeting smaller technology companies in the region. Read more at ...
Hong Kong’s millionaires have decreased by 4%, while Singapore’s increase by 64%
World’s Richest Cities Report from Henley & Partners has highlighted one aspect... The post Hong Kong’s millionaires have decreased by 4%, while Singapore’s increase by 64% appeared first on The Indep ...
Mother’s Day 2024 Singapore: Credit Card Promos, Mums Dine Free, and More
They say mum's cooking is the best cooking, but for my mother, no cooking is the best cooking. She would take a quaint café, bottomless brunch, or afternoon high tea any day over having to step into ...
OCBC makes $1.4 billion offer to take Great Eastern private, at $25.60 per share
The offer price represents a 37% premium over its last closing price of $18.70 on May 9. Read more at straitstimes.com.
1.6 tons of fresh vegetables and processed food seized in Singapore
The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has seized around 1.6 tons of fresh vegetables and processed food imported illegally from Malaysia. From 2 to 3 May 2024, SFA and the Immigration & Checkpoints ...
Shell to sell Singapore refining and petrochem assets to Chandra Asri-Glencore joint venture
British multinational oil and gas company Shell Plc on Wednesday said it has agreed to sell its entire stake in Singapore refinery and petrochemicals business to a joint venture between Indonesian ...
Singapore ranked 8th in world for low gender inequality: New MSF report charts women’s development
New report on progress of women’s development published by Ministry of Social and Family Development. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Analysis-Chandra Asri purchase of Shell Singapore refinery brings scale, risk
By Trixie Yap SINGAPORE (Reuters) -While Chandra Asra's deal to buy Shell's Singapore refinery will see it join the ranks of Southeast Asia's largest petrochemicals players, it is taking on the risk ...
Singapore visits dip m-o-m, but Jan-Apr was 91pct of 2019
The April data took Singapore’s overall visitor volume of the first four months of this year to 5.71 million, up 41.3 percent year-on-year. The visitor volume of the January to April period also ...
Driver in Johor claims Singapore-registered BMW going against traffic caused him to crash
A driver in Johor has claimed that he crashed his car while avoiding a Singapore-registered BMW car that was travelling against the flow of traffic. The accident occurred just after 1pm on Thursday ...
SingPost full-year profit more than doubles to $78.3 million after property revaluation
SINGAPORE - Singapore Post more than doubled its earnings for the year to March 31, mainly due to an exceptional gain of $36.8 million on property revaluation. Net profit rose 217.4 per cent to $78.3 ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC posts record Q1 profit, makes $1 bln bid to take Great Eastern private
Singapore's second-largest bank Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) posted on Friday a better-than-expected 5% rise in first-quarter profit and made a S$1.4 billion ($1.04 billion) offer to take its ...