SINGAPORE: Singapore Exchange’s net profit fell 16% year on year to 83 million Singapore dollars ($60 million) for the first quarter ended in September, as both stock and derivatives trading took a beating from investors electing to stay on the sidelines ... ( read original story ...)
Former MFA scholar jailed for forging emails to import pet parakeets
Singapore’s Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) requires birds to be kept in isolation in an approved facility for 21 days prior to import, and they must test negative for avian influenza during this time. However, the only approved facility in ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s data mirrors UN’s on Cambodia’s sand export numbers
The UN data showed $752 million in imports of sand from Cambodia since 2007, despite Cambodia reporting only about $5 million in exports to Singapore. Mines and Energy Ministry spokesman Dith Tina said on September 27 that the UN data, which recorded 72.7 ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore jails Chinese nationals for buying, selling contraband cigarettes via WeChat
The Chinese nationals, Bao Jiancao, 29, and Zhu Xingbing, 45, were arrested in two separate operations conducted by Singapore Customs in Geylang and Woodlands respectively on Tuesday. Bao was sentenced to three months and one week jail, while Zhu was ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore will test self-driving buses
Singapore is quickly becoming a hub for the testing of autonomous ... For the past two years, BI Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service, has been tracking the progress of the self-driving car space. As our reports have shown, the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore's self-driving taxi has crashed
One of Singapore's self-driving taxis recently got in an accident ... For the past two years, BI Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service, has been tracking the progress of the self-driving car space. As our reports have shown ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore rig builder Keppel cuts jobs as profits slump
SINGAPORE: Singapore-based Keppel Corp announced on Thursday ... Keppel chief executive Loh Chin Hua said it had slashed its workforce at its offshore and marine business by "close to 8,000", or around 26 per cent, over the nine months to September. ( read original story ...)