Oil prices dropped on Monday, hovering near multi-month lows, as recession fears hurt demand outlook and data pointed to a slow recovery in China's crude imports last month. Brent crude futures ... ( read original story ...)
National Day Special: Why it’s getting harder to make Singapore a home truly for all, and yet we must persevere
Most people, unsurprisingly, consider their home country to be their country of citizenship. However, the notion of home transcends legal status and the colour of one’s passport: it is also about ... ( read original story ...)
Sri Lanka Urges Singapore To Extend Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s Visit Pass By 2 Weeks: Report
Amid the economic turmoil in Sri Lanka, the island nation has reportedly urged Singapore authorities to allow Gotabaya Rajapaksa to stay for two more weeks. ( read original story ...)
Expats in Singapore opt for co-living as ‘red hot’ rents rise by up to 40 per cent
A ‘massive reduction’ in available properties partly fuelled by an influx of foreign buyers and expats has lit a fire under Singapore’s rental market. ( read original story ...)
IN FOCUS: The demand for luxury watches in Singapore and why collectors turn to the grey market
The demand for luxury watches is in the spotlight after a couple who were selling them went missing with millions of dollars of their customers' money. CNA looks at why some buy from the grey market ... ( read original story ...)
NTU Singapore and RGE launch textile research centre
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) have launched the RGE-NTU Sustainable Textile Research Centre. ( read original story ...)
NTU Singapore and RGE launch S$6 million joint research centre to tackle textile waste
SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 5 August 2022 - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) , a global resources-based manufacturing group, today launched the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s tallest skyscraper to be built by Alibaba and local partners
SINGAPORE: Chinese Internet giant Alibaba is partnering with a consortium led by Singapore-based real estate company Perennial Holdings to build a 63-storey mixed-used development at Shenton Way in ... ( read original story ...)
Johor poultry farmers want chicken Singapore export ban lifted, fear competition from Indonesia
Johor poultry farmers have reportedly urged the federal government to lift the chicken export ban to Singapore, citing concerns that the country would ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore prices inaugural 50-year sovereign green bond offering at 3.04% after ‘strong’ demand
The S$2.4 billion bonds, called the Green Government Securities (Infrastructure) or Green SGS (Infra), mark the country’s first issuance of sustainable debt. With a maturity date in 2072, this is also ... ( read original story ...)
5 tips for lessening cost of doing business in Singapore
SINGAPORE'S robust economy and business-friendly environment have long made it a haven for both local and international entrepreneurs. Statistics show that around 14,857 new business entities were ... ( read original story ...)
M’sian MP says M’sia already lost S’pore as customer no matter when chicken export allowed again
Export market lost. Malaysia’s Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries Ronald Kiandee said on Aug. 4 that the export ban on chickens is set to end on Aug. 31. His response was to Kluang MP Wong ... ( read original story ...)
Poultry farmers in Malaysia urge government to lift chicken export ban on Singapore or lose out to Indonesia
If Malaysia does not fully resolve its ban on chicken exports soon, farmers say it could lay the groundwork for bigger egg-onomic problems. Poultry farmers in Johor have urged the government to lift ... ( read original story ...)
MHA reminds foreign businesses to be ‘careful’ about advocating LGBT issues in Singapore
SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Thursday (Aug 4) reminded foreign businesses to be “careful” about advocating lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) issues in ... ( read original story ...)
Johor poultry farmers want Singapore export ban lifted, fear competition from Indonesia
Johor poultry farmers have reportedly urged the federal government to lift the chicken export ban to Singapore, citing concerns that the country would ... ( read original story ...)
E-commerce firm Shopify’s job cuts hit Singapore staff
The company axed around 1,000 of its global workforce of 10,000 employees on July 27. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)