President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will travel to Singapore this week where he is set to attend a meeting with economic managers and business leaders at the 10th Asian Conference on September 13.
Facebook Co-Founder Who Fell Out With Mark Zuckerberg Is Now Singapore’s Richest Person
Eduardo Saverin, co-founder of Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META), formerly Facebook, is now Singapore’s wealthiest resident ... Darcy Donavan — Crypto Queen & Web3's Hollywood Ambassador Saverin is not ...
Power export to Singapore won’t affect effort to ensure full electricity coverage in Sarawak, says state utility minister
The export of electricity to Singapore will not affect the ongoing effort to ensure full electricity coverage in Sarawak, said Minister of Utility ...
New S$500,000 funding for Singapore’s only student-led venture fund training programme
The launch took place at the opening ceremony of the biennial Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition. Organised by the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Singapore Management ...
Singapore’s EMA awards conditional license to Gurin-Gentari JV to import electricity from Indonesia
The project is expected to start in 2027. The Energy Market Authority has awarded a Letter of Conditional Approval to Vanda RE, the joint venture between Gurin Energy and Gentari International ...
Can Singapore hold on to its reputation as Asia’s ‘safe haven’?
Singapore has for decades prospered in no small measure due to its reputation as the “Switzerland of the east” — a safe and neutral haven for business in an at-times intractable part of the world.
Australian billionaire Cannon-Brookes moves closer to exporting solar power to Singapore via undersea cable in S$17.3b project
Grok Ventures said that a solar farm in Australia’s Northern Territory, which will most likely be the biggest in the world, would ship at least 900 megawatts of electricity supply to local industry ...
Singapore to start imports of renewable energy from Indonesia within 5 years
The EMA has granted conditional approval to five projects for the import of 2GW of low-carbon electricity each year. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Tax revenue gets bumper rise of 13.1% to $68.6b amid post-pandemic economic recovery
GST revenue made up the third-largest share of Iras’ revenue collection, at 20.5 per cent. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore plan to import Indonesia clean energy advancing as region develops renewables ‘faster and bigger than people realise’
Singapore currently generates 95 per cent of its electricity from natural gas, but lack of space limits the building of solar and wind farms.
Singapore to start importing eggs from Türkiye
This brings the number of countries and regions accredited to export chicken eggs to Singapore to 19, says the Singapore Food Agency.
Singapore asks banks to probe ties with money laundering suspects
SINGAPORE’S central bank has directed financial institutions to review any relationships with individuals tied to a money laundering scandal involving over S$1.8 billion of assets. Read more at The ...
Norway’s US$1.4 trillion wealth fund shutters Shanghai office as Singapore takes over as its Asia hub
NORWAY’S US$1.4 trillion sovereign wealth fund has started winding down its office in Shanghai as Singapore takes over as its hub in Asia. Read more at The Business Times.
30 companies, 6 business leaders honoured at 18th Singapore Corporate Awards
TOP companies received accolades at the Singapore Corporate Awards (SCA) 2023 on Thursday (Sep 7) for their work in corporate governance and sustaining shareholder returns. Read more at The Business ...
Trudeau in Singapore promoting trade, business: ‘Canada is a hot spot for us’
Trudeau held four meetings on Thursday with business leaders in the region and is expected to meet with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Friday.
Singapore could be affected by increasing rice prices
In a report, Lavanya Venkateswaran, Senior ASEAN Economist at OCBC, said the price increases in rice will also have implications on Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand, with the Philippines ...