Singaporean Ambassador to Vietnam Jaya Ratnam paid a working trip to Lang Son on November 8 to explore cooperation and investment opportunities in the Northern border province.
Daily Cuts – Behind the YouTrip business
Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Hui Wong speak with Kelvin Lam, Chief Operating Officer, YouTrip, about his entrepreneurial journey and the future of YouTrip.
Singapore Proposes New Bill to Regulate Significant Investments in Critical Entities for National Security
Singapore's proposed Significant Investments Review Bill will increase oversight of ownership changes in critical entities.
Singapore’s Impressive Food Security
This achievement is largely attributable to the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA), and comes despite a heavy dependency on food imports. At present, Singapore imports almost 90 percent of ...
Singapore to remove melamine-related requirements for milk imports, including infant formula, from China
SINGAPORE: Singapore will remove melamine-related import requirements for milk, milk products and products containing milk from China from Nov 1, the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) said on Monday (Oct 23 ...
Bitcoin’s Grip on Crypto Eases After Climb in Smaller Tokens Like XRP
As a result, Bitcoin’s share of the $1.38 trillion crypto market is down to about 49% from a peak of 51.5% in October, CoinGecko data shows. Digital-asset investors often view such a drop as a sign of ...
China’s Exports Tumble Again in Fresh Sign of Economic Trouble
S INGAPORE—China’s exports fell for the sixth straight month, adding to pressure on Beijing to boost spending at home as a big rise in global interest rates and wars in Ukraine and the Middle East ...
Jamus Lim on Economic Expansion Incentives (Relief from Income Tax) (Amendment) Bill
The stipulations in the Bill are “another small step forward” in preparing the economy for a post-debts world, said MP Jamus Lim. Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday (Nov 7), he said it is important tha ...
‘Business as usual’ for WeWork in Singapore; customers will not be impacted by US bankruptcy filing
SINGAPORE: WeWork's operations in Singapore will not be impacted by the company's bankruptcy filing in the United States, said a local spokesman for the company on Tuesday (Nov 7). In response ...
Singapore Small Business Owners Dip into Personal Savings, Raise Prices to Mitigate Increasing Costs – Report
Singapore small business owners are dipping into savings, increasing their prices, and not paying themselves to mitigate rising costs: Report.
WeWork says Singapore operations not affected for now, no plans to cut staff
SINGAPORE - Embattled co-working giant WeWork said on Tuesday that it’s business as usual in Singapore despite the US-listed company filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. A company spokesman told The ...
Singapore PM to hand reins to deputy
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Sunday that he is handing the leadership of the ruling People's Action Party to Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong within 12 months "if all goes ...
DPM Wong warns of rise in anti-Singapore rhetoric, extremists in region using Israel-Hamas war to ‘rile up sentiments’
Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Monday (Nov 6) warned of extremist and terrorist groups in the region using the Israel-Hamas war to rile up sentiments and radicalise more individuals.
Singapore stocks rise as regional bourses rally, with STI up 1.2%
SINGAPORE - Stocks in Singapore closed higher on Monday, tracking rallies across regional bourses. The Straits Times Index (STI) rose 1.2 per cent, or 36.87 points, to close at 3,180.53. Across the ...
Singapore says DBS, Citi report 2.5 million failed transactions from outage
Singapore’s government says there were 2.5 million failed DBS and Citi transactions during the lenders’ outage last month.
Israel-Hamas conflict has limited economic impact on Singapore unless it turns regional: DPM Wong
THE Israel-Hamas conflict has a small direct impact on Singapore’s economy, because of the Republic’s limited trade and investment links with Israel and Palestine, said Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence ...