SINGAPORE’S retail sales inched up 0.6 per cent year on year in September, significantly less than the revised 4.2 per cent growth recorded in August, Department of Statistics (SingStat) data showed ...
3 men jailed after coming to Singapore to steal from donation boxes at churches, temples
The three men came from China to Singapore on social visit passes, intending to use the "fishing" method that they learnt from Douyin videos to steal from churches and temples.
Singapore Makes Its Largest Bank Take a Technology Timeout
The city-state’s top financial regulator has lost patience with DBS Group after repeated digital-banking service disruptions.
Singapore projected to be biggest digital wealth market in Southeast Asia by 2030
and covers the state and outlook of the region's technology funding landscape across Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Despite having the highest digital ...
Singapore set to direct DBS to fix ‘unacceptable’ online outages
The frequency of outages is unacceptable, the slowness in recoverability is unacceptable,” says MAS's Ravi Menon.
Websites of all Singapore public hospitals, polyclinics, healthcare groups down on Wednesday
The KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital and Institute of Mental Health websites were also down. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Websites of all Singapore public hospitals, polyclinics suffer crash on Wednesday (Nov 1)
The websites of the SingHealth and National Healthcare groups - under which all polyclinics in Singapore come under - were also inaccessible. So far, the mobile phone apps of the hospitals were still ...
As Singapore’s aging population grows, businesses are courting older consumers
Singapore's silver economy is set to reach $72.4 billion in value by 2025, according to Aging Asia, a social enterprise that specializes in the business of aging.
Tender launched to double number of police cameras in Singapore to over 200,000 by mid-2030s
Police cameras have helped to solve about 7,500 crimes since they were first installed across the country in 2012.
MAS sees budding recovery in Singapore’s electronics, financial sectors as global environment turns
After two years of strong growth in 2021 and 2022, the global electronics industry has faced an extended slump in demand for goods ranging from mobile phones to personal computers (PCs) amid several ...
Singapore’s Growth Likely to Be Closer to Potential Rate Next Year, MAS Says
Singapore’s gross-domestic-product growth is expected to be in the lower half of the 0.5%-1.5% forecast range this year, and closer to its potential rate next year, the Monetary Authority of Singapore ...
Singapore’s growth set to improve in second half of 2024: MAS
SINGAPORE’S growth should improve gradually in the second half of 2024 and be more even across sectors, barring renewed shocks to the global economy, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said on ...
Tamil Murasu newspaper launches free mobile app
SINGAPORE - Tamil Murasu readers can now look forward to news at their fingertips thanks to a free mobile app launched by Singapore’s only Tamil language newspaper on Sunday. Read more at straitstimes ...
Interest in online tuition in Singapore stays high after pandemic
Primary 4 pupil Rheyaa Chelsea Mogan comes home from school and continues mathematics “lessons” on Koobits, an online learning platform on her computer.
Woman transfers $400 to Thai bank account for ‘Singapore Pools ticket’ after seeing Facebook post, gets scammed
It is not something she is proud of. A woman lost $400 after responding to a Facebook post and wants to share what happened so others don't fall for the same scam. "I know it is embarrassing that I ...
Indian Man Jailed For 16 Years For Raping College Student In Singapore
A court in Singapore has sentenced a 26-year-old Indian national to 16 years' jail and 12 strokes of the cane for raping a university student in 2019.