Around 8,500 children and 1,400 families are expected to benefit each year from the two ComLink+ packages. Read more at straitstimes.com.
New foreign, defence, health & finance ministers for M’sia as Anwar Ibrahim reshuffles cabinet
A year after Anwar Ibrahim rose to power as the head of the 'unity government' in Malaysia, he announced his first cabinet reshuffle on Dec. 12. Anwar did not relinquish his Finance Ministry portfolio ...
UOB staff spent 4 hours convincing 70-year-old woman against giving away $500K in love scam
The purported "husband" was someone the woman had only known online for about six months, and they had never met in person ...
Meet Singapore 2023 held in Binh Duong
A dialogue with Singaporean firms and “Meet Singapore 2023” took place in the southern province of Binh Duong on December 11.
Singapore Shares Tipped To Remain Rangebound
The Singapore stock market has alternated between positive and negative finishes through the last four trading days since the end of ...
Money Talks – Best of: Own or lease a car in Singapore?
In the second of three top episodes from our archives this year, Julian Kho, general manager of Sgcarmart weighs the pros and cons of having a car in Singapore. With car prices at an all-time high, ...
5 Ideas On How To Manage Your Personal Loan In Singapore Effectively
Ideas on How to Manage Your Personal Loan in Singapore Effectively SINGAPORE, Dec 11, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - Persona ...
Singapore Joins Other ASEAN Countries in Easing Entry for Chinese Tourists
Singapore became the latest ASEAN member to announce the ease of its visa policy for Chinese passport holders on Dec. 7. The other eight counties are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, ...
China’s SPIC plans $5.9 bln investment turning green hydrogen into fuel
China's State Power Investment Corp announced a 42 billion yuan ($5.85 billion) investment plan in northeast China to produce fuel from hydrogen produced from wind power, according to a company ...
SGX posts record commodity derivatives for November; sees investor reallocation to REITs
In its monthly market statistics report, SGX recorded a total derivatives traded volume increase of 8% m-o-m to 22.4 million contracts. SGX FX also saw its FX futures traded volume in November up 25% ...
Singapore: 79-year-old woman nearly loses S$260,000 to scammers posing as officials
Fortunately for her, a Standard Chartered bank staff, who worked in tandem with the ASC, flagged the transaction, effectively shutting down the scam before it could come to fruition.
Singapore won’t claim from climate fund despite investing heavily in coastal protection measures: Grace Fu
AsiaOne has launched EarthOne, a new section dedicated to environmental issues — because we love the planet and we believe science. Find articles like this there. DUBAI – Singapore will not be ...
Yen falls versus US, Singapore dollar as Bank of Japan tightening bets fade
TOKYO - The yen fell against the US and Singapore currencies on Dec 11 due to waning expectations that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) will tighten its ultra-loose monetary policy next week. Read more at ...
Singapore won’t claim from climate loss & damage fund; will help other countries access money from it: Grace Fu
SINGAPORE will not be claiming from a fund that compensates countries for the loss and damage that they face arising from climate change. Instead it will support fellow countries from the Alliance of ...
Woman, 79, sells her unit trust to transfer $260,000 to suspected mule account, bank calls police
A 79-year-old woman sold her unit trust investment with Standard Chartered Bank, amounting to more than $260,000, to transfer the money to a suspected mule bank account in November. The transaction ...
Maybank appoints Alvin Lee as Country CEO, CEO Maybank Singapore, and CEO Malayan Banking Berhad Singapore
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