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Strict safety measures are in place, with voters concerned about the virus and a looming recession. ( read original story ...)

Amidst the country's accelerated digitalisation efforts, and as voters head to the polls, the Singapore government must realise it also needs to transform the way it engages its population, which ... ( read original story ...)

Some 2.65 million Singaporeans will cast their ballot Friday with strict safety protocols to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's ... ( read original story ...)

Wearing masks and plastic gloves, Singaporeans began voting Friday in a general election that is expected to return Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's long-governing party to power. About 1,100 polling ... ( read original story ...)

Coronavirus health and safety requirements could change the appeal of an airport that even locals visited on their days off. The pressure is felt across Asia, which had been the site of an airport ... ( read original story ...)

The People's Action Party (PAP), which has governed Singapore for six decades, is assured of victory but faces an opposition with some popular candidates backed by the estranged brother of the country ... ( read original story ...)

Women are poised to score historic wins in Singapore’s elections, as a record number of females contest seats on Friday’s ballot. ( read original story ...)

The estranged brother of Singapore’s prime minister has taken aim at the family’s dominance of the city-state’s politics on the last day of campaigning ahead of general elec ... ( read original story ...)

Singaporeans vote Friday in Southeast Asia’s first election since the coronavirus pandemic began, with the health crisis and a grim economy expected to bolster Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s party ... ( read original story ...)

If anyone is wondering which party will win Singapore’s election on Friday, just listen to the opposition. Pritam Singh, the leader of the country’s only elected opposition party in Parliament, warned ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s affordable housing program worked so well that some of its subsidized apartments now resell for more than $700,000. ( read original story ...)

Among a record eleven parties set to contest Singapore's election on Friday, there has been virtual silence on one of the conservative city-state's most controversial issues, gay rights. ( read original story ...)

For all the predictability of elections in Singapore, one result will be keenly watched when the city-state votes on Friday as finance minister Heng Swee Keat must win an unsafe seat to show people he ... ( read original story ...)

The estranged brother of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong made waves when he joined the opposition Singapore Progress Party last month. ( read original story ...)

Troubled Singapore-based oil trader ZenRock has plans to wind down its business, with employees across offices in the city-state and China set to depart by August, according to people with knowledge ... ( read original story ...)

Volume was 1.86 billion shares worth 1.17 billion Singapore dollars. Among the actives, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding surged 3.70 percent, while Thai Beverage soared 3.60 percent, SembCorp Industries ... ( read original story ...)