Singapore plans to spend S$25 billion ($19 billion) on research and development projects over the next five years, including a new programme to help prepare the city-state for future epidemics, it ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore approves COVID-19 test using saliva from inside throat
Singapore has approved Advanced MedTech Holdings' COVID-19 kit for use in testing saliva from deep within the throat, the company said, as the country looks to ramp up testing to help re-open its ... ( read original story ...)
Microsoft to train, create new jobs for 1,000 in Singapore
Multiple partners are involved in a national skills initiative that will see Microsoft and Generation "upskill" and place tech-enabled jobs for up to 1,000 Singaporeans over two years, who will pick ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s ‘cruise to nowhere’ passenger does not have covid-19 after all, officials say
Royal Caribbean ended a cruise early after a passenger tested positive for coronavirus; follow-up tests on land were all negative. ( read original story ...)
After ‘cruise to nowhere’ cut short, Singapore says passenger doesn’t have COVID-19
A passenger on Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas initially tested positive for coronavirus, but Singapore officials say it retested the man and he was negative. ( read original story ...)
Singapore-Based Circulate Capital Invests In Recykal To Boosts India’s Waste Management
The funding will enable Recykal to expand the network of Recykal Points to over 100 locations in tier I and II cities pan-India ... ( read original story ...)
UK and Singapore sign post-Brexit free trade agreement
The UK and Singapore have signed a free trade agreement, delivering a modicum of positive news for Boris Johnson’s government as it remains locked in negotiations with the EU over its future ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Cinema Chains in Merger Talks
Negotiations are underway concerning a possible merger of the cinema exhibition operations of Golden Village and mm2. The companies say that the deal talks are spurred by the negative effects of ... ( read original story ...)
Truss hails business ‘certainty’ as UK signs Singapore trade deal
Announcement comes as UK and EU negotiators begin a final push to salvage chances of a post-Brexit trade deal ... ( read original story ...)
Britain says it’s back as it signs trade deal in Singapore
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Britain said it was re-emerging as a major trade force as it signed a free trade deal with island nation Singapore on Thursday, its latest agreement globally as it prepares to ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Man Gets More Charges in $1.5 Billion Wirecard Fraud
A Singapore businessman faces fresh accusations that he falsely claimed to look after money for Wirecard AG, taking the amount covered by a series of charges to 1.2 billion euros ($1.5 billion), ... ( read original story ...)
Brexit: UK and Singapore sign free trade agreement
Singapore and the UK signed a free trade deal in the Southeast Asian city-state on Thursday. The deal will cover a trade relationship worth more than $22bn (£17bn). The agreement largely mirrors an ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Set to Have Flying Electric Taxi Service by 2023
Singapore is set to host the world’s first electric-powered air taxi service by the end of 2023, according to Volocopter GmbH, which is developing the vertical-takeoff craft. ( read original story ...)
UK Signs Singapore Trade Deal As EU Talks Falter
Britain on Thursday signed a free-trade deal with Singapore, giving it a key foothold in Asia as it seeks to forge its own path after leaving the European Union, while talks on a post-Brexit deal ... ( read original story ...)
Passenger Who Tested Positive on Singapore’s ‘Cruise to Nowhere’ Returns With a Negative Test
The passenger was aboard Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas that set sail on Dec. 7 for a round trip to the city-state with no port of call in between. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Sea to Raise About $2 Billion in Stock Offering
Singapore’s Sea Ltd., the tech startup that’s become the most valuable company in Southeast Asia, said it plans to raise about $2 billion by issuing new securities in the U.S. ( read original story ...)