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For Singapore, contact tracing apps might not be enough to help reopen the economy as the COVID-19 pandemic eases. Smart nation minister Vivian Balakrishnan has revealed that the city-state is close ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is developing a wearable tracking device that will reveal if citizens come into contact with COVID-19 infected people. ( read original story ...)

The bluetooth technology is now available in smartphones but is not widely used and can experience glitches. ( read original story ...)

Singapore is working on a contact tracing method that would involve a portable wearable device that could be distributed to everyone in the country. ( read original story ...)

Singapore announced on Friday that it plans to launch a wearable device to help with coronavirus contact tracing that may be rolled out soon to Singapore's 5.7 million residents if it proves to be ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's health ministry on Friday confirmed another 261 coronavirus cases, the city-state's smallest increase in nearly two months, taking its tally to 37,183. The lower number of cases was partly ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is building up its vaccine manufacturing capacity in order to offer fill and finish contract manufacturing services to vaccine developers, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in ... ( read original story ...)

The Singapore stock market has spiked higher in four straight sessions, surging almost 200 points or 7.7 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 2,705-point plateau ... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation BK recently announced its plan to set up an FX pricing and trading engine in Singapore. This will be in collaboration with the Monetary Authority of Singapore ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore stocks have finally gained 21% from their March lows, as the city-state struggles to flatten the curve of the coronavirus pandemic amid the reopening of its economy.The benchmark Straits ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore and China will allow some business travel between the two countries to restart as they ease border controls designed to slow the pandemic’s spread. ( read original story ...)

The Singapore stock market’s relatively late entry into bull territory could bode well for its staying power even as the rally in global equities starts to look a bit stretched. ( read original story ...)

One of Singapore’s top political leaders said the city-state faces a “major and urgent challenge” in the next six months to a year, warning of more job losses ahead amid the coronavirus outbreak. ( read original story ...)

The president of Singapore’s Society of Floating Solutions wrote in The Straits Times that some of the city’s 1m migrant workers could be shipped to “beautifully landscaped floating islands” to ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore and China agreed to ease quarantine requirements for business and official travelers, as the countries look to revive essential economic activities disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)

The Singapore stock market has finished higher in back-to-back trading days, surging more than 100 points or 4 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 2,610-point ... ( read original story ...)