The job market has shown signs for optimism in 2021, although some sectors will remain in the doldrums, labour chief Ng Chee Meng said on Monday (Dec 21). ( read original story ...)
Adelson’s Singapore Casino Paid a Price for Courting China’s ‘Whales’
Rogue employees at the Marina Bay Sands may have facilitated moving millions of dollars out of prominent accounts. ( read original story ...)
Blockchain trial for cross-border trade underway in Australia and Singapore
The two will develop solutions that aim to make cross border trade simpler and paperless for Australian businesses. ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Singapore gets first batch of COVID-19 vaccines – DHL
SINGAPORE, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Singapore received its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines on Monday, according to logistics firm DHL, ahead of a rollout in the city-state that health officials have said ... ( read original story ...)
First Batch of Covid Vaccines Arrive in Singapore, DHL Says
The first batch of coronavirus vaccines arrived in Singapore on Monday on a flight from Brussels, according to a statement from Deutsche Post AG-owned DHL that didn’t specify which pharmaceutical ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore street food added to Unesco heritage list
The city-state’s cosmopolitan ‘hawker culture’ has been added to the prestigious list – welcome recognition after a tough year for vendors. Plus five of the best food centres to visit ... ( read original story ...)
Global banks boost Singapore hiring to mitigate Hong Kong risk
Global financial groups are ramping up hiring in Singapore and shunning Hong Kong as concerns over Beijing’s sweeping national security law in the Chinese territory spur the relocation of key roles. ( read original story ...)
Singlife celebrates completing the largest insurance deal in Singapore after $2.3B merger with Aviva Singapore
CEO Walter De Oude's goal for Singlife is to create a seamless and interconnected digital financial journey for its customers ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Probes 13 Infections Among Quarantine Cases at Hotel
Singapore is investigating 13 cases of Covid-19 infections among people who served their quarantine at a hotel along the city’s Orchard Road shopping strip. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Top Stock of 2020 Faces a Rougher Ride Next Year
Equity investors have given Singapore’s Sembcorp Industries Ltd. a big thumbs-up this year after it shed its loss-making marine unit. But 2021 may prove to be a lot less euphoric, according to ... ( read original story ...)
When other countries locked down, Singapore went into a circuit breaker
This was the year that the term circuit breaker took on a new meaning for Singaporeans.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Covid-19 reopening plan leaves out migrant workers
Singapore is signaling to the world that it’s ready to get back to business, even if it means having to get creative with safe pandemic workarounds. Later this month, the country will move to the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore study sheds light on pregnant women infected with COVID-19
Pregnant women with COVID-19 do not get more sick than the wider population, according to a Singapore study published on Friday, which also found that babies born to infected mothers have antibodies ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus latest: Singapore study finds babies born to Covid-19 mothers have antibodies
Brazil’s supreme court has ruled that coronavirus vaccines can be made compulsory, though it said that public authorities could not force people to take jabs. The decision on Thursday opened the door ... ( read original story ...)
Small Singapore study finds pregnant women with Covid do not get more sick than general population
The study published Friday also found that babies born to infected mothers have antibodies against the novel coronavirus. ( read original story ...)
Singapore airport goes sub-zero for COVID-19 vaccine transport plan
As the door of the vaccine transport cart opens at Singapore's Changi airport, the sub-zero temperatures inside collide with the warm, tropical air, creating a carpet of steam like hot breath on a ... ( read original story ...)