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SINGAPORE: Despite the perennial problem of manpower shortage, businesses here are still not giving enough attention and resources to training their employees, the results of an annual survey showed o... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports (NODX) in December unexpectedly fell from a year earlier as exports of electronics and pharmaceuticals plunged, official data showed ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE —Jan 16, 2019—Shares were mostly higher Wednesday ... have promised to cut taxes and keep monetary policy flexible to help the country weather a slowdown. The news lifted Chinese shares and ... ( read original story ...)

“I chose my baby over my cat and now my friend won’t talk to me.” Indian couple travel the world by saving $6 a day (Bloomberg) -- A rare plot of land that’s zoned for a hotel near Singapore’s central ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: The momentum of Malaysia's relationship with Singapore is very positive, said Malaysian Minister for Economic Affairs Mohamed Azmin Ali on Wednesday (Jan 16), after meeting Singapore minist... ( read original story ...)

which said that as of Tuesday evening they had not heard of the news and were still proceeding as planned. Jasdeep Sandhu, owner of the Singapore- and Jogjakarta-based Gajah Gallery, said on Tuesday n... ( read original story ...)

According to Fitch Ratings in its 2019 Global Housing and Mortgage Outlook report, Singapore home prices are expected to show moderate growth of 2% in 2019 and 3% in 2020. The report said: “Fitch expe... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's Minister for Environment and Water Resources, Masagos Zulkifli, has spoken of the water crisis facing his country and how they're trying to tackle it. Zulkifli spoke to Reuters at the ongo... ( read original story ...)

Foreign domestic maids in Singapore are susceptible to being victims of forced labour, despite them being documented workers with legal rights such as paid medical insurance and a rest day each week, ... ( read original story ...)

Changi prison, Singapore. ‘Judicial corporal punishment has been a long-time fixture, and was first introduced by British colonialists in the 19th century.’ Photograph: How Hwee Young/EPA Any day now, ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE — Singapore officials say it isn't in the country's interest to nab — or even name — the perpetrators behind a cyberattack that breached 1.5 million health records, including those of Prime ... ( read original story ...)

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Singapore must overhaul its rules and systems for the hiring of foreign domestic workers to put a stop to forced labour in the wealthy city-state, c... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE, Jan 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A social enterprise model for some of Singapore's hawker centres has been criticised over high costs and poor management, as the wealthy nation tries t... ( read original story ...)

Singapore (AFP) - Singapore insisted Tuesday it would still cane a British man convicted of drug smuggling despite a plea from London not to proceed with the punishment. Yuen Ye Ming was sentenced by ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A social enterprise model for some of Singapore’s hawker centers has been criticized over high costs and poor management, as the wealthy nation tries to revita... ( read original story ...)

Private-home sales in Singapore halved in December from the month prior as developers marketed fewer projects and buyers decamped from the city-state on holiday. Developers sold 602 units last month v... ( read original story ...)