SINGAPORE - It is 8.30am on March 27, 2023. Mrs Aileen Tan takes a water bottle and cardigan from her office locker, picks her desk for the day, and settles down to work. Two hours in, she heads to a ... ( read original story ...)
Insight – Singapore’s housing party is on. Watch the clock
FROM Munich to Frankfurt, and Toronto to Hong Kong, housing bubbles have either grown bigger through the pandemic or refused to deflate. Singapore’s property, though, is in a sweet spot of ... ( read original story ...)
Get a close-up look at images of Singapore’s fight against Covid-19
When history books about the events of last year are written, images of empty streets and masked staff in crowded hospital wards will fill their pages.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Take A Look Inside Singapore’s First ‘Garden-In-A-Hotel’
The lush urban metropolis known for biophilic design is welcoming its first ‘garden-in-a-hotel’ with the opening of Parkroyal Collection Marina Bay. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s fourth telco TPG targets heavy data users with $18 for 80GB SIM-only plan
Singapore's fourth telco TPG Telecom launched a SIM-only plan targeted at heavy data users on Thursday (Jan 14) that, at $18 for 80GB, is the most value-for-money of its kind in the market currently. ( read original story ...)
Shell bunkering unit tops Singapore’s list of 2020 marine fuel suppliers
Shell Plc's RDSa.L Singapore bunkering unit, Shell Eastern Trading Pte Ltd, moved up a notch to be the top marine fuel supplier in the world's biggest ship refuelling hub in 2020, official data showed ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Budget 2021 to be more targeted as govt dials down financial support
Next month's Budget is expected to target sectors hit hardest by the pandemic, but overall spending will be reined in after extensive support measures were rolled out last year. ( read original story ...)
EMERGING MARKETS-Singapore, Philippines lead modest Asia stock gains, Taiwan dollar up again
Singapore and the Philippines led modest gains among Asian stock markets on Thursday, as investors focused on U.S. stimulus plans, while Taiwan's dollar extended gains to the growing worry of the ... ( read original story ...)
Two in five workers in Singapore say they have been sexually harassed at work: Aware study
Two in five workers in Singapore polled in the first nationally representative survey on workplace sexual harassment said they have been victims of such unwelcome sexual advances or remarks in the ... ( read original story ...)
45 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore, including 1 in community
SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 45 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Thursday (Jan 14), said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in its preliminary daily ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines raises $500 mln in U.S. dollar debt debut
Singapore Airlines SIAL.SI has raised $500 million in its first U.S. dollar bond issue, which the company will use to buy new aircraft as the global aviation industry prepares for a post-pandemic ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines raises US$500 million in US dollar debt debut
SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines (SIA) has raised US$500 million (S$660 million) in its first US dollar bond issue, which the company will use to buy ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore says ramping up COVID-19 vaccination drive
More than 6,000 people in Singapore have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, the health ministry said on Wednesday, with numbers expected to rise substantially in the coming weeks as the ... ( read original story ...)
Sumitomo to close Singapore crude, fuel oil trading desk by April -sources
Japan's Sumitomo Corporation plans to close by April its crude and fuel oil trading desks in Singapore and relocate these trading functions back to Tokyo headquarters, two sources with knowledge of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore opens COVID vaccine center in shuttered Changi terminal
The Singaporean government on Wednesday opened the city-state's first two coronavirus vaccination centers, including one inside a temporarily suspended terminal at Changi Airport, as officials look to ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s ‘voracious’ GIC tops list of most active state-linked investors, ahead of China and Japan
According to a report by Global SWF comparing the activities of 438 state-owned investors, GIC came top, deploying US$17.7 billion into 65 deals. ( read original story ...)