Singapore is tightening restrictions on intra-corporate transferees, one category of workers brought from overseas offices of multinational corporations, the Straits Times reported. ( read original story ...)
Singapore touts ‘greener’ digital monetary gifts this Lunar New Year
Annual production of new bank notes, to facilitate the gift-giving tradition marking the Lunar New Year, is estimated to be some 330 tonnes or the equivalent of charging 5.7 million smartphones in ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s defense minister: What will threaten future generations?
What global events might test future generations, particularly in the defense and security arena? Two come to mind. ( read original story ...)
Singapore puts curbs on corporate transfers for some foreign employees
The changes send a stronger signal that multinational corporations need to consider hiring locals before transferring in a foreign worker, local media reported. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Seeks to Push New Year Money Gifting Tradition Online
Singapore’s tradition of gifting new bank notes during the Lunar New Year celebrations generates the same level of emissions as charging 5.7 million smart-phones for five days. The city state’s ... ( read original story ...)
22 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore, all imported
SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 22 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Monday (Jan 11), said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in its preliminary daily update. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines Considers Debut Dollar Bonds to Bolster Liquidity
Singapore Airlines Ltd. is considering its first-ever offering of dollar bonds, as it tries to bolster cash amid the pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Restricts Work Flexibility for Some Foreign Employees
Singapore is tightening restrictions on intra-corporate transferees, one category of workers brought from overseas offices of multinational corporations, the Straits Times reported. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Bourse: Resistance Expected At 3,000 Points
The Singapore stock market has moved higher in five straight sessions, gathering more than 150 points or 5.3 percent along the way. The overbought Straits Times Index now sits just beneath the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore is trying to entice business travelers to return with a luxury ‘4-star’ bubble hotel to stay in for 14 days before entering the country
The upcoming Connect@Changi "test-stay-work-meet" facility is like a hotel with strict health protocols and barriers that separate visitors from locals. ( read original story ...)
How Singapore Has Kept the Coronavirus Off Campus
Singapore’s three major universities have reported zero cases. Their secret: technology, tough penalties and students willing to comply. ( read original story ...)
Covid-19: Singapore woman jailed for hiding meetings with male friend
A woman in Singapore who concealed her meetings with a male friend from coronavirus contact tracing has been sentenced to five months in prison. Oh Bee Hiok, 65, was worried her family would think she ... ( read original story ...)
‘Please take it,’ Singapore PM says after getting COVID-19 vaccine
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong received his first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, and urged others to take the jabs in a country that has largely brought the pandemic under control. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Jails Woman For Lying To Coronavirus Contact Tracers
A Singaporean woman was sentenced to five months in prison on Friday for hiding her meetings with a male friend from coronavirus contact tracers as she did not want her family to think she was having ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC’s Wong to Succeed Tsien as First Female Singapore Bank CEO
Chinese Banking Corp. named Helen Wong as Singapore’s first female bank chief executive officer, putting her in charge of leading the island state’s second-largest lender through a severe economic ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysians who are Singapore PRs can apply to return home for leave under expanded PCA scheme
Malaysians who are Singapore permanent residents working here will be able to return home for short-term leave before coming back to Singapore for work. From next Monday (Jan 11), they can apply for ... ( read original story ...)