SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore Exchange’s (SGXL.SI) regulatory unit is proposing imposing price limits during daily stock auctions to prevent incidents such as the $41 billion flash crash in January ... ( read original story ...)
Nervous Hong Kong Millionaires Are Moving Their Cash to Singapore
(Bloomberg) -- Private bankers are being flooded with inquiries from investors in Hong Kong who are worried about the long-term effects of the political crisis in the Chinese city. While the Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore June private home sales up 25.5% from year earlier
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Sales of private homes by developers in Singapore rose 25.5% in June from a year earlier, government data showed on Monday. Data compiled by the Urban Redevelopment Authority ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore men’s floorball team thrash Thailand 17-1 to claim AOFC Cup
SINGAPORE — The Singapore national men’s floorball team clinched the Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation (AOFC) Cup, after thrashing Thailand 17-1 in the final at the Alonte Sports Arena in Binan, ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore economic growth slows to 0.1% in Q2, lowest in a decade
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s economy grew by a meagre 0.1 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter, the lowest in a decade, according to official estimates released on Friday (Jul 12). That widely missed ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s laws apply equally to local and foreign offenders: MHA
SINGAPORE - The Singapore Government has dismissed as baseless allegations that Malaysian prisoners had been targeted for capital punishment, saying that the country’s laws “apply equally” to both ... ( read original story ...)
Silver Ferns thrash Singapore to keep perfect Netball World Cup run alive
Back for the final quarter. Singapore on track for their best ever score against New Zealand, their current highest being 17. Langman back in at centre for the Ferns. 9:02pm: End of Q3: NZ 63 ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore feels for Hong Kong protesters, but won’t support violence: harmony and stability are core values
(July 9). I want to put the facts in the right perspective and emphasise that the survey cited does not represent the majority of Singapore. It is just a random survey of a minority who may not be ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Together: Redefining the national conversation
Is the latest citizen engagement exercise just another national conversation? Insight looks at why it's set to be different this time. In 1991, then Acting Minister for Information and the Arts George ... ( read original story ...)
‘Just a matter of when’: the $20bn plan to power Singapore with Australian solar
There are ambitious solar and wind projects planned for both the Northern Territory and the Pilbara in Western Australia. Photograph: Alice Solar City/AAP The desert outside Tennant Creek, deep in the ... ( read original story ...)
Baby Hoai An, who fought for her life in Singapore hospital, dies in Vietnam
After spending about two months in Singapore, Hoai An returned to the Hue Quang monastery in Vietnam in June. Sharing news of the death in a Facebook post on Friday, Venerable Minh Tai said the nun ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore opens first seed bank to protect regional plant diversity against climate change
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s first seed bank was officially launched on Saturday (Jul 13), as part of efforts to protect local and regional plant diversity against threats like climate change and habitat ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s GDP badly misses forecasts, shrinking 3.4% from the prior quarter
The Singapore dollar weakened slightly on the GDP news, reaching S$1.3585 from S$1.3570 before paring the loss. ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Economy Unexpectedly Shrinks as Trade Woes Worsen
(Bloomberg) -- Singapore’s economy unexpectedly contracted in the second quarter as exports continued to plunge amid a worsening global economy. Gross domestic product in the trade-reliant city state ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore second-quarter GDP year-on-year growth slowest in decade, badly misses forecasts
The Singapore dollar weakened slightly on the GDP news, reaching S$1.3585 from S$1.3570 before paring the loss. ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to deport Myanmar nationals linked to insurgent group Arakan Army
... Myanmar nationals are to be deported from Singapore after mobilising support for "armed violence against the Myanmar government", the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Wednesday (Jul 10). ... ( read original story ...)