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One piece at a time, the jigsaw puzzle that is Singapore’s political succession is falling into place. We know that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong wants to step aside by the time he is 70, which will happen sometime after the next election and must be ... ( read original story ...)

A new plan has been mapped out to set the course for Singapore’s maritime industry over the next decade. I refer to Sulaiman Daud’s article “We hope the Select Committee on fake news pays attention to NMP Kok Heng Leun’s speech” (Mothership, Jan 12). ( read original story ...)

The Singapore passport is the second most powerful one in the world, according to two separate rankings. Last year, when it took top spot briefly before Germany reclaimed the mantle in December, students from Orchid Park Secondary School were inspired to ... ( read original story ...)

As Singapore becomes chairman of grouping, it hopes to get members to share common vision on terrorism, climate change and trade Singapore knows what it wants to push for as it takes over from the Philippines as chairman of Asean this year. Bundled under ... ( read original story ...)

Prices for British visitors to Singapore have risen by 65 per cent in a year in sterling terms, according to a Post Office survey, making It the world’s priciest holiday destination. The city-state is easily the most expensive location of the 44 ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singapore court on Saturday charged three men suspected of involvement in large-scale oil theft at Shell's biggest refinery, days after bringing charges against 11 under an extensive probe by authorities in the city state. The ... ( read original story ...)

Friday morning saw temperatures dip below 22C in Singapore. This may not seem particularly cold, but it depends what you are used to. Singapore is a little over one degree north of the equator, and every day of the year, the expected maximum temperature is ... ( read original story ...)

On Wednesday, Singapore’s parliament agreed to set up a new select committee to study what the government has characterized as “deliberate online falsehoods.” The move is just one of several steps that the Southeast Asian state has taken in its ... ( read original story ...)

police said in a news release. After "extensive investigations and probes," the Criminal Investigation Department, Police Intelligence Department and Police Coast Guard launched a series of simultaneous raids across Singapore, which led to the arrests. ( read original story ...)

The arrests, made during raids on Sunday, come after Royal Dutch Shell Plc reported the theft to Singapore authorities at its Pulau Bukom industrial site in August last year. The company said in a news release that the arrests included "a limited number of ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore police have arrested 17 men suspected of involvement in stealing oil from Shell's largest refinery in the world. Police said Tuesday that they also seized $2.3 million and an oil tanker in connection with the case. Singapore media reported that ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Eleven men were charged in a Singapore ... Royal Dutch Shell Plc, which first reported the theft to authorities in August, said in a news release that the arrests included "a limited number of Shell employees" and that it anticipated ... ( read original story ...)

THE Top End’s tourism industry has been given a much-needed boost with Singapore Airlines’ regional wing SilkAir ... addition to Darwin International Airport following recent news Air Asia, Malaysia Airlines and Philippine Airlines planned to withdraw ... ( read original story ...)

An exhibition opening this month in Singapore will feature work by some of the world's top street artists, with plans to invite some of them to create new paintings on-site. "Art from the Streets," opening Jan.13, traces 40 years of street art, tracking ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is considering plans to set up a special ministerial committee to assess the impact of "online falsehoods" and recommend how it should respond, potentially backtracking on a previous proposal to introduce legislation. The country's Ministry of ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is considering plans to set up a special ministerial committee to assess the impact of "online falsehoods" and recommend how it should respond, potentially backtracking on a previous proposal to introduce legislation. The country's Ministry of ... ( read original story ...)