China Coal Miner Said to Vie for Singapore Mobile Carrier M1

A coal producer based in China’s Shanxi province and China Broadband Capital are among bidders for $1.4 billion Singapore wireless carrier M1 Ltd., according to people with knowledge of the matter. Shanxi Meijin Energy Co. and China Broadband have ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's Baby Bell Rings in China

roughly half of industry leader Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. China Broadband Capital is also in the race, according to a Bloomberg News report Thursday. The telecom operator’s largest owners -- Axiata Group Bhd., Keppel Telecommunications ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore invests in internships to boost regional trade

Representatives from IE Singapore, the Confederation of Indian Industry and three Singaporean universities sign an MOU to expand the Young Talent Programme at the ASEAN-India Business Forum. Photo: IE Singapore. Beckie graduated from the University of ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Ranked World's Top Maritime Capital

Singapore has once again emerged in top place in a ranking Menon’s Leading Maritime Capitals of the World Report (Menon Report) for 2017. The study, by Norwegian consultancy firm Menon Economics, looked at 24 objective indicators and garnered survey ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore factory output accelerates

SINGAPORE - Singapore's industrial production rose faster than expected in March from a year earlier, thanks to a continued surge in the electronics sector, data showed on Wednesday, pointing to a possible upward revision in the city-state's first quarter ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Morning News For April 25

Singapore-based SeedPlus Fund I has reached its final close – surpassing the targeted S$25 million ($17.9 million) – with backing from Cisco Investments, the investment arm of Cisco Systems Inc., and Eight Roads Ventures, the proprietary investment arm ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore aims to build more efficiently using new technology

Singapore hopes to multiply the number of buildings it will churn out using more efficient techniques requiring fewer workers. By 2020, four in 10 construction projects, including Housing Board blocks, will use these newer technologies - up from the ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Crash Caught on Camera

Eddie Wong was driving in Singapore in a construction zone and lanes was separated by orange cones. He's in the far right lane while most of the traffic is in the far left lane. The big truck suddenly decides to cross-over two lanes. Eddie walked away from ... ( read original story ...)

US government appeals Singapore teen blogger's asylum case

CHICAGO — U.S. government attorneys are appealing a Chicago immigration judge's decision to grant asylum to a teenage blogger from Singapore. That means 18-year-old Amos Yee remains in U.S. custody. The judge concluded in March that Yee had a "well ... ( read original story ...)

IBM Partners NUS to Train Students on Blockchain in Singapore

The National University of Singapore (NUS), the country’s largest university by curriculum offered and student enrollment, is collaborating with IBM to develop educational modules on blockchain technology. Come January 2018, students at the National Univ ... ( read original story ...)

Project Singapore gathers pace

The essential task of Project Singapore is to remove -- or reaccommodate ... Yaowarat and Khao San roads included, well, it was news pretty well everywhere but Pyongyang. Of course every follower of Thai politics knows the next step: Mr Vallop was misquoted. ( read original story ...)

Singapore bets on driverless future

nuTonomy is currently testing six vehicles and is aiming for the commercial launch of its on-demand robo-taxi service in Singapore next year. Kyodo News reporters recently took a ride in an autonomous car that is being tested by Smart (Singapore-MIT ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore raises voice against rising protectionism

Singapore's Ambassador-at-Large Tommy Koh said rising protectionism in the West was a threat to Asia's prosperity. Koh said the trend in Asia was toward liberalizing economies and trade policies. Rising protectionism in the West has become a threat to Asia ... ( read original story ...)