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A joint effort by a Singapore government authority and several major banks has delivered the first local know-your-customer (KYC) Blockchain prototype. In a release today quoted by various local news outlets, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, OCBC Bank and ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE — The One Team Singapore Fund is off to a winning start, as the Government-led initiative pocketed S$500,000 from three donors - Fullerton Health, Deloitte Singapore, and Tiong Bahru Gardens Joggers – at its official launch at Swissotel the ... ( read original story ...)

The Philippine government is teaming up with Asia’s heavyweights China, Japan, and Singapore, to ramp up the development of renewable energy projects, as economic growth drives up demand for electricity in the country. Bilateral talks were conducted at ... ( read original story ...)

Boeing has rolled out the first 787-10 built for Singapore Airlines at its final assembly facility in North Charleston, South Carolina. The aircraft will now undergo livery painting, system checks, fueling and engine runs. Delivery is scheduled for the ... ( read original story ...)

THE Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) has formed a wholly-owned subsidiary – SG HSR PTE. LTD. – to implement the Kuala Lumpur – Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project. SG HSR will be Singapore’s infrastructure company for the HSR project ... ( read original story ...)

The report said the Cross-Border Railways Bill would provide for the licensing of operators to run train services and maintain railway assets; the appointment of independent safety auditors; and funding for the projects’ construction, among various clauses. ( read original story ...)

Singapore-listed companies ranked third globally in average cyber exposure, with 60% of them having little or no exposure to cyber threats, according to a new cyber exposure index (CEI). From a hacker perspective, many organisations are still leaving the ... ( read original story ...)

Proposed laws to beef up protection of buildings that are iconic, highly frequented or that house essential services were passed yesterday, with Second Home Affairs Minister Josephine Teo saying the measures could cost 0.2 to 3 per cent of total ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Indian superstar Aamir Khan is in Singapore for the very first time to promote his highly anticipated new movie - Secret Superstar. Singapore is the first promotional stop for Secret Superstar, the latest film from Khan’s own production ... ( read original story ...)

Want to learn the latest talent acquisition techniques? Don't miss Recruitment Asia, the region's dedicated recruitment and talent acquisition strategy conference. Happening Oct/Nov 2017 in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Philippines. In recent years, the ... ( read original story ...)

The biggest nature park in town, Chestnut Nature Park, has three trails for you to choose from. The park itself is divided into two sections, the North and the South, with two trails that run on the Northern part of the park and another that traverses the ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s health care system is distinctive, and not just because of the improbability that it’s admired by many on both the American left and the right. It spends less of its economy on health care than any country that was included in our recent ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan said on Monday that it had been assured by Singapore that a long-term military agreement between the two sides would remain in place. “[Singapore said] everything would be the same as usual,” Taiwan’s Foreign Minister David Lee said in ... ( read original story ...)

The Singapore Sports School student has dropped her swimming major to focus on her indoor skydiving training ahead of the 2017 World Championships. Ditching swimming at Singapore Sports School, Choo Yixuan now focuses her time fully on indoor skydiving at ... ( read original story ...)

Twenty years ago in Asia – as Hong Kong returned to China under the “one country, two systems” formula, there was hope that the former British colony would set an example for a freer, more progressive China. Yet, at a recent Milken Institute Asia ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore and Malaysia on Thursday said some 200 participants this week attended a London briefing on the project – a 350km bullet train line that will slash travel time from the Lion City to Kuala Lumpur from hours by road to 90 minutes by rail. ( read original story ...)