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I HAVE been devoting this space to deliberately implausible ideas lately, and the time has come to turn to an issue that our politicians are actually debating: health care reform. Though “debating” might be a strong word, since the politicians I’m ... ( read original story ...)

Andrew Donaldson was more taken with Helen Zille's tweets about Singapore than the ones about colonialism that had everyone dismayed. Thank heavens for Helen Zille. Here we all were, poised yet again at the abyss - in this case, the “self-made” social ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE Exchange-listed Q&M Dental Group has joined healthcare booking platform BookDoc, which connects patients to medical professionals, said BookDoc on Friday morning. "One can now easily search and locate all of Q&M clinics in Singapore and Malaysia ... ( read original story ...)

Against a global trend of decreased travel freedom, the Singapore passport continues to be widely accepted, reaching its highest ranking of No. 4 in this year's Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index. The Singapore passport broke a tie with fifth-placed ... ( read original story ...)

On Saturday, Reuters news agency wrote that six people "were charged with creating a public nuisance while protesting against a compulsory tax savings scheme". Read also: Singapore says Reuters report on water price protest misleading But the police ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore: Researchers from the National University of Singapore are running a special project that has them coat glass laboratory flasks with palladium nanoparticles, allowing people to recycle and reuse valuable metal catalysts ‘easier than ever before ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports increased at the fastest pace in five years in February, adding to signs of a recovery in the trade-dependent economy. Non-oil domestic exports rose 21.5% in February from a year ago, International ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore is hoping to participate in open water swimming events at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in August, the Singapore Swimming Association (SSA) said on Friday (Mar 17). The last time the SEA Games featured open water swimming was in ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore morning news by AEC News Today is your one stop source for Singapore news on matters of governance and policies affecting Asean business communities. When it comes to ease of travelling nationals from Singapore and Malaysia have the fewest ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - One of the world's most influential Islamic scholars called on President Tony Tan Keng Yam and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Thursday (Mar 16) at the Istana. Shaykh Abdallah Bin Bayyah, president of the Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore stocks rose to their highest level in one and a half years on Thursday (Mar 16), taking cues from overnight gains on Wall Street after the US Federal Reserve signalled a more gradual pace of monetary tightening. The Straits Times Index ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore will be the designated Southeast Asia host for the International Champions Cup for the next four years. This comes after the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) on Thursday (Mar 16) signed a four-year partnership with Catalyst Media Group to ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE Singapore's plans to become the first Asian bourse to allow dual class share listings is catching the attention of tech entrepreneurs and could help turn a staid market into a buzzing tech hub, as the city-state looks to rebrand its image. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - The Singapore passport continues to be widely accepted globally, reaching its highest ever ranking at No. 4 on this year's Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index against a global trend of decreased travel freedom. The number of countries and ... ( read original story ...)

(CNN)Asia's best colleges were announced Thursday and for the second year in a row, Singapore has emerged top of the table. The National University of Singapore (NUS) was announced as the best college in Asia in the Times Higher Education supplement ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore morning news by AEC News Today is your one stop source for Singapore news on matters of governance and policies affecting Asean business communities. Singapore beats Hong Kong to claim title of ‘World’s Best Airport’ Research firm SkyTrax ... ( read original story ...)