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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 ...)

Singapore’s first Housing and Development Board (HDB) housing blocks were erected in November of 1960, in response to a severe lack of adequate housing for the country's 1.6 million citizens. Fast forward to 2017, and over 80% of the Singaporean ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: The annual average resident unemployment rate rose slightly from 2.8 per cent in 2015 to 3 per cent in 2016, the highest since 2010, according to the finalised figures from the Manpower of Ministry (MOM) released on Wednesday (Mar 15). According ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Analysts have boosted their growth forecast for Singapore’s economy for 2017 to 2.3 per cent, up from 1.5 per cent, according to a quarterly survey released by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Wednesday (Mar 15). This reverses a ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's Changi Airport has been voted the world's best airport by air travellers for the fifth consecutive year at the 2017 World Airport Awards in Amsterdam, organisers Skytrax say. Besides nabbing other titles such as the best Asian airport and the ... ( read original story ...)

With his electrifying guitar skills, colourful dressing and commanding stage presence, musician Ray Anthony made his name in the late 1960s and 1970s as Singapore's Jimi Hendrix. Singapore’s Jimi Hendrix Ray Anthony performing at the DBS Auditorium in ... ( read original story ...)

Average unemployment rate sits at 3%. The Singapore labour market might have slumped to its worst in the past year since 2009. Citing the latest figures from the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), Citi Research said headline, resident, and citizen unemployment ... ( read original story ...)