After three weeks as an exchange student in Malaysia, I wanted to spend my holiday seeing somewhere new. I chose the bright lights of Singapore with two of my closest friends from Hong Kong: Jason and Angeline. As exchange students, we don’t have much ... ( read original story ...)
72 hours in Singapore
Three days is plenty of time to dig below Singapore's shiny exterior and get well acquainted with its stellar food scene. Nothing breaks the ice quite like sharing a plate of Singaporean chilli crab. My fellow conference attendees and I don the ... ( read original story ...)
On the Record: Daniel Boey, ‘godfather of Singapore fashion’
SINGAPORE: He’s a fashion consultant, show producer and director and reality TV show judge. Daniel Boey is also known as the “godfather of Singapore fashion” – despite the fact that he is not a fashion designer. With his almost three decades in ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia to write to Singapore over allegations regarding Singaporean in JB accident: Report
SINGAPORE: Malaysia's Health Ministry will write to Singapore ... according to a report on Malaysian news portal Berita Harian. Malaysian Health Minister S Subramaniam reportedly said on Saturday (Sep 2) that discussions with Malaysia's Ministry of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore presidential race for Malays only
SINGAPORE: An election featuring a controversial racial provision will be held later this month to choose a successor to Singapore President Tony Tan, who stepped down on Thursday after completing his six-year term. The election for the mainly ceremonial ... ( read original story ...)
Alaska Airlines, Singapore Airlines announce frequent-flier pact
A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Alaska Airlines is adding Singapore Airlines to its already broad line-up of frequent-flier partners. The carriers announced their partnership on Wednesday, saying they’ll offer reciprocal frequent-flier ... ( read original story ...)
Australian man JAILED in Singapore after telling police officers he’d ‘knock their f***ing heads off’ before assaulting them in a two week binge of booze and bad behaviour
A Perth man will spend six-and-a-half months behind bars in Singapore after a two-week drunken rampage where he assaulted police and 'caused annoyance'. Jason Peter Darragh arrived in Singapore on April 20 on a stopover to the Philippines, Perth Now reported. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Morning News For September 1
Singapore’s emphasis on the security of its critical infrastructures is necessary to safeguard general public safety and compel these systems to keep pace with current security landscape. SINGAPORE’S three banks – DBS Bank, OCBC Bank and United ... ( read original story ...)
Dubai-bye! Qantas ditches UAE stopovers in favour of Singapore as airline announces direct Sydney to London flights by 2022
Qantas flights out of Australia will no longer stop in Dubai, with the daily Sydney to London route going via Singapore instead. With Melbourne to London flights already flying via Perth and then non-stop to Europe, the March 2018 move means passengers ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Wins Qantas Stopovers After Airline Dumps Dubai
Singapore notched up a victory over rival aviation hub Dubai as Qantas Airways Ltd. rerouted its classic Kangaroo Route to the U.K. through Asia. With travel demand surging in Asia, Australia’s national carrier will fly from Sydney to London through ... ( read original story ...)
Alaska Airlines: Singapore Airlines is newest frequent-flier partner
A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Alaska Airlines is adding Singapore Airlines to its already broad line-up of frequent-flier partners. The carriers announced their partnership on Wednesday, saying they’ll offer reciprocal frequent-flier ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore leaders congratulate Malaysian counterparts ahead of 60th Merdeka Day
SINGAPORE - President Tony Tan Keng Yam, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan have written congratulatory letters to their Malaysian counterparts on Tuesday (Aug 30), ahead of Malaysia's 60th Merdeka Day on Wednesday (Aug ... ( read original story ...)
Taxing gridlock: Vancouver looks to Singapore, Stockholm for cheap, high-tech congestion fix
Singapore — a city that pioneered traffic taming — is now experimenting with a per-kilometre charge using a GPS tracking device to monitor distance, zone and time of day. Major U.S. cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles and Seattle have opted for user ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Morning News For August 31
GRAB Inc and a unit of the Toyota Motor Corporation on Wednesday announced a collaboration targeted at Grab drivers, rather than towards users of the ride-sharing platform. A pre-school with capacity for 2,100 children officially opened in Singapore on ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore in ‘a position to benefit’ from Belt and Road push
Having recognised early the benefits of China’s One Belt, One Road (OBOR) push, Singapore has actively supported it and is well-positioned to make gains from it, Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam said in a lecture yesterday. Singapore’s edge ... ( read original story ...)
Chef de mission hails ‘brilliant’ Team Singapore after best away SEA Games performance
KUALA LUMPUR: The chef de mission for Team Singapore's 2017 SEA Games campaign Milan Kwee hailed the country's overall display on Wednesday (Aug 30), calling it a "performance Singaporeans can be proud of". "It has been a brilliant display by Team ... ( read original story ...)