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At a time of uncertainty in the global environment, Singapore must renew its economy again to remain vibrant and prosperous, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says. "This emphasis on renewal is even sharper in this Year of the Rooster, whose crowing signals a ... ( read original story ...)

COREY Brown would have spent just five weeks in Singapore if it wasn’t for a bit of advice from Joao Moreira. Star jockey Brown, who will make his return to Sydney racing at Rosehill on Saturday after 3½ years abroad, stopped into Singapore on his way ... ( read original story ...)

The city state of Singapore is one such model that he’s warning about. The city state does not impose import or export tariffs at all - a unilateral free trade approach. It’s a model that may tempt many. Singapore’s liberal economy has attracted more ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore has moved up a notch in an annual ranking of countries deemed the least corrupt in the world. It ranked 7th on graft watchdog Transparency International's 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index, up from 8th place in 2015. But it scored 84 points on ... ( read original story ...)

Military exchanges between Taiwan and Singapore are likely to fall over time, but this is more due to the city-state needing more training areas overseas provided by other allies than pressure from China, according to analysts. Hong Kong’s decision to ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Singapore, the Philippines and the United States co-organized three-day multinational exercise to strengthen cooperation in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR), said Singapore's Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) in ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Amid the increasing popularity of single-serve coffee systems, at least one homegrown firm is looking to cash in on the trend. Founded in August 2015, Iris Group produces Nespresso-compatible capsules that can be tailored according to the needs ... ( read original story ...)

The Terrex infantry carriers were impounded on their way back from Taiwan, where Singapore had been using them in training exercises. The incident sparked a diplomatic dispute between Singapore and China, which has sovereignty over Hong Kong. Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)

(CNN)Hong Kong is returning nine armored troop carriers to Singapore that have been impounded since November, when they were seized by customs officials on the way back from training exercises in Taiwan. At the time, local media reports suggested the ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE Hong Kong said on Tuesday it would release the nine Singaporean armored vehicles it seized in November on their way home from military exercises in Taiwan, easing tensions between China and Singapore. After the troop carriers had been seized ... ( read original story ...)

Editor’s Note: The following was adapted from Singapore by John Curtis Perry with permission from Oxford University Press USA. Copyright © 2017 Oxford University Press and published by Oxford University Press USA (www.oup.com/us). All rights reserved. ( read original story ...)

Nine armored personnel carriers belonging to Singapore that were seized in the Chinese territory of Hong Kong will be returned, officials said Tuesday. The Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong received a letter from ... ( read original story ...)

The Lions' AFC Asian Cup qualifying campaign will begin on 28 March with an away against Bahrain. Singapore will take on Bahrain, Turkmenistan and Chinese Taipei in Group E in the Final Round of the 2019 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup Qualifiers. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: After a record two years of negative inflation, consumer prices in Singapore finally rose in December last year, with headline inflation coming in at 0.2 per cent. The rise in the consumer price index (CPI) was due to a larger increase in ... ( read original story ...)

HONG Kong and Singapore are often pitted against each other as rival international finance and fintech hubs, but analysts say the two cities should be seen as partners - a view fintech companies seem to support too. After a successful launch in Singapore ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - Singapore's annual headline consumer price index in December rose for the first time in more than two years, but weak consumption and a subdued labour market suggest that inflation will remain modest for some time. The all-items consumer price ... ( read original story ...)