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Singapore ground handler SATS has received European Union (EU) approval as an authorised establishment for meat transhipment services between New Zealand and the EU. With this new trade flow, SATS is looking at an estimated 10% increase in lamb shipments ... ( read original story ...)

19 April 2017- Singapore Press Holdings Limited (SPH) clinched eight awards at the Asian Media Awards 2017. The awards were presented this evening at the Publish Asia 2017 Gala Dinner by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA ... ( read original story ...)

Lionel Messi's Argentina will take on football minnows Singapore in a June friendly match in the city-state, organisers said Wednesday. Argentina, ranked second in the world by FIFA, will kick off at the National Stadium against 159th placed Singapore on ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore has tied with Germany as the country with the most powerful passport in the world after a change in Ukraine's visa rules, according to a passport index by global financial advisory firm Arton Capital. The index previously ranked ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean and Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying reaffirmed the longstanding friendship between Singapore and Hong Kong, said Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in a media statement on Tuesday (Apr 18 ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore on Tuesday (Apr 18) retained its top spot in Asia Pacific for the fourth consecutive year in the Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI), an annual benchmarking report that measures the ability of countries to attract and develop ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore home sales surged to the highest monthly total for nearly four years in March, a month in which the government rolled back some property curbs in March following a three-year slide in prices. PROCTER & Gamble (P&G) will invest more than US$100 ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore and Switzerland are not competitors when it comes to the development of financial technology (fintech) and with both countries being small financial hubs, it is important to cooperate, said Swiss Finance Minister Ueli Maurer. Mr Maurer ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore home sales surged to the highest monthly total for nearly four years in March, a month in which the government rolled back some property curbs following a three-year slide in prices. Developers sold 1,780 units in March, the most in a ... ( read original story ...)

Mr Othman Wok, a member of independent Singapore's first Cabinet, died yesterday at the age of 92. According to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Mr Othman died at the Singapore General Hospital at 12.21pm. He had been ill for some time. He leaves his ... ( read original story ...)

Changi Airport Group (CAG), Singapore Airlines (SIA) and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) will take an ongoing joint partnership, aimed at promoting inbound travel, to new heights. Under a renewed three-year partnership, the three parties will jointly ... ( read original story ...)

The latest data from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) shows there are a total of 49 licensed bunker surveyors in Singapore, a slight decrease from 51 in January. As Ship & Bunker reported in September - ahead of the January 1 ... ( read original story ...)

A ride on the MegaZip costs $45 for about 30 seconds of fun, but combine it with the ropes course and it’s $65 for both. For more travel news and inspiration sign up to Escape’s newsletter. The writer was a guest of the Singapore Tourism Board. ( read original story ...)

A body was found in the Singapore River early yesterday morning, the second such incident in four days. The police were alerted to the discovery near Clarke Quay at 3.41am. The Singapore Civil Defence Force said officers retrieved the body of a woman in ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE -- Canada made men's rugby sevens history Sunday, winning a Cup final on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series for the first time. And the Canadians did it the hard way at the Singapore Sevens, defeating No. 4 New Zealand 26-14 and No. 3 England 17 ... ( read original story ...)

with the Singapore Eye Bank receiving its largest number of donations in its 26-year history. The 236 donations last year broke the previous record of 222 donations set the year before, the eye bank said in a news release on Monday (Apr 17). The ... ( read original story ...)