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JG Farrell’s novel The Singapore Grip is to be adapted for television by the Oscar-winning playwright behind Atonement and Dangerous Liaisons, ITV has announced. Christopher Hampton will script the six-part drama set during the Second World War and ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is considering introducing a levy on e-commerce to give traditional vendors a fighting chance in the face of increased online competition Shoppers walk past a store front at a shopping mall in Singapore Photo: Wallace Woon/EPA The Singaporean ... ( read original story ...)

Should Prime Minister Lee Hsein Loong retire at 70 then? Whoever emerges as Singapore’s premier-designate, two things are certain. First, he will come from the People’s Action Party (PAP), the only ruling party Singapore has known since it became self ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - China became the largest source of tourists for Singapore in 2017 for the first time, and retained its top spot as the biggest tourist spenders here for the third year running. Last year, 3.2 million tourists from China arrived in the ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Shares in Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) plummeted as much as 9 percent on Monday as brokers cut their earnings estimates after a move by India’s three main bourses to stop licensing their indexes and securities to foreign exchanges. ( read original story ...)

The Singapore Grip, which was part of Farrell’s Empire Trilogy of novels, which also includes Troubles and The Siege of Krishnapur was originally published in 1978. It tells the story of a British family living in Singapore at the time of the Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

An 8-year-old Singapore boy allegedly got hit on the buttocks with a wooden ruler by the principal of a childcare centre. His furious mum asks, “My son really just did it with no ill intentions, does it warrant a punishment like this?” She has since ... ( read original story ...)

You don't see this often, at least not with a law enforcement body such as the Singapore Police Force (SPF), who has recently upped their social media game much to the amusement of their Facebook fans. Over the weekend, the police released two tongue-in ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore actress Quan Yi Fong was admitted to the hospital on Friday night (9 Feb) to undergo an operation on her right leg. The actress posted photos of herself in a hospital bed on Instagram on Saturday (10 Feb), and thanked her friend and celebrity ... ( read original story ...)

Oracle's new Digital Hub in Singapore to offer local SMBs support and resources needed to power digital transformation and innovation SINGAPORE, Feb. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) in Singapore can now further reap the benefits ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Singapore Exchange Ltd. stock fell the most since November 2008 in early trading Monday as investors reacted to the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd.’s move to end its licensing pact with the Lion City bourse. NSE, together with other ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore may unveil an e-commerce tax in next week’s budget, setting the tone for a region that’s grappling with online retail’s assault on brick-and-mortar vendors. Eight of the 12 economists in a Bloomberg survey said the Feb. 19 budget will ... ( read original story ...)

Malaysia will discuss in detail with Singapore the proposal to introduce a single inspection centre on the Johor Causeway, Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said on Sunday (Feb 11). Singapore may unveil an e-commerce tax in next week ... ( read original story ...)

LABIS (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Malaysia will need to hold further discussions with Singapore over the possibility of having a single border checkpoint between the two countries, said Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi on Sunday (Feb 11). ( read original story ...)

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 — Singapore’s reduction of toll rates at the Malaysia-Singapore Second Link will only be on April 1 because the city-state requires some time to make necessary adjustments, Putrajaya said today. Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow ... ( read original story ...)

Breaking the news to the stewardesses that they must cut their hair ... Juat Fang Foo, cabin crew training manager for Singapore Airlines, said not many women make it to the ‘top ranks’ of stewarding because of this. ‘We do have a returning mothers ... ( read original story ...)