A YouTuber has “earned” the right to use a premium suite on a Singapore Airlines flight by first flying with Lion Air, the “world’s most dangerous airline.” The worst: On Monday, Ben Morris posted a video on YouTube titled “I Flew the World's Best First Class Flight (Singapore Suites).
Lucasfilm’s Industrial Light & Magic to Close VFX and Animation Facility in Singapore Due to ‘Economic Factors Affecting the Industry’
Disney-owned Lucasfilm/ Industrial Light & Magic is to close its VFX and animation facility in Singapore, where more than 300 people are employed. The company points to changes in the global ...
Singapore Exchange to List Structured Certificates Linked to China’s Alibaba
The first issue of the structured certificates is a yield enhancement product linked to Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group with an autocall feature, according to SGX in a statement. It will be listed on August 30, SGX said. Societe Generale is the issuer, with UOB and UOB Kay Hian as the primary distributors, according to ...
Disney to shut Lucasfilm studio in Singapore
Lucasfilm's visual effects and animation studio in Singapore will close down in the coming months due to economic reasons, parent firm Disney said on Tuesday. "Over the next several months, ILM will be consolidating its global footprint and winding down its Singapore studio due to economic factors affecting the industry,
Singapore releases regulatory framework for single-currency stablecoins
Singapore's central bank released a regulatory framework on Tuesday intended to bolster the stability of single-currency stablecoins. The framework will apply to non-bank issuers of single-currency ...
Singapore Home Sales Jump Fivefold to Highest Level This Year
Singapore’s home sales rebounded last month to the highest level in more than a year, as buyers brushed aside rising interest rates and the government’s latest cooling measures.
Climate change is Singapore’s biggest challenge: Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Climate change is the biggest long-term crisis that Singapore faces and adapting to it will require infrastructural investments, the country's Indian-origin presidential hopeful Tharman Shanmugaratnam ...
Singapore’s George Goh Wants Annual Report If Elected President
Singapore presidential hopeful George Goh plans to introduce an annual report card on the president’s performance if he’s elected, in a push to create a more “open and inclusive” office.
‘Singapore may decline without migrants’
If we are not able to bring in immigrants to top up the population then we are in structural decline, and eventually the population will decline, the workforce will decline and Singapore will decline, ...
U.S. Office Woes and China’s Slowdown Rattle Singapore’s REIT Market
Some property-trust managers have asked regulators to loosen leverage limits, after their assets fell in value.
Singapore’s first giant panda cub Le Le to be separated from mum as he turns two
Mandai Wildlife Group previously said the child of Jia Jia and Kai Kai would return to China when it reaches independence at about two years old.
Singapore hiker dies from altitude sickness on Africa’s highest peak Mount Kilimanjaro
Darrel Phee had 'normal' vital signs throughout the days leading up to his summit push, said the travel agency with which he booked his Tanzania trip But then the 28-year-old's oxygen levels dropped ...
Singapore’s Neon considering $270.6 million funding following Temasek’s $150 million investment
The firm produces immersive experiences and exhibitions with franchises including Marvel’s Avengers. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Ng Kok Song: Safeguarding Singapore’s reserves ‘not easy to understand’, George Goh and Tan Kin Lian yet to prove they do
The intricacies of safeguarding Singapore’s past reserves are “not easy to understand”, said presidential hopeful Ng Kok Song. And while he ...
Singapore’s COE prices hit new highs for big cars
SINGAPORE: Certificate of entitlement (COE) prices rose across the board, setting records in the big car and Open categories, in the latest tender exercise that closed last Thursday.
Sim Leisure in talks to bring two more theme-park concepts to Singapore
One uses VR goggles to fully immerse visitors as they choose their own path in an 30-minute adventure movie. Read more at straitstimes.com.