Singapore’s journey to become a fifth-generation air force progressed further after Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen revealed its plans to buy eight more Lockheed Martin F-35B at the recent parliamentary debate over his ministry’s annual budget. It is ...
5G-enabled robots to clean Singapore’s rivers, patrol streets and build Hyundai EVs
Expect to see robots patrolling the streets, cleaning rivers and building cars in 2023, following government funding for 5G projects in Singapore.
Standards organization says 99% of Singapore-listed companies adopt its ‘GRI standards’
Eelco van der Enden of the Global Reporting Initiative says Singapore is "performing extremely well" in that regard, and the region's average uptake is about 70%.
Singapore’s tech salaries mostly jumped in 2022, new report shows
Tech salaries in Singapore mostly jumped in 2022, with blockchain, mobile and site reliability engineers seeing the highest increases, according to a new report by Nodeflair and Iterative. This comes ...
Singapore students can pick up football, up their game through ambitious programme by FIFA
SINGAPORE: Primary and secondary school students in Singapore will now have more opportunities to play football under an ambitious programme created by football governing body FIFA. The programme, ...
Singapore expected to rely on grants, loans and credit schemes to draw investors amid global tax shift
SINGAPORE may have to rely more on grants, loans and credit schemes to keep multinationals here, when new corporate tax rules kick in worldwide. But though policymakers have sounded the alarm over hotter competition for global investments,
Singapore Tech Salaries Rise at Slower Pace as Industry Cools
Salaries for software engineers in Singapore rose by an average of 7.6% last year, with pay increases falling short of rent hikes after technology companies worldwide slashed jobs.
Singapore Police Start Investigation Into Do Kwon’s Terraform Labs: Bloomberg
Singapore police said they have commenced an investigation into Terraform Labs, the company behind the failed TerraUSD (UST) stablecoin, according to a Bloomberg report on Monday. Police said ...
Gourmet fish bladder races chicken, beef to profitability in Singapore’s lab meat push
Huber's Butchery in Singapore's lush Dempsey Hill is the lone restaurant in the world selling lab-grown meat, but the supply is so limited there are just six servings - cultivated chicken in a salad ...
Singapore family sets up vending machine outside home, offering free drinks for workers
Here's how a family in Siglap is showing gratitude to deliverymen and garbage collectors with a drinks vending machine.
Singapore Top Diplomat Says ‘Peace Dividend’ After WWII Is Over
Singapore’s Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said growing defense spending, including by China and across Asia, is evidence a peace dividend after World War II that fueled global economic ...
WEEKLY ROUND-UP: Sports happenings in Singapore (27 Feb-5 Mar)
Here is a round-up of sports events and developments in Singapore in the past week (27 February to 5 March): The Singapore National Olympic Council announced on Tuesday (28 February) the appointment ...
Singapore Stock Market Overdue For Support On Monday
The Singapore stock market has moved lower in five straight sessions, sinking almost 50 points or 1.5 percent along the way. The ...
Singapore’s green economy pacts seek a shared path to sustainable and prosperous future
They pave the road for like-minded countries to work together in accelerating the green transition. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Can Singapore’s private capital market sail through rough global waters?
In 2022, venture capital funding in the city-state fell further to US$10.99b. Singapore’s private capital market was not exempt from the effects of the worsening global financial environment as its ...
Women on boards: numbers growing, but Singapore lags developed markets
Women’s share of Singapore’s corporate leadership is expected to grow with supportive policies and changing attitudes, but gender diversity at the highest echelons still lags other developed markets.