Sea Ltd. is freezing salaries for most staff and paying out lower bonuses this year, bracing for what founder Forrest Li warned could be a worsening global economic environment in 2023.
Singapore reacts to Chinese panic buying Panadol with grumbles, scorn: ‘it’s not an exotic medicine’
Medicine stocks are vanishing from pharmacy shelves in Singapore as worried Chinese nationals hoover up supplies to send home to their loved ones. It’s sparked a debate on limiting sales – as some ...
Singapore company Chope lays off nearly a quarter of all its employees
A total of 38 employees in Chope's Singapore headquarters were affected. A screengrab showing the app for reservation platform Chope. SINGAPORE: Singapore-based restaurant reservation platform has ...
Singapore is not Christmas-ey Enough, But For This Icelander, It’s Perfect
Halli hates Icelandic Christmas as much as many Singaporean Chinese hates celebrating CNY. Christmas in Singapore, though, is perfect bliss. This is the story of one man and his escape to a country ...
Annyeong Singapore: South Korean convenience store emart24 to open in Jurong and Serangoon
Eleven, Singapore has already got its fair share of convenience stores.But you can never have too much of a good thing, right? Popular South Korean chain emart24 will soon be opening two stores in ...
THE FIREWORKS MUSICAL SPECTACULAR, STAR ISLAND, RETURNS TO SINGAPORE TO USHER IN THE NEXT YEAR
The fireworks will start a little earlier this New Year's Eve. One of the world's leading fireworks entertainment, STAR ISLAND, returns, after a two-year hiatus, with an estimated 80-minute array of ...
Football: Singapore counting on golden ‘oldies’ at AFF Championship
In the blink of an eye, he is twice the age at 32 and national captain, while I am also 38 already.” There is no denying the Lions’ 23-player Asean Football Federation (AFF) Championship squad is an ...
O-level cheating case: Ex-principal of tuition centre allegedly fled Singapore
The authorities are looking to apply for an Interpol red notice against the missing former principal of an education centre.
‘It’s ok,’: Jackson Wang achieves zen mode while getting mobbed by crazed fans in Singapore
A screaming mob of fans throwing themselves at you as you try to walk through a narrow path is clearly nothing new to Hong Kong singer-rapper Jackson Wang, who came to Singapore early to meet his fans ...
In Singapore, man gets 26 days’ jail for molesting colleague multiple times within an hour
While in a drunken state at the workplace, a 34-year-old cleaner molested his colleague multiple times despite protestations from the victim.
Singapore shares rise at Thursday’s open amid global rally; STI up 0.3%
SINGAPORE stocks advanced on Thursday (Dec 22), tracking rallies in Wall Street and Europe as investors take heart from confident consumer data. Read more at The Business Times.
Indian-origin man in Singapore jailed for stealing wires from college with Bangladeshi duo
An Indian-origin man in Singapore has been sentenced to 42 months in jail along with two other foreign workers from Bangladesh for stealing copper wires and cables from a vacant college in January, ...
Best things to do in Singapore this week: Dec 19 to 25
For a relaxing end to the night, be mesmerised by festive performances by the Garden Rhapsody light and sound show Christmas Wonderland by Gardens by the Bay runs till Jan 1, 2023 at 18 Marina Gardens ...
Singapore businesses shouldn’t underestimate impact of new global minimum tax rules
AS THE new global minimum tax rules under the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) 2.0 framework look set to be introduced from 2024, many countries have been hard at work reconsidering legislative ...
Singapore unlikely to face energy price surge amid global demand
The republic is unlikely to experience a surge in energy prices despite greater demand for heating and electricity amid an unusually cold winter in the Northern Hemisphere, industry analysts say.
Crypto after the crash: The view from Singapore
Chee Kin Lam, the head of legal and compliance at DBS, Singapore’s largest bank, offers his views on crypto, and regulation from around the world. More on Fintech: The post Crypto after the crash: The ...