Gen. Lee Yi-Jin. (Singaporean Defence Ministry) MELBOURNE, Australia — Singapore has officially inaugurated its fourth military branch as it seeks to combat modern threats in the digital domain, as ...
Singapore saw record $448 billion inflow of new money in 2021: MAS data
SINGAPORE– Singapore can absorb record inflows of new money, the central bank chief said, allaying concerns of a real estate bubble even as rents and prices surge to unprecedented highs. The Asian ...
Singapore startup looks to shine light on solar energy affordability
Solar AI Technologies hopes its "rent-to-own" service will help drive the installation of solar panels amongst households in the country, where adoption of the renewable energy remains low due to ...
Singapore will soon be home to this supertall skyscrapper
Singapore will soon be home to a supertall skyscraper come 2028. Architecture studio SOM – the team behind Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building – has revealed designs for 8 Shenton Way, ...
Singapore Starts Two New Token Pilots With Standard Chartered, HSBC and Others
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said that it is starting two new pilot projects to explore the use of tokens in trade finance and wealth management. The first pilot is being lead by Standard ...
Indonesia plans to pump oil out of supertanker grounded near Singapore gas pipeline
The plan is incredibly risky considering the proximity to a critical gas pipeline that supplies gas to Singapore, say industry sources. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore says record US$317bil inflows can be managed
SINGAPORE: Singapore can absorb record inflows of new money, the central bank chief said, allaying concerns of a real estate bubble even as rents and prices surge to unprecedented highs. The Asian ...
Increasingly cosmopolitan Singapore clings to conservative values
Civil rights activists in Singapore were puzzled when their government issued a challenge to Sir Richard Branson. The UK billionaire entrepreneur was invited last month to take part in a televised ...
Singapore DPM urges all public service leaders to ‘sharpen geopolitical instincts’ as possible ‘new Cold War’ looms
As the world faces greater geopolitical contestation, all public service leaders here will need to “sharpen (their) geopolitical instincts”, even ...
Singapore Central Bank Chief Says Record Inflows Can Be Managed
Singapore can absorb record inflows of new money, the central bank chief said, allaying concerns of a real estate bubble even as rents and prices surge to unprecedented highs.
Law Society of Singapore president calls out Richard Branson’s ‘feeble excuse’ for declining debate on death penalty
Adrian Tan, president of the Law Society of Singapore (LawSoc), has hit back at Richard Branson, saying that the British billionaire’s reasons for ...
Singapore PM Lee condoles 135 killed in Morbi bridge collapse in a letter to PM Modi
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has sent condolences to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the unfortunate collapse of a Morbi bridge in Gujarat which killed 135 people. In his letter to Prime ...
10-year average return for Singapore Savings Bonds rewrites record high at 3.47%
The December tranche that opens for application on Tuesday (Nov 1) also offers a record first-year interest rate of 3.26 per cent.
Chinese Vice Premier kicks off visit to Singapore for key in-person meetings for 1st time in 3 years
Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng kicked off his two-day visit to Singapore on Tuesday and will co-chair with Singaporean Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat several in-person meetings for the first ... ( read original story ...)
Political contestation in Singapore here to stay, likely to become more intense: Lawrence Wong
The People's Action Party greatly values the professional inputs and objectivity of officers in the public service, said the Deputy Prime Minister. ( read original story ...)
M’sian in Singapore death row acquitted after providing new evidence
The Singapore Court of Appeal has acquitted a Malaysian G Punithan who was sentenced to death for trafficking 28.5g of diamorphine to the republic, after considering new evidence. Punithan had been ... ( read original story ...)