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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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

A crude oil supertanker has run aground in Indonesian waters close to a key pipeline that supplies natural gas to Singapore, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said. ( read original story ...)

The Monetary Authority of Singapore has published a white paper on a retail central bank digital currency that it says is not urgently needed, but would have a number of uses. ( read original story ...)

Nassim Road has the most sought-after homes in the city-state, and a rare sale of three mansions is expected to fetch record prices. ( read original story ...)

The first part of the project found that there was no urgent need for a retail CDBC, although the bank said it wanted to be prepared in case that changes. ( read original story ...)

Singaporean Dota 2 player Daryl "iceiceice" Koh has left JJ Lin's Team SMG, the org announced on Monday (31 Oct). The announcement comes a day after Tundra Esports lifted the Aegis at The ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- Singapore reported 2,612 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the total tally to 2,102,372. Of the new cases, 305 were detected through PCR (polymerase chain ... ( read original story ...)

The Supreme Court of Singapore will this week hold a hearing on a class-action lawsuit filed against Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon. ( read original story ...)

The seventh edition of the Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) kicks off today as an in-person event from 31 October to 4 November. Organised by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Elevandi[1], ... ( read original story ...)

Even as it readies to trial digital currency, MAS noted that the case for a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) is 'not compelling for now' Analysts point out that retail CBDCs may not be of ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng attends the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China May 27, 2020. ( read original story ...)

The growth in Singapore home prices accelerated to 3.8% in the third quarter to record levels, after rising 3.5% in the previous three months. ( read original story ...)

Singapore's first defence chief and Ambassador Brigadier-General (BG) Kirpa Ram Vij has died. He was 87. Kirpa Vij died on Saturday, leaving behind wife Nirmala, three children and their spouses, and ... ( read original story ...)

Sir Richard Branson has turned down an invitation from Singapore's government to take part in a live television debate about the country's approach towards drugs and the death penalty. He was invited ... ( read original story ...)