ENGINEERING and technology group Boustead Singapore has posted a 64 per cent increase in its second-half net profit. Read more at The Business Times.
Singapore invests $37.1m for precision oncology research
Office, MOH Holdings, Pte Ltd, has invested $37.1m (S$50m) to advance precision oncology research in Singapore. The investment, under the NMRC Open Fund-Large Collaborative Grant (OF-LCG) programme, ...
Hong Kong’s stock exchange hustles for more IPOs as capital returns to the market
S'pore and Hong Kong have a part to play in the growth of the region’s wealth, the CEO of HKEX said. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore, Ghana sign carbon credit agreement enabling firms to offset part of carbon tax
SINGAPORE – Companies here looking to offset part of their carbon tax liability could soon be able to purchase carbon credits from projects based in Ghana, following an agreement signed between both ...
Singapore businesses look to cash in on cross-border payment links as visitor numbers rise
Singapore has person-to-person and person-to-merchant payment links with countries like Malaysia, China, Indonesia, India and Thailand.
Fatal Myanmar maid abuse in Singapore: Cop admits to lifting victim off the ground by her hair
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Suspended policeman Kevin ... to police that she had seen a recording of their maid going about her work on her mother’s mobile phone. Chelvam said, while being ...
S’pore’s factory output decline narrows to 1.6% in April despite drag from biomed, electronics sectors
Factory output continued to slide in April but the rate of decline – while worse than analyst forecasts – was markedly less than the big drop recorded in March. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore Exchange Market closes marginally higher
At closing bell, the Straits Times Index (STI) index edged up 1.89 points, or 0.06% to 3,318.45 after trading between 3,308.94 and 3,324.07. Across the broader market, advancers outpaced decliners 328 ...
I was on Singapore Airlines horror flight – this is why so many didn’t have seatbelts on
They were on the way to Singapore to begin their round-the-world-trip to celebrate their honeymoon. They described how their holiday plans soon turned upside down. The SQ321 was around 11 hours into its 13-hour journey. Most of the window shades on the ...
Singapore’s Koon Seng Road has been named one of the most beautiful streets in the world
Earlier this year, the Time Out team picked Cecil Street as the coolest street in Singapore for 2024, as part of our overarching ranking of coolest streets around the world. Despite its seemingly cold and steely appearance, the oft-overlooked stretch along ...
June 1: Malaysians can enter Singapore using QR codes instead of passports for immigration clearance
SINGAPORE: From June 1 onwards, Malaysians on their way to Singapore will be allowed to use Quick Response (QR) codes for Immigration clearance at the Customs, Immigration, and Quarantine (CIQ) ...
Johor Customs seizes 135 tonnes of undeclared frozen meat worth over RM2mil
A total of 135 tonnes of frozen meat worth RM2.1mil have been confiscated by the Customs Department for being undeclared and imported without a permit.Johor Customs director Aminul Izmeer Mohd Sohaimi ...
Malaysia to trial QR code immigration clearance for locals entering Singapore by land from 1 June
The proof-of-concept will run for three months, starting with motorcycles and buses first before being expanded to other vehicles.
X-Press Feeders completes its first bio-methanol bunkering at Singapore
SINGAPORE, May 27 (Reuters) - Container shipper X-Press Feeders has conducted its first bio-methanol refuelling operation at the port of Singapore on Monday, a company executive said, after receiving ...
Ballot for tickets to mass celebrated by Pope Francis in Singapore to open in June
Tickets for Singapore’s first papal mass in close to 40 years will be free of charge. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore conducts ship cargo loading during methanol refuelling in regional first
IN A first for South-east Asia, Singapore showed on Monday (May 27) that cargo can be loaded onto a ship even as it is being refuelled with methanol, similar to ships that use conventional fuel. Read more at The Business Times.