Singapore's Finance Minister Lawrence Wong said, in Singapore, the prime minister has to be a real estate agent while acknowledging that prices have soared ...
Singapore’s priced-out young singles rail at the PAP over property policies: ‘they’re so unaware’
Some 2 in 3 Singaporeans in their 20s report having to contend with the city state’s red-hot rental market due to insufficient savings. Most are ineligible for public flats until they hit 35 – unless ... ( read original story ...)
Revolut Enables Singapore Customers to Link With 6 Banks for In-App Top-Ups
Revolut enables Singapore customers to link, and top-up directly from up to six different bank accounts within the app.
Trip.biz Unveils Soaring Corporate Travel Demand for Bleisure Trips While Overall Business Expenditure Increases
Companies in China are optimistic about the resumption of corporate travel as border policies relax, and flight capacity gradually resumes. According to Trip.Biz survey data, 84.5% of companies expect ...
Sea CEO Declares 5% Raises After Singapore Firm Turns a Profit
Sea Ltd. said it is giving most employees a 5% pay increase after turning profitable, a milestone for the Singapore e-commerce and gaming company that slashed costs drastically during the technology ...
Singapore-based Wavemaker Impact nearing final close of debut fund
Singapore-based Wavemaker Impact, a fund of Wavemaker Partners designed to help build climate technology ventures, is nearing the final close of its first vehicle, the firm's founding partner, Marie ...
Small business, big impact: The benefits of treating IT as an investment
The high cost of tech is hindering SMEs in Singapore from adoption but it can help build a resilient and successful business.
Lazada is about to become a very lucrative failure, as leaks suggest possible IPO in 2024
Latest leaks, reported just a few days ago, suggest that Alibaba is already actively making plans for a possible IPO of the unit next year. “The firm is in the early stages of consideration and ...
Singapore’s Soaring Rents Are Becoming a Political Problem
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Singapore’s TOC Asia editor Terry Xu gets Pofma correction orders over allegations against police in 2021 incident
Alternative news website The Online Citizen Asia and its editor Terry Xu were issued correction directions under the Protection from Online Falsehoods ...
Singapore Premier League: Tampines lose ground in title chase with shock loss
Tampines Rovers began the second round of the Singapore Premier League on the wrong foot, slumping a shock 2-3 defeat by Balestier Khalsa.
SFA: Not true that Singapore allows pig carcasses from Indonesian island with African swine fever
The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has on Sunday refuted an Indonesian media report that Singapore is “ready” to import pig carcasses from Bulan Island, Batam, where African swine fever (ASF) had been ...
Singapore highest globally for total stamp duty on foreigners
The market recently put a 100% increase in the ABSD rate for foreigners. A real estate expert’s study showed that Singapore ranked highest worldwide for total stamp duty rates for a foreign national ...
WEEKLY ROUND-UP: Sports happenings in Singapore (1-7 May)
Close to 7,300 cyclists took part in the OCBC Cycle 2023 event at the Singapore Sports Hub on Saturday and Sunday (6 and 7 May), marking the first full-scale OCBC Cycle event since 2019, when the ...
6 things you need to know before you go on a night walk in Singapore’s parks
The Straits Times joined Singapore’s spidermen, Mr Joseph Koh and Mr Chris Ang on a night walk in the northern part of the island in search of nocturnal arachnids. Journalists Ang Qing and Gena Soh ...
Monetary Authority of Singapore Imposes Additional Capital Requirement on DBS Bank for Disruption of Banking Services
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has reportedly imposed on DBS Bank Ltd (DBS Bank) an additional capital requirement.