All residential households in Singapore will soon each receive a package of six antigen rapid test (ART) self-test kits, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Friday (27 August). ( read original story ...)
Singapore Rolls Out Covid Test Kits as Vaccination Target Nears
Singapore’s health officials will start distributing self-test kits for Covid-19 and begin to close some vaccination centers, the government said, as the country approaches a major milestone of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s ComfortDelGro lands S$1.13bil joint venture deal to operate rail services in Auckland
Singapore-listed transport giant ComfortDelGro Corp has clinched a $1.13 billion deal to operate rail services in Auckland. ( read original story ...)
China Plans to Ban U.S. IPOs for Data-Heavy Tech Firms
China’s stock regulator plans to propose new rules that could thwart internet companies’ plans to list in the U.S. ( read original story ...)
GoFirst IPO back on track after Wadias resolve SEBI enquiry
GoFirst’s Rs 3,600-crore IPO likely to hit the stock exchanges by October or November after the low-cost airline’s promoters, the Wadias, resolved a pending enquiry against a group company and ... ( read original story ...)
EMERGING MARKETS-Singapore stocks drop 1% as ‘taper tantrum’ fears resurface
Singapore stocks dropped 1% on Friday as investors cut exposure to riskier assets over concerns of a shift in the U.S. Federal Reserve's pandemic-era accommodative stance and fears of geopolitical ... ( read original story ...)
SGX’s dollar debut met with enthusiasm
It also helped that the deal was small and there has been limited supply in the Asian dollar market. "I don’t think SGX is going to be a typical, regular issuer," he added. With that support, the ... ( read original story ...)
DBS Bank India to enter credit card business this year: MD Prashant Joshi
NEW DELHI: DBS Bank India Limited (DBIL), the wholly-owned subsidiary of DBS Bank of Singapore, is preparing to enter the credit card market in India this year in a bid to grow the high-margin ... ( read original story ...)
Pivotal Singapore logistics deal struck
The Logistics Business Association (Loba) and the Singapore-based Supply Chain Asia (SCA) industry body are teaming up to create greater synergy in both countries’ supply chain networks and freight ... ( read original story ...)
New Singapore wildlife forensics centre to help tackle illegal trade as NParks launches K9 unit
SINGAPORE: The National Parks Board (NParks) on Friday (Aug 27) officially opened Singapore’s first wildlife forensics centre to identify and detect the origins of seized wildlife and wildlife ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore bourse sees little impact from HKEX’s China futures launch
Chinese index futures will remain the main tool for investors to hedge their Chinese exposure despite the Hong Kong bourse announcing a rival product, a top executive said, citing SGX's many ... ( read original story ...)
Dogs to sniff out wildlife smuggling – Singapore ban on sale of ivory from Sept 1
Sniffer dogs are being used at border checkpoints to detect the smuggling of endangered animals, and items such as elephant ivory and pangolin scales, to further clamp down on wildlife smuggling. ( read original story ...)
Ex-official in Singapore Land Transport Authority guilty of taking $S1.24mil in bribes
A former deputy group director of the Land Transport Authority (LTA) on Thursday (Aug 26) admitted to taking about S$1.24 million in bribes in the form of loans from contractors and sub-contractors. ( read original story ...)
Yoink! Singapore woman straight up thieves delivery bag live on camera (Video)
Work from home, study from home, live from home. That’s our reality and with it comes an assumption of safely shopping from home. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Producer Price Inflation Increases In July
Singapore's producer price inflation increased in July, data from the Department of Statistics showed on Friday. The manufacturing ... ( read original story ...)
Linklaters, CC + Dentons-Backed Singapore Hackathon – The Winners
A legal tech hackathon for students in Singapore, backed by Linklaters, Clifford Chance and Dentons Rodyk, has announced the winning teams. The event was organised by the Singapore Management ... ( read original story ...)