Children aged 12 years and below who are not vaccinated will be allowed to travel under the Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) from VTL countries into Singapore from next Tuesday (19 October). ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s resilient real estate market is acing the pandemic test
Among the industries that were hit hardest by the Covid-19 pandemic, real estate was at the top of the list. In the commercial sector, all the main regions of the world suffered double-digit ... ( read original story ...)
MAS Payment Services Act: Why DBS Vickers is allowed to trade crypto while Binance is banned
Binance International (Binance.com) made the headlines in Singapore because it was ordered by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to cease providing payment services in Singapore.A week after, ... ( read original story ...)
B2C ecommerce exports to reach $2.6b by 2026 in SG: report
About 24% of Singapore MSMEs currently conduct B2C transactions online, with 90% of them exporting to overseas buyers, said the Amazon-AlphaBeta report. ( read original story ...)
Singapore launches new cyber security framework
The country is aiming to create a foundation to attract and develop talent in its operational technology cyber security sector ... ( read original story ...)
Websites Crash in Rush for Flights as Singapore Opens Up
Singapore Airlines Ltd.’s website was temporarily down over the weekend and travel agencies are seeing a surge in demand for flights after the city-state announced a plan to start quarantine-free ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia and Singapore ease international travel restrictions in pivot to living with Covid
Singapore and Malaysia have each revealed plans to start reopening their borders as the Southeast Asian neighbors move away from their zero-Covid strategies toward living with the virus. ( read original story ...)
Ascent-backed Skanray, Everstone-backed SJS get greenlight to raise money via IPO
SJS Enterprises Ltd and Skanray Technologies Ltd have received approval from the capital market regulator to launch initial public ... ( read original story ...)
Retirement checklist: Property planning for future financial security
Having a fully paid-up home is top of the retirement checklist for most of us. Money Mind looks at the best way of getting to that goal, as well as some ways to monetise your property for more ... ( read original story ...)
Man on FBI’s most wanted list pleads guilty in Singapore court to falsifying North Korea-linked invoices
SINGAPORE: A Singaporean man who is on the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) most wanted list for money laundering pleaded guilty in a Singapore court on Monday (Oct 11) to ... ( read original story ...)
This Singapore neighbourhood is among 49 of the coolest in the world
The Timeout annual ranking of the world’s coolest neighbourhoods has revealed 49 coolest neighbourhoods amidst a COVID-stricken world. ( read original story ...)
A 10-min guide to Singapore’s latest vaccination-differentiated measures [Oct 2021]
In a wide-ranging announcement on the expansion of vaccination protocols - only groups of two fully-vaccinated persons will be allowed to dine in at hawker centres and coffee shops, as well as enter ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s vaunted health tourism under pressure
Let's call him Jack. He is a retired engineer who lives with his wife in a rural town in Indonesia, where the big waves ... ( read original story ...)
Upcoming IPOs to watch out for in October 2021
India is all set to witness a record number of IPOs in 2021. Here's why so many companies are going public this year ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to forge on with economic recovery, c.bank on hold
Singapore's economy will stay on its recovery path in the third quarter but the global spread of the Delta coronavirus variant has clouded the outlook and will likely prompt the central bank to stay ... ( read original story ...)
POLL-Singapore c.bank seen on hold as COVID-19 pandemic drags on
Singapore's central bank is expected to leave monetary policy on hold at its October review, analysts say, as highly transmissible coronavirus variants spread locally and across the world, threatening ... ( read original story ...)