The Ayala Corp. fund for startups will inject $2 million into internet distribution technology from a Singapore-based company, venture capital firm Kickstart Ventures Inc. announced on Friday. ( read original story ...)
The Singapore Declaration And The Biden Administration’s Policy Review
The Biden administration is in the midst of a North Korea policy review that will shape prospects for diplomacy and the relative priority of North Korea on the new president’s to-do list. ( read original story ...)
No spectators allowed at Singapore Tennis Open; daily COVID-19 tests for travelling players
SINGAPORE: No spectators will be allowed at the upcoming Singapore Tennis Open, said organisers in a press release on Friday (Feb 19). The event, ... ( read original story ...)
Connect@Changi In Singapore Lets Business Travellers Meet Without Quarantine
Singapore launches the new Connect@Changi facility, allowing business visitors to meet without serving quarantine. ( read original story ...)
Batam church pastor jailed for conspiring to deposit fake S$10,000 note in Singapore
SINGAPORE: When the pastor of a church in Batam came across a S$10,000 note in a container of secondhand clothes from Singapore he had received to ... ( read original story ...)
Myanmar’s Biggest Foreign Investor Is Singapore. Here’s Why That Matters.
The wealthy island city-state is Myanmar’s biggest foreign investor, overtaking China in 2019 to bring in more than $24 billion of capital through lucrative real estate projects, banking, shipping, ... ( read original story ...)
SBF partners UOB, Keppel Land in push to help Singapore businesses venture abroad
SINGAPORE - Despite a crippling global recession last year, the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) managed to facilitate 15 Singapore-based small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to set up shop abroad ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s CPF interest rates to remain unchanged for second quarter of 2021
The interest rates that Central Provident Fund (CPF) members can earn on their various accounts will remain unchanged in the second quarter of 2021, the Housing Board and CPF Board said on Friday (Feb ... ( read original story ...)
Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G bags IMDA certification
The Xiaomi MI 11 Lite that has a model number of M2101K9AG has been spotted at multiple certification sites like SIRIM (Malaysia), EEC (Europe), FCC (US), NBTC (Thailand), IMDA (Singapore), and ... ( read original story ...)
17 healthcare providers appointed to run Covid-19 jab centres, mobile teams
SINGAPORE - Seventeen healthcare providers, including Raffles Medical, Parkway Shenton and Thomson Medical, have been appointed by the Ministry of Health (MOH) to set up and run 36 new vaccination ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Connect@Changi facility Allows Business Travellers to Meet Without Quarantine
Singapore launches the new Connect@Changi facility, allowing business visitors to meet without serving quarantine ... ( read original story ...)
Emerging stronger together: 8 winners (and non-winners) from the Singapore Budget 2021
The Singapore Budget 2021 was announced yesterday in parliament by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat.Despite the budget’s theme of “Emerging Stronger Together,” as with every ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Japan records new strain; Singapore’s virus-secure hotel eyes business travellers
Japan has seen some 90 cases of a new Covid-19 strain, while Singapore has launched a coronavirus-secure hotel and meeting complex for business travellers. ( read original story ...)
More than half of Singapore’s hawker stalls now offer e-payments
SINGAPORE: More than half of Singapore’s hawker stalls now offer e-payments, with transactions last month growing four times since June. This ... ( read original story ...)
Reports of unauthorised online banking and card transactions in Singapore jump 460% in 2020
Many victims were tricked into revealing their user IDs, passwords, OTPs or credit card details.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
S Pass quota cut not likely to slow Singapore’s manufacturing growth: Analysts
Manufacturing firms are concerned that the coming cuts in the S Pass quota for the sector will raise wage costs and lead to labour shortages. ( read original story ...)