Singapore registered 897 new infections on Friday, taking its total number of cases to 12,075. The health ministry said the vast majority of the new cases were migrant workers residing in dormitories, ... ( read original story ...)
‘We knew that the foreign workers would be a stress point:’ Singapore diplomat on battling coronavirus
Singapore had just around 1,000 cases, but in less than a month, it has spiked to more than 10,000. The majority of the explosion in cases has been attributed to its migrant worker population. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s richest man is getting $1 billion richer each month from selling ventilators
Li Xiting is now worth $13.5 billion. Averaged out, his fortune has been increasing by about $37.7 million every 24 hours. ( read original story ...)
Singapore manufacturing unexpectedly surges in March, fueled by pharma output
Singapore's industrial output rose 16.5% in March on a year-on-year basis, surging past expectations, as pharmaceutical production more than doubled, data showed on Friday. On a month-on-month and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Ponders Mass Testing as Virus Outbreak Balloons
Singapore is looking to pivot to a more aggressive coronavirus response strategy that involves mass testing for its population of 5.7 million people as cases in the city-state jumped more than ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Exchange third-quarter profit hits 13-year high as trading volume surges
Singapore Exchange's profit jumped 38% to a 13-year high in the January-March quarter as extreme market volatility amid the coronavirus outbreak boosted equities and derivatives trading volumes. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s coronavirus cases spike due to aggressive, transparent testing, says ambassador
Chan Heng Chee, ambassador-at-large with the Singapore foreign ministry and chairman of the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities (SUTD), discusses Singapore's spike in coronavirus cases ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Home Prices Fall With Property Market at Standstill
Singapore home prices fell less than initially estimated in the first quarter, with an extended lockdown threatening to further push down values as the residential property comes to a standstill. ( read original story ...)
DBS (D05) Guide — Share Prices, Dividends and Market News
You can’t live in Singapore and not know DBS Bank. The nation’s biggest bank, it's popular with not just the older folks, but also the young working adults who use the DBS Multiplier to credit their ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore, NZ have acted in poor taste
Second, the countries participating in the joint initiative of New Zealand and Singapore will not apply export prohibitions or restrictions on the specified medical products. Third, the participants ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s First Multi-Currency Mobile Wallet YouTrip Sees 20% Growth in Consumer Spending On Global E-Commerce Platforms
YouTrip, Singapore's first multi-currency mobile wallet with over 500,000 downloads, has noted a shift in user spending habits over the past months. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, both foreign and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Exchange Q3 profit hits 13-year high as trading volume surges
Singapore Exchange's profit jumped 38% to a 13-year high in the January-March quarter as extreme market volatility amid the coronavirus outbreak boosted equities and derivatives trading volumes. "With ... ( read original story ...)
China to grant additional oil import quotas for private refiners: sources
China is set to issue more crude oil import quotas to non-state refiners in its second batch of allowances for 2020, several sources at five independent refineries told Reuters on Tuesday. China’s ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Shares Due For Support On Friday
The Singapore stock market has finished lower in four straight sessions, dropping more than 70 points or 2.8 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 2,540-point plateau ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore confirms 1,037 new COVID-19 cases
Singapore's health ministry said it had preliminarily confirmed 1,037 new cases on Thursday, taking the Southeast Asian city-state's total infections to 11,178. The health ministry said the vast ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s wealthiest man is US$1 billion richer every month as Mindray’s ventilators fly off production line on Covid-19 demand
Singapore’s wealthiest man is getting richer to the tune of more than US$1 billion a month this year, as the stock price of his medical devices company soared by almost 50 per cent amid the ... ( read original story ...)