U.S. Grants Asylum To Amos Yee, Young Blogger From Singapore

and Yee was then held in detention centers run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals recently dismissed the federal agency's appeal, agreeing with immigration Judge Samuel Cole that Singapore's criminal charges ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore blogger tastes US freedom

A teenage blogger from Singapore was released from US custody on Tuesday following ... Carrying a clear plastic bag stuffed with his belongings, below, Yee emerged from a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in downtown Chicago. ( read original story ...)

Singapore investor to build Ha Tinh port

Phoenix Vung Ang Viet Nam Company Limited, a subsidiary of Singapore’s Freight Links Capital Pte Ltd ... transport under the multimodal transport system; increase export and import of goods in the provinces of Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Quang Binh; attract ... ( read original story ...)

Microsoft officials confirm Surface Pro LTE arrival date

Singapore landed the top spot in the survey as the best destination ... while the Core i7 is more power-hungry, meaning the LTE Surface Pro has a chip that sits neatly in the middle. Do you think that the LTE-enabled Surface Pro will be well-received ... ( read original story ...)

Mobile game Vainglory to host $140K tournament in Singapore

Who says competitive gaming needs to be done on powerful PCs and huge displays? Not Super Evil Megacorp, the creators behind Vainglory. The iOS and Android battle arena game, which features three-versus-three matchups, will see 12 teams from around the ... ( read original story ...)

New Nokia 3310 3G to be available in Singapore from October

SINGAPORE: Nokia is relaunching the iconic 3310 model with a 3G data connection, HMD Global Oy confirmed on Thursday (Sep 28). The Finnish manufacturer, which has exclusive rights to market Nokia's phones, said in a news release that the new phone will ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore beats New York in global destination rankings

The number visitors from abroad grew 8.8% in 2016. Singapore replaces New York and takes the fifth spot amongst top global destinations for leisure and business, the Mastercard Global Destination Cities Index revealed. According to a press release ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore home prices have bottomed, Hong Kong ‘crazy.’

"Very significant" income growth will drive the first leg of a recovery in home prices in Singapore, where property ownership as a proportion of household assets is near a record low, BNP's Asia-Pacific head of research for financial institutions and ... ( read original story ...)

Standard Chartered has just hired a senior banker from DBS

https://news.efinancialcareers.com/sg-en/296427/ocbc-digital-banking-hiring/ Standard Chartered in Singapore has hired a senior relationship manager from DBS as it continues to build its Asian private bank. Abhijit Shetty joined Stan Chart as a director ... ( read original story ...)

The Singapore Stock Market Today: APAC Realty Makes Its Debut

Hello, Fools! Here are three things about the local stock market that you might be interested in today. 1. The Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI), ended the day at 3,224.49 points, down 11.66 points or 0.4%. On the other hand, the STI component that gained ... ( read original story ...)