SAN DIEGO, Calif (Reuters) - Singaporean graphic novelist Sonny Liew dominated the comic industry's equivalent of the Oscars, scooping three Eisner Awards for "The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye" - a wry alternate history of tightly-controlled Singapore. ( read original story ...)
Should siblings be In business together?
Just look at the very public feud, pitting Singapore's prime minister Lee Hsien Loong against his sister and younger brother. Epic family stories weave together threads of love, ambition, passion, and betrayal. Therefore, the business of siblings working ... ( read original story ...)
Lounge Review: Singapore Airlines SilverKris business class lounge, Bangkok Airport
Your choice of rewards program + complimentary insurance covers. Reduced annual card fee 1st year. With Qantas Rewards get 2 complimentary Qantas Lounge invitations per year. Priority Pass airport lounge access if you choose Altitude Rewards. New cards only. ( read original story ...)
Fancy a mid-year break? Scoot selling cheap tickets from Australia to Singapore for $99 and Europe for $339
Travellers prepared to act quickly could find themselves at wandering around Europe for less than $340 or in Singapore for only $99. Scoot is celebrating its merger with Tigerair Singapore by putting tickets for more than 20 routes on sale starting at noon ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore U23 hopes vanish after 7-0 loss to Australia in Myanmar qualifier
Ikhsan Fandi, left, created Singapore's best chance in the first half on a tough night for the Young Lions. Singapore's hopes of making January's AFC Under-23 Championship disappeared after falling to a 7-0 defeat to their Australian counterparts in their ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 2-Singtel’s NetLink makes tepid debut; more Singapore IPOs in pipeline
SINGAPORE, July 19 (Reuters) - NetLink NBN Trust units closed steady at their offer price on Wednesday, although analysts said the muted debut was not a surprise given the large size of the listing and that the outlook for Singapore's IPO market remained ... ( read original story ...)
Marathon: Singapore ‘a great global stage’
And that can only help the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon's (SCSM) hopes of achieving elite status. The WMM, an international series featuring the world's largest and most well-known marathons, comprises marathons in Berlin, Boston, Chicago ... ( read original story ...)
Singaporean bank UOB planning wholly owned unit in Vietnam
This marked its ninth such unit in the region, after ones in China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Thailand. UOB has arranged more than $3 billion in foreign direct investment from Asia to Vietnam in sectors including ... ( read original story ...)
Alvaro Morata to undergo Chelsea medical before jetting off to meet new team-mates in Singapore
Alvaro Morata is expected to join his new Chelsea team-mates in Singapore next week. Morata flew into London on Thursday from Real Madrid's Los Angeles base and met up with wife Alice Campello who jetted in from Spain. Morata will have a medical before ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Influential Female Corporate Leaders
Adeline has also held various other leadership roles at Visa, Citibank, and UOB. She has been a part of the startup team for Jetstar as well as a board member of Singapore Tourism. linkedin.com/in/adeline-kim-0a317522 2 Anamika Talwar Managing Director ... ( read original story ...)
15 Local Dishes You Shouldn’t Miss at The First Singapore Restaurant Festival!
For starters DBS and POSB cardmembers are entitled to purchase the exclusive Singapore Restaurant Festival Dining Voucher Set worth $100 at a discounted rate of $70, which is redeemable at over 200 participating restaurants! That’s equivalent to a 30% ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Hosts a Full-On Maker Extravaganza
Speakers include Dale Dougherty (founder, Maker Media), Rajiv Mongia (director, Technology Outreach Programmes, Intel Corporation), Assistant Professor Lim Tit Meng (chief executive, Science Centre Singapore), Khoong Hock Yun (ACE, IMDA), Veera Swaminathan ... ( read original story ...)
Singtel begins 800Mbps LTE-A rollout on Orchard Road
"We are pleased to again partner with Singtel on this important step in the journey towards 5G," said Martin Wiktorin, president of Ericsson Singapore, Brunei, and Philippines. "In delivering Singtel's Gigabit-class LTE network, we are enabling an enhanced ... ( read original story ...)
News Roundup (July 2017)
The penthouse is expected to test the endurance of demand for luxury property in Singapore, the segment of the market that suffered most from the government’s property cooling measures. Property consultancy JLL revealed that luxury home prices in the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore: A haven of stability
Despite the sluggish market and weak economic outlook, Singapore is still considered a safe bet by foreign investors, according to analysts. Although the property cooling measures such as the Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty (ABSD), imposed by the ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC Bank fights money laundering with AI double act
Singapore’s OCBC Bank has piloted two fintech solutions from a pair of start-ups as it looks to combat money laundering and terrorism financing via artificial intelligence (AI). The two firms involved – BlackSwan Technologies and Silent Eight – were ... ( read original story ...)