SINGAPORE: At 3am daily, when many people are deep in slumber, Kumar Batumalai enters Singapore via the Woodlands Checkpoint from Johor in Malaysia to deliver cooking oil and empty steel drums.
Asian private credit players rush to bridge funding gap at SMEs and in sectors like education, technology
Asia accounts for roughly 40 per cent of global gross domestic product, 70 per cent of global economic growth and 60 per cent of the world’s population, and yet receives only about 5.5 per cent of the ...
SpeQtral Unveils TarQis – a Mobile Quantum Optical Ground Station (Q-OGS)
SpeQtral, a leader in quantum communications technology, announces the launch of TarQis, a Mobile Quantum-Optical Ground Station (Q-OGS) designed to lower the barriers for access to secure ...
Singapore domestic exports declined 13.1% in 2023 on weak electronics
SINGAPORE - Non-oil domestic exports (Nodx) shrank by 13.1 per cent in 2023 amid weak demand worldwide for electronics and petrochemicals - two of Singapore’s key exports. Read more at ...
Singapore economy grew 1.1% in 2023; MTI keeps 2024 growth forecast at 1% to 3%
The pace of growth for most sectors in the economy is expected to moderate from that in 2023. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore’s 2023 GDP growth revised down marginally to 1.1%; 2024 forecast kept at 1 to 3%
SINGAPORE’S economy grew 1.1 per cent in 2023, revised down marginally from advance estimates, data from the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) showed on Thursday (Feb 15). Read more at The Business ...
Idemia’s automated biometric lanes to open to all foreigners entering Singapore
Idemia has had a presence in Singapore airports since 2017, when it began providing biometrics for border checks at Changi Airport.
4 Singapore Blue-Chip Stocks Poised to Declare a Dividend When They Announce Their Earnings
Singapore Technologies Engineering, or STE, is a technology, defence, and engineering group serving the aerospace, smart city, defence, and public security segments. The group is poised to report its ...
NTU Singapore scientists produce innovative ultrathin and stretchable electronics with wide range of applications in health and wellness
Waving your hand at a robot and controlling it to pick up an item may sound like a Jedi using the Force in a Star Wars movie, but this has become a ...
Euronet acquires Singapore business to tap into a $1.2B market for online transactions
The acquisition will add 200 senior managers, software developers and architects to Euronet's global team. It also will expand Euronet’s client pool to Infinitum customers, which include big banks and ...
Major telemedicine firms in Singapore using new technology to move into preventive health
Major telemedicine firms in Singapore are moving away from just being platforms to see a doctor virtually. They're bringing in technology like artificial intelligence and smart devices to monitor ...
Singapore becoming AI hub with commercial models in local languages
The island nation of Singapore is eyeing 2024 as the year to scale its Southeast Asian-focused artificial intelligence (AI) models for commercial use and become a global hub for the technology. A ...
Singapore firm’s aircraft crashes in Kapar village, Selangor Fire Dept says occupants still missing
Selangor Fire and Rescue Department has confirmed today that a light aircraft caught fire today and crashed near Kampung Tok Muda in Kapar. In a statement, it said it received a distress call at ...
No mobile signal in Tengah? Telcos, experts explain why
Telcos say they work with the Housing and Development Board to access rooftops and place the necessary base stations for mobile connectivity.
Keppel DC Reit to receive S$13.3 million from DXC Technology Services on dispute resolution
THE manager of Keppel DC Real Estate Investment Trust (Keppel DC Reit) announced on Tuesday (Feb 13) that DXC Technology Services will pay a settlement amount of S$13.3 million to the Reit’s facility ...
GSIS touch app now accessible for US, Singapore-based pensioners
In a statement, the GSIS said that pensioners based in the U.S. and Singapore can now easily handle their insurance transactions and meet proof of life requirements or the Annual Pensioners ...