A shift in Singapore’s healthcare strategy towards preventive care aims to get Singaporeans to actively manage their health, such as with the use of mobile applications.
Singapore’s Top 5 Fintech Stories Last Year That Will Impact the Industry in 2023
Here are the top 5 Singapore fintech stories in 2022 including developments of CBDCs, the launch of digibanks, and incumbent failures.
Singapore teachers brace for more cheating by students using viral bot ChatGPT
Teachers in Singapore say they will likely have to move from assignments requiring regurgitation to those that require greater critical thinking, to stay ahead in the fight against plagiarism.This ...
Singapore teachers brace for more cheating by students using ChatGPT
Teachers in Singapore say they will likely have to move from assignments requiring regurgitation to those that require greater critical thinking, to stay ahead in the fight against plagiarism.This ...
Singapore court jails 40-year-old man for assault and stealing from sex workers
A man who engaged a sex worker ended up stealing her mobile phone as he was not satisfied with her services. Yap Kian Heng assaulted a second sex worker on another occasion after he insisted on paying ...
India, Singapore ties witness upward trajectory in new areas as COVID situation eases in 2022
The year started with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar meeting with his Singaporean counterpart Vivian Balakrishnan on the sidelines of the EU Ministerial Forum on Indo-Pacific on 22 February in ...
Singapore police rescue Chinese woman trapped in condo toilet for 4 days
No one was living with her in the two-storey apartment at the Nottinghill Suites condominium along Toh Tuck Road near the Upper Bukit Timah area in Singapore. She did not have her mobile phone with ...
Singapore police officers rescue woman trapped in toilet for four days
SINGAPORE: A woman who was trapped in her home toilet for four days after the door handle was dislodged was eventually rescued by two police officers. The Singapore Police Force (SPF) shared the ...
SGX Nifty rises 65 points: Elin Electronics listing, Asian markets, oil prices, dollar movement & more
US stocks settled higher overnight and Asian markets too were up in the early Friday’s trade. All eyes will be on the listing of Elin Electronics ...
Singapore’s venture capital scene looks set for a ‘pretty decent’ 2023, investment firm says
As a result, Singapore has been able to "build up its infrastructure probably a little bit better." He also named energy as a sector to watch in 2023 in light of breakthroughs in nuclear fusion and ...
Mobile phone shop employee used customer data to illegally pre-register SIM cards
SINGAPORE: A mobile phone shop employee illegally used customer data to pre-register SIM cards, transferred money on a loan shark's instructions and drove without a licence ...
Singapore shares fall at Thursday’s open; STI down 0.5%
SINGAPORE shares were pulled into negative territory at Thursday’s (Dec 29) opening, following a depressing session on Wall Street a day earlier. Read more at The Business Times.
Singtel to Showcase its 5G Network’s Enhanced Mobile Broadband Capability to Support UHD Content
Singtel will be showcasing its 5G network’s enhanced mobile broadband capability to support ultra-high-definition (UHD) content at Mediacorp’s annual live New Year’s Eve countdown party, “Let’s ...
Singapore enterprises call out the lack of technology, skills, and data as the challenges for activating sustainability strategies
Other executives also added collaboration and lack of clarity around regulations to the list of challenges. Big businesses have been touting sustainability in recent years. In a recent CEO survey ...
Public infrastructure upgrade key to boosting electric vehicles adoption in Singapore
There is a small, but growing, number of EV converts in Singapore, drawn by the lower environmental impact and financial costs.
Commentary: Use technology not just for teaching students but also to cut hours and workload of educators
The Ministry of Education recently announced that more than 37,000 teachers and other educators in Singapore will receive a 5 to 10 per cent increase in their monthly pay from October 2022.