In Singapore, a team of students from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) has cleverly come up with a new bus stop design that lets commuters burn away calories while waiting.
How Singapore’s gas infrastructure could accelerate a low-carbon future
Southeast Asia faces a pivotal moment in its shared energy future as the changing role of gas transforms the regional energy outlook. As a land-scarce nation seeking innovative solutions to meet ...
HP cutting up to 6,000 jobs over next three years; Singapore impact unknown
It will cut as much as 10% of its 61,000-employee global workforce and reduce its real estate footprint. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore Investigates Binance For Potential Breach Of Local Payment Services Regulations
"Should Binance decide now to dismantle some of these restrictions, it has to continue to comply with the prohibition against soliciting Singapore users without a license," the Monetary Authority of ...
Singapore’s economic growth forecast to slow in 2023 to 0.5% to 2.5% amid global uncertainties
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s economic growth is forecast to slow to 0.5 per cent to 2.5 per cent in 2023 amid global uncertainties, down from the projected 3.5 per cent growth this year, the Ministry of ...
Vitalik Buterin warns Singapore about separating cryptocurrencies and blockchain – but why?
"The reality is if you don’t have cryptocurrency, then the blockchains that you’re going to have are just fake and nobody is going to care about them", said the Ethereum co-founder.
Tech startups shun Singapore, Hong Kong for US SPACs
The data showed that Singapore had eight counterparts unveil similar SPAC plans – seven on Nasdaq and one on the New York Stock Exchange. In August, for instance, financial technology platform ...
Why is EV uptake still low in Singapore?
Electric vehicle (EV) firm executive says the requirement for EV shifters is expensive. Whilst Singaporeans are willing to swerve from petrol-fueled cars to electric vehicles (EV), there are still ...
We were preparing for a pandemic since 2003: Singapore health ministry official
Probably the most critical factor in our pandemic response is trust,” Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said earlier this year. The country, which already had a mature health care system, was ...
Indonesia’s GoTo cuts 1,300 jobs, including in Singapore, as tech layoffs deepen
INDONESIAN tech conglomerate GoTo Group will lay off 1,300 employees, including in Singapore, in a bid to curb costs and reach financial self-sufficiency more quickly in a persistently volatile global ...
Singapore exports may fall further; weigh on GDP: analysts
AFTER a larger-than-expected fall in October, Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports (NODX) are likely to continue to decline at least into the year-end amid weakening external demand, said analysts. As ...
Singapore Firing Mindshare Salvos In Global ‘War For Talent’
With the resumption of economic activity and reconfiguration of global supply chains, Singapore's leadership senses an opportunity to increase the country's mindshare among the pool of highly mobile ...
Deep Tech Singapore Venture Firm Targets New $200 Million Fund
Venture capital firm iGlobe Partners is raising a new $200 million fund to back deep technology startups, betting that firms delving into cutting-edge science will fare well despite a global ...
Man in Singapore gets 23 years’ jail for raping intellectually disabled daughter after wife stopped being intimate
After his wife stopped being intimate with him, a 58-year-old man turned to raping his intellectually-disabled daughter multiple times over the course ...
Four Husbands in Singapore Sentenced for Drugging Their Wives, Having Each Other Rape Them to Fulfil Sick Fantasies
The husbands met each other on an online forum where they discussed having their wives raped and impregnated by other men.
Singapore’s exports fall 5.6% in October; first decline in nearly 2 years
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports (NODX) fell by 5.6 per cent in October from a high base a year ago, the first time exports have declined in nearly two years. The last time export ...