Category: Singapore
HK at breaking point, can ‘easily happen to S’pore if we are complacent’: Chan Chun Sing
With Hong Kong now at a “breaking point”, Trade and Industry minister Chan Chun Sing said on Monday (November 18) that “what has happened in Hong Kong can [...]
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Ant Financial may join race for Singapore virtual bank licences
Billionaire Jack Ma’s Ant Financial Services Group said it may apply for a virtual banking licence in Singapore, a move that would add a heavyweight contender to the [...]
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CPF interest rates to remain unchanged for first quarter of 2020
The interest rates that Central Provident Fund (CPF) members can earn on their various accounts will remain unchanged in the first quarter of 2020, according to a CPF Board [...]
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Singapore, Philippine travellers can now book rides in Japan, Middle East via Grab
Travellers from Singapore and the Philippines can now use Grab to book rides while vacationing in Japan and the Middle East, the ride-hailing company has announced. Grab [...]
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WWII bomb at Jiak Kim Street construction site disposed of, area reopened: Police
A World War II bomb, found at a construction site along Jiak Kim Street, was successfully disposed of, the police said in a Facebook post on Monday (November 18). Nearby [...]
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Economists see glimmer of hope amid gloom over Singapore exports
Singapore may have seen a larger-than-expected drop in its latest non-oil domestic export (Nodx) figures, suggesting that the economy is not picking up strongly, but things [...]
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Singaporeans Bearish On Future Finances
Half of the Singaporeans need more investment funds to cover a half year of costs if they lose their employment and one out of five states they won’t last even for [...]
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Around 40 firefighters, 14 SCDF vehicles deployed to tackle ‘raging’ warehouse fire in Hougang
About 40 firefighters and 14 emergency vehicles were deployed to extinguish a “raging” fire at a storage warehouse in Hougang on Monday (18 November). At the [...]
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Singapore exports contract for eighth month, as US-China ‘trade war heat’ saps city state’s growth
Singapore’s trade woes continued in October, with exports falling for the eighth month in a row and imports also continuing to decline. Non-oil exports fell by 12.3 per [...]
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SGX lauded for targeted approach to market regulation, scoops Regulation Asia Exchange of the Year award for second straight year
Singapore Exchange (SGX) has been named “Exchange of the Year” in the Regulation Asia Awards for Excellence for the second consecutive year. The award recognises [...]
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Refugee camp in Singapore: Local volunteers, Viet refugees yearn to reconnect
More than 30 years after she first met them around 1985, educator and entrepreneur Alvina Khoo, 56, often wonders what became of the Vietnamese children she taught at [...]
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Cruise ship docks in Singapore after hundreds of passengers and crew members fall ill
A cruise ship on the way to Vietnam from Thailand docked in Singapore this week after 229 of its passengers and crew members fell ill, according to a joint statement issued [...]
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Hundreds of e-scooter food-delivery riders apply for trade-in grants on first day of sign-ups
Hundreds of eligible food-delivery riders have applied for e-scooter trade-in grants within the first few hours after applications opened on Friday (November 15), [...]
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S$7m trade-in grant set up to help food-delivery e-scooter riders switch to other devices: LTA
Amid a huge outcry among retailers and food-delivery riders, the government has announced measures to help some 7,000 affected individuals defray the cost of switching to [...]
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Singapore is most beautiful city in Asia, 11th most beautiful in the world
Singapore was recently named the 11th most beautiful city in the world, in a list of 50 cities compiled by Canada-based online travel agency Flight Network. Topping the list [...]
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