Is it a motorhome or a spaceship? Singapore’s new futuristic prefab home comes with smart home appliances and an AI assistant – and it could be yours for US$52,000 …
WHO Team Can’t Get in China; Singapore Data Use: Virus Update
The World Health Organization’s director-general complained about China’s delay in granting visas to an incoming WHO team seeking to investigate Covid-19’s origins. Singapore began an additional seven …
Asian trio of Taiwan, Vietnam and Singapore keep COVID near zero
As the world struggles with surging COVID-19 cases, Taiwan, along with Vietnam and Singapore, has succeeded in limiting local transmission to almost zero. The Asian trio offers rare success stories in …
Here’s how the first female CEO of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore is working to disrupt the industry
Quah Ley Hoon has bold plans to future-proof Singapore’s port and, by extension, the global maritime industry.
Singapore police can access COVID-19 contact tracing data for criminal investigations
Under the country’s Criminal Procedure Code, the Singapore Police Force can obtain any data — including information gathered by the contact tracing TraceTogether app and wearable token — to …
Maldives to acquire AstraZeneca vaccine
The Maldives has announced a decision to sign an agreement to procure the COVID-19 vaccine produced by AstraZeneca Singapore and Oxford University, local media reported here Friday. The Maldives …
Coronavirus latest: Singapore GDP contracts 5.8% as conditions improve in 4th quarter
Singapore officials investigate how a marine surveyor and a harbour pilot contracted Covid-19. UK restaurants and casual dining outlets shed nearly 30,000 jobs last year. The Philippines deploys …
Covid pandemic sends Singapore’s economy to its worst ever recession in 2020
Singapore’s economy contracted by 5.8% year over year in 2020, better than official forecast for an annual contraction of between 6% and 6.5%.
Coronavirus: Malaysia in talks with Singapore on compassionate travel
Currently, Malaysians working in Singapore who wished to return to the country for compassionate reasons had to put in an appeal.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
‘High-fliers’ cross Himalayas before Singapore stopover
Those familiar with migratory birds in Singapore would probably have heard of the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve.. Read more at straitstimes.com.