A venture between Singapore Telecommunications STEL.SI and ride-hailing firm Grab and internet platform company Sea Ltd SE.N are among fourapplicants chosen to operate Singapore’s first digital banks, …
Activist Funds Succeed in Blocking Singapore REIT Merger
Activist funds Quarz Capital and Black Crane successfully blocked a proposed merger that would have created Singapore’s fifth-largest real estate investment trust.
Singapore LGBTQ activist launches new bid to end gay sex ban
Retired doctor Roy Tan wants the Singapore government to either fully enforce or introduce legislation to scrap Section 377A.
Grab-Singtel venture, Jack Ma’s Ant Group, tech firm Sea among those issued digital bank licences in Singapore
A joint venture by Singtel and Grab as well as technology firm Sea and Jack Ma’s Ant Group are among those that have been selected for …
Commentary: Singapore’s hunt for global tech talent will benefit Singaporeans too
The new Tech.Pass, together with Employment Pass salary criteria adjustments, will help develop a Singaporean core with better skills, argues this …
Commentary: Singapore’s hunt for global tech talent will benefit Singaporeans too
The new Tech.Pass, together with Employment Pass salary criteria adjustments, will help develop a Singaporean core with better skills, argues this …
This Is How Singapore Keeps Its Cool as the City Heats Up
Building design and technology are becoming increasingly important in the city’s fight to bring temperatures down.
What Africa Needs Now Is Its Own Singapore
When it comes to economic development, China’s amazing success soaks up much of the attention. But another huge region has quietly begun what looks like a new phase of exponential growth: Southeast …
Singapore wants co-investors to pump $112M into deep tech startups
Enterprise Singapore’s Seeds Capital is calling for 10 to 15 “private-sector partners” to co-invest in deep tech startups and plow SG$150 million ($112 million) into these early-stage companies, …
ATF: China-Made Documentaries Stretch From Pandemic Response to African Business Heroes
From gifting tea to the world, conquering COVID-19 and voyaging to Mars, the latest slate of elaborate documentaries from China unveiled at Singapore’s Asia Television Forum tell stories about the …