TOKYO — Japan, the U.S. and Australia will finance the connection of a submarine … American companies to connect the U.S. mainland with Singapore. Work on the 170-km offshoot begins next …
Hard Truths From Singapore’s Reopening Gambits
So far, Singapore has green lanes with only Asian countries, namely Japan, China, South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. Green lanes are for essential or business and official purposes only.
Sri Lanka: Port city Colombo expected to be an international financial hub
Sri Lanka is building a new city on the land reclaimed from the Indian Ocean. Once completed it is expected to be an international business hub much like Dubai & Singapore. Watch the report to know …
10 Countries With the Highest Savings Rates
The top ten countries by savings rate were Macao, the Republic of the Congo, Qatar, Ireland, Brunei, Singapore … playing a major role in Islamic finance. 10. China (44.9%) The Chinese savings rate …
Uzbekistan, Singapore parliamentarians discuss issues of mutual interest
First Deputy Chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan Sodik Safoyev has held a virtual meeting with the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore Jessica Tan Soon Neo. The parties …
Singapore’s unique ‘collective sales’ lose appeal to investors even as housing market shows signs of early recovery
The Covid-19 pandemic has dulled investors’ appetite for choice pieces of property in Singapore even as the property market of the Southeast Asian financial hub is likely to be one of the first to …
Billionaire Adelson’s Las Vegas Sands mulls US$6 billion sale of US casinos to focus on Macau, Singapore markets
Las Vegas Sands is exploring the sale of its casinos in Las Vegas, a move that would mark billionaire Adelson’s exit from the US gambling industry.
Cabbies and office workers: Meet Singapore’s ordinary royals
In the modern republic of Singapore, several seemingly ordinary people working in offices or driving taxis can claim to be of royal blood, descendants of a 19th century monarch who ceded control of …
Singapore reports 14 new COVID-19 infections, including 2 community cases who work at Changi Airport
SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 14 new COVID-19 infections as of noon on Saturday (Oct 24), including two community cases, the Ministry of Health …
SOR-linked financial products to stop by April 2021 as Singapore gears up for Sora
Singapore is in the midst of its move from SOR to Sora as the new interest rate benchmark.. Read more at straitstimes.com.