[SINGAPORE] Housing Board resale prices rose for the 14th consecutive month, climbing at a faster pace of 1.1 per cent in August compared with July, according to flash data from real estate portal SRX on Thursday. Prices are just 0.1 per cent off the peak in April 2013 according to SRX data, which means September […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Business leaders have expressed concerns over the new Covid-19 workplace management rules which, they say, could impact operations if fresh infections force their staff to work from home. Some said that the rules could be disruptive, particularly in the face of a manpower crunch. On Tuesday, the Ministry of Manpower issued an updated […]
Read MoreSingapore is the happiest country in Southeast Asia, according to the World Happiness Report 2021, compiled by the Gallup World Poll team. For the 2021 report, focus was placed on the effects of Covid-19 on happiness levels, and how governments have fared in handling the pandemic. Multiple considerations, including level of GDP and life expectancy, and […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE — Singapore on Wednesday opened a new travel corridor that allows people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus to enter the country without undergoing quarantine, a move the government sees as a crucial to its economic recovery. The first flight under the quarantine-free scheme arrived in Singapore’s Changi Airport late afternoon. Singapore Airlines […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE’S unemployment rates rose in July after having trended downward for the past eight months, which may have been due to tightened Covid-19 curbs in preceding months, latest Ministry of Manpower (MOM) figures showed on Monday. “Nonetheless, the rates in July remained lower than in May 2021,” noted the MOM in its release. Overall unemployment […]
Read MoreHONG KONG: Embattled Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, said it will restrict its services in Singapore days after the city state’s central bank said it should stop offering payment services. The Monetary Authority of Singapore became the latest regulator to take aim at Binance, warning last week that its global platform, Binance.com, […]
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