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Uber’s appeal over anti-competitive Grab merger dismissed, $6.58m fine upheld

SINGAPORE : Ride-hailing firm Uber will have to pay a $6.58 million penalty after its appeal against a 2018 decision … More

Anti-Competitive, Grab, merger, Ride-hailing, UBER

High-speed rail project cancellation just tip of the iceberg in Malaysia’s recent rail controversies

KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysia’s cancellation of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail (HSR) project is the latest in a series of … More

AssetsCo, High Speed Rail (HSR), KVDT2, LRT3, Transport

At 19, this Singapore Polytechnic student runs a US$25 million tech start-up

Being the CEO of a business with 120 employees globally is hard enough, but teenager Harsh Dalal must also juggle … More

CEO, Entrepreneur, Start-up, Youngest

Assets company removal ‘main concern’ that led to HSR termination, project has cost Singapore more than S$270 million: Ong Ye Kung

SINGAPORE: The “main concern” that led to the termination of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail (HSR) project was Malaysia’s suggestion that the assets … More

High Speed Rail (HSR), Railway, Transport

Multi-coloured bougainvillea, octopus trees, watering issues and nets to keep bugs out

Root awakening Multi-coloured bougainvillea grafted from different specimens I bought this bougainvillea plant about two years ago and it had … More

Air Circulation, Flora, gardening, Sunlight

Will We EVER Get Healthy Bubble Tea?

Host Steve Chia goes in search of the elusive healthy bubble tea and finds out how drinking the sweetened beverage … More

Beverage, Bubble Tea

Trial to import electricity from Malaysia a ‘useful first step’ as Singapore prepares to connect with regional grid: Experts

SINGAPORE : A trial which will see Singapore import electricity from Peninsular Malaysia will be a “useful first step” in … More

Electricity, Energy, Import, Power Grid

Malaysia’s desire to hasten HSR construction one factor leading to project termination with Singapore

KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysia wanted to bring forward the start of construction of the High-Speed Rail (HSR) to Singapore by … More

Agreement, Covid19, High Speed Rail (HSR), Termination, Transport

Malaysia to compensate Singapore over HSR termination

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia must pay compensation to Singapore over the termination of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project. … More

Compensation, High Speed Rail (HSR), Termination, Transport

NCID nurse becomes first person in Singapore to receive COVID-19 vaccine

A total of 40 healthcare workers at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases received their first COVID-19 vaccination on Wednesday. … More

Covid19, Nurse, Pfizer, Vaccine

‘I try to forget’: Emotional scars remain for some who lived through Wuhan’s COVID-19 lockdown

WUHAN, China: It’s been almost a year, but the Koh family still remembers vividly their disbelief and confusion when they … More

Coronavirus, Covid19, Emotional Scars, Wuhan

Every step a miracle, says Filipino migrant worker who survived Lucky Plaza crash in Singapore

LA UNION, Philippines: Arceli Nucos has returned home. It’s been a long journey for the 57-year-old over the last year. … More

Accident, Arceli Nucos, Foreign Worker, Lucky Plaza

Marina Bay Sands paid a price for courting China’s ‘whales’

SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – When Chinese businessman Wang Xi first gambled at billionaire Sheldon Adelson’s Marina Bay Sands casino in Singapore, … More

Businessman, Casino, China, Marina Bay Sands, Money Transfer, Wang Xi, Whales

First shipment of Covid-19 vaccine arrives in S’pore on SIA flight from Brussels

SINGAPORE : The first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine has landed in Singapore, a crucial first step to vaccinate the … More

BioNTech, Covid19, Pfizer, Singapore Airlines (SIA), Vaccine

Food Bank launches vending machine with sundries, hot meals for the needy

SINGAPORE : More help is available for Singaporeans who struggle to get enough food to eat amid the Covid-19 pandemic. … More

Food Bank, Vending Machine

Lab-grown chicken meat to make debut at Robertson Quay restaurant on Saturday

SINGAPORE: Lab-grown chicken meat will make its debut at 1880, a private members’ club in Robertson Quay, in a culinary first … More

1880, Chicken, Culinary, Cultured Meat, Lab-grown, Meat

91-year-old hawker behind historic wonton noodle stall calls it quits

Amid the pandemic, one of Singapore’s oldest hawkers has closed her stall, while a hopeful 22-year-old who opened his new … More

Covid19, Hawker, Noodle, Pandemic, Wonton

Where to go for the best putu mayam? Try a cocktail bar in Chinatown

The Elephant Room might be known for its inventive cocktails but the actual star of the place is the string … More

Chinatown, Little India, Putu Mayam

Singapore International Film Festival 2020: 10 Asian films to look out for

The must-see Asian films at this year’s festival Good news, cinephiles: From November 28 to December 6, the annual Singapore … More

Asia, Cinema, Film Festival

He lost his sight at 47 – a fragrance company helped give him his life back

Former teacher Bernard Chew fell into despair when he went blind practically overnight. Then a company called Firmenich – and … More

Business, Covid19, Life, Mindset, Opportunity, Training

Two Singaporean private plane pilots make emergency landing on North-South Expressway in Johor

SINGAPORE : Two Singaporean pilots flying a small private plane were forced into an emergency landing on the North-South Expressway … More

Aeroplane, Emergency, Expressway

Canned food: Maybe it isn’t as bad as you think

It is often perceived to be less nutritious than fresh food, but if you know what to look out for, … More

Canned, Food, Nutrients, Shelf Life

For Asia’s super-rich, Singapore family offices keep the wealth churning – but Hong Kong wants a piece of the pie too

Singapore is popularly known as an Asian financial hub where companies set up regional headquarters and rich individuals park their … More

Asset Management, Financial, Investment, Wealth

High-tech fish farm first in Singapore to have own post-harvest facility

SINGAPORE : A high-tech fish farm off the coast of Pulau Ubin can now process the fish it has hatched … More

barramundi, Facility, Fingerlings, Fish Farm, Groupers, High-Tech, Red Snapper

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