SINGAPORE: Three bars will be allowed to reopen for two months from Tuesday (Dec 8) under a small-scale pilot for the nightlife industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are Bar Kiharu at Orchard Plaza, Bell Bar at Cuppage Plaza and Skinny’s Lounge in Boat Quay. These outlets must comply with...
POST-Covid-19 recovery will be "more U-shaped than V for most of Asean", with real GDP returning to pre-pandemic levels only in early 2022, says a Maybank Kim Eng (Maybank) report.
Hibernating snakes are complicating Elon Musk's plans for a gigafactory near Berlin.
Sri Lanka announced Tuesday the first large-scale Chinese investment in manufacturing in the country, a $300-million tyre factory near a strategic deep-sea port.
SINGAPORE remains an important hub for Citigroup, with the major US bank to open the world's largest wealth advisory hub in the Republic this month, said the incoming global chief executive officer of Citi, Jane Fraser.
SINGAPORE: Singapore can play a critical role in distributing vaccines to the region as an air cargo hub, said the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and Changi Airport Group (CAG) on Tuesday (Dec 8). “Over the years, Changi Airport has built a strong track record in pharmaceutical ......
The fantasy action movie "Monster Hunter" has vanished from Chinese cinemas just days after its release, after a brief line of dialogue was targeted by local social media users as racist.
FROM mid-2021, users of Singapore's PayNow and Thailand's equivalent PromptPay will be able to send money instantly and securely across the two countries with their mobile phone numbers at "competitive rates", said Ravi Menon, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
SINGAPORE: Singapore and China have pledged deeper co-operation in areas ranging from public health to trade with the signing of a landmark number of 10 agreements at an apex bilateral forum between both countries, beating last year’s count of nine. The 16th Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation ...
THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has awarded a qualifying full bank licence to China Construction Bank, under the China-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Upgrade Protocol, it said on Tuesday.

















