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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
ANZ Bank Monday announced the sale of its retail and wealth management arms in five Asian countries to Singapore's DBS as it repositions for the future. The businesses affected are in Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and Indonesia with the...
A 12-STOREY block of rental flats in Bedok South has fire extinguishers on every floor, the first Housing Board block to be equipped for emergencies in this manner. The initiative for Block 12, Bedok South Avenue 2, which has 308...
The market for tuition and other academic services like the trade of school notes, exam papers and textbooks is flourishing here, aided by the growth of mobile applications and online classified listings. However, a black market run by individuals promising to...
TAPAH - The body of a Singaporean who drowned after falling into the Sungai Tesong river in Perak has been found. Mr Koh Kah Wei, 30, had been kayaking with a group of friends from Singapore at Sungai Tesong at...
SINGAPORE - Pioneer-generation civil servant Kwa Soon Bee died on Sunday (Oct 30), at the age of 86. A family member of Dr Kwa said he died at about 10am. Dr Kwa, who was born in 1930, had a long and...
SINGAPORE - The gas tariff for households will increase by 1.5 per cent from Nov 1 to Jan 31, 2017, according to supplier City Gas in a press release on Friday (Oct 28). Prices will increase by 0.25 cent per...
When it comes to marriage, love is not enough. Money matters, and the lack of it can easily tear a marriage apart. The proportion of non-university-educated men who end up divorced by their fifth wedding anniversary is two to three times...
For the first time, the Government has released data that shows just how many marriages involving a Singaporean and a foreigner break up. This comes more than a decade after a trend of Singaporean men - mainly older and blue-collared...
Riders on a budget persist in souping up e-bikes, risking safety Illegal modification of electric bicycles into devices that resemble motorcycles remains a problem despite stricter rules put in place by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) last December. E-bike shops report...
Over the years, Singaporeans' cars have become bigger. But the authorities' rules for carpark space size have remained the same for a while now, prompting drivers to call for an update. By some estimates, drivers of bigger cars have difficulty...