SINGAPORE - As Singapore prepares for Lunar New Year celebrations at the weekend, the older generation in the fast-changing city-state is worrying who will take over traditions such as making costumes for the lion dance and baking"nian gao" steamed...
The newly issued PAssion Silver Concession Card combines the current purple Senior Citizen Concession Card for public transport and the black-and-white PAssion ez-link card into a single card. The card makes it easier for seniors to stay active and be...
SINGAPORE - A private education institute will be shuttered after it was found to have repeatedly breached regulations under the Private Education Act. In a statement on Wednesday (Jan 25), the Committee for Private Education (CPE) said that private beauty...
SINGAPORE - Singapore's business watchdog, the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (Acra) will soon have a new chief. Mr Ong Khiaw Hong will take over as chief executive from Apr 1 this year, the Finance Ministry (MOF) said in a...
Singapore is the 7th least corrupt country in the world, according to Transparency International's latest annual review that draws on a mix of business and government sources for its rankings. The island city-state moved up one spot from 8th in...
The misuse of industrial space has become rampant, and with tenants having settled into units in new strata projects offering office-like designs and proximity to transport nodes, the trend has become even more conspicuous. Businesses ranging from law firms and real-estate...
Singapore is switching gears to shore up its internationalisation efforts, and is urging other member states of a failed Pacific Rim trade pact to do the same. But even as the city-state works to grow its external pie amid plans to...
The global beauty industry is often referred to as "recession-proof", given man's never-ending yearning to unlock the fountain of youth. But in Singapore, it also happens to be an industry that is competitive, dominated by international skincare and cosmetic juggernauts...
Employers hoping to hire domestic workers from the Philippines can lend them up to $1,100 to cover their expenses. The helpers should use only up to half of their monthly salaries to repay the loan. The new payment structure, which takes...
As a supervisor at a logistics company, he had been instructed to never make use of machines to carry passengers. But Malaysian Ngoi Chee Kin, 33, disobeyed the rules and transported a subordinate on his reach truck - with fatal...
