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SINGAPORE - Singapore's economy is expected to grow in the fourth quarter to avoid a recession, but the outlook is affected by the uncertainty surrounding the global trade from the Trump government. Gross domestic product (GDP) for the October-December quarter is...
Most Singapore seagrasses have not been sexually propagated for at least three to four years, and the scientists concerned are trying to figure out what is wrong. The lack of sexual reproduction - the creation of new plants through flowers...
Green will be the colour for 2017 in the land transport sector. Several changes and developments will pave the way for a more environmentally sustainable way of travel, starting with the opening of Downtown Line 3. When this 21km MRT line...
There is a lesson buried in the past of small countries with long histories, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Chan Chun Sing yesterday. They lasted because they could "read the winds and ride the waves" of change in...
Drones used by companies and government agencies to take photographs and conduct land surveys and inspections are crowding the skies, prompting an urgent need to prevent them from crashing into one another and possibly hurting people as they fall...
There is a reason auxiliary police forces (APFs) are turning to Taiwan to fill their vacancies: They cannot find enough qualified Singaporeans and Malaysians. The demand for auxiliary police officers (APOs) is projected to cross 600 over the next few...
Nine former workers of an Orchard Hotel club, who say they have not been paid since October, are turning to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) for an inquiry due to take place tomorrow. The former part-time staff of electronic dance...
A persistent shortage of engineering talent in Singapore has prompted the launch of a new scholarship to train more specialist engineers for the public sector. Under the Public Service Commission Scholarship (Engineering), scholarship holders can take up courses such as...
Singapore's second-largest taxi operator, Trans-Cab, is cutting rents in order to get more taxis to work with the company to reduce the cost of existing car rental companies. The move comes from fierce competition between private leasing services Uber and...
