Bhutan's Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, who is in Singapore for a four-day official visit, paid his respects to the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew yesterday. At Duxton Plain Park, Mr Tobgay laid a wreath at the foot of a tembusu...
The scores for other sub-sectors such as hotels (72.5 points) and travel & tour services (68.7) showed no significant change, while online travel agencies (67.7) was added as a sub-sector this year. Top-ranking hotels include Marina Bay Sands (77.2) and...
Taxes in Japan were much higher with the total tax burden equal to 32 per cent of GDP while income and profits taxes represented 10.2 per cent of GDP and goods and services taxes 6.3 per cent. For South Korea,...
The MAS calculated that the monthly mortgage repayment for a S$380,000 housing unit - as represented by a Housing and Development Board (HDB) five-room, build-to-order flat - stands at about S$1,400. By comparison, the mortgage repayment for a S$1 million housing...
Use of shipping lines by militaries the norm in peacetime: Eng Hen Singapore has used commercial shipping lines to transport military vehicles and equipment overseas for decades as that is the most cost-effective and efficient method, said Defence Minister Ng...
Ms Sheralyn Tay first found out in 2001 that her kidneys were failing but she never thought she would one day need a kidney transplant. She took medication and continued with her activities as usual. But in 2005, her health took...
SINGAPORE - Singapore students are the world's best in mathematics and science, according to a global benchmarking study released on Tuesday (Nov 29). Primary 4 pupils and Secondary 2 students here topped both subjects in the Trends in International Mathematics...
Wouldn't it be nice to have the one password that rules them all on your mobile devices? The three local telcos - Singtel, StarHub and M1 - believe they have the solution in an e-identity that will allow consumers to do...
SINGAPORE - Myanmar's state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi arrives in Singapore on Wednesday (Nov 30) for a three-day official visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Her visit takes place during the 50th anniversary of the...
SINGAPORE - The children of a Malaysian property tycoon are tussling in the High Court over four family-owned companies, one of which owns 32 units in Bukit Timah Shopping Centre valued at about $68 million. Eight daughters of the late...
