Tiger Brokers Singapore Achieves 100% Growth in Account Openings for Three Consecutive Quarters in 2020; Continues to Focus on Untapped Gen Z Market
Tiger Brokers Singapore Achieves 100% Growth in Account Openings for Three Consecutive Quarters in 2020; Continues to Focus on Untapped Gen Z Market

– Sees Singapore as a huge potential growth market for online trading especially among the younger Singaporeans who are getting more savvy with investing online. SINGAPORE, Apr 6, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Tiger Brokers Singapore, the Xiaomi-backed online trading platform, today revealed continued exponential growth and momentum among its user base in Singapore. The online and mobile-focused brokerage... » read more

Singapore aims to contribute $27.7m to help low-income countries hit by Covid-19

SINGAPORE – Singapore aims to contribute US$20.57 million (S$27.69 million) towards international efforts to help low-income countries deal with the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic. This will be done through the International Monetary Fund (IMF) – subject to Parliament’s approval on April 5 – the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said on Wednesday (March... » read more

PM Lee and Jokowi to meet in person for Leaders’ Retreat, possibly in Bintan

SINGAPORE – Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will be meeting in person for the Leaders’ Retreat this year, and possibly, on the holiday island of Bintan. At a joint press conference in Jakarta on Thursday (March 25), Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan and his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi discussed... » read more

Morning Briefing: Top stories from The Straits Times on March 25
Morning Briefing: Top stories from The Straits Times on March 25

Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Thursday, March 25.  Experts urge caution even as more in Singapore can return to workplace Employers are encouraged to stagger their employees’ start times and implement flexible working hours. READ MORE HERE Further easing of Covid-19 measures in Singapore: What you need to know Up... » read more

Trainer kept Singapore Prison officers fit via Zoom

SINGAPORE – When the circuit breaker last year put a halt to face-to-face classes and physical training sessions, Assistant Superintendent Venu Arsh got creative to keep his trainees physically and mentally fit. The senior trainer with the Singapore Prison Training Institute conducted daily hour-long live Zoom fitness sessions for his prison officer trainees from his... » read more

S’pore stretches healthcare dollar with targeted subsidies

SINGAPORE – Healthcare spending has sometimes been compared to a balloon – squeeze it in one area and a bulge appears in another. The analogy speaks to how difficult it is to rein in rising healthcare costs, a challenge that Singapore has become increasingly familiar with as its population greys. Please subscribe or log in... » read more

Singapore must tackle climate change while balancing trade-offs in manpower, land and alternative energy: SM Teo

SINGAPORE – Climate change poses an existential challenge for Singapore, but the country’s unique constraints mean the trade-offs it faces in cutting its emissions are much starker than what most other nations face, Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean said on Thursday (March 4). Singapore has limited alternative energy sources, land and manpower, he pointed out. “Our... » read more

Singapore, US reaffirm strong bilateral defence ties

SINGAPORE – Singapore and the United States have reaffirmed their strong bilateral ties in defence and the desire to deepen them further. In a Facebook post about his introductory phone call with US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin on Wednesday (March 3), Singapore’s Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen said: “We both affirmed our strong... » read more

Keeping Singapore relevant and principled in a changing world
Keeping Singapore relevant and principled in a changing world

SINGAPORE – Singapore must keep up with change and remain relevant to the world, even as it maintains a consistent and principled approach. This was the common thread running through Monday’s (March 1) debates on three Ministries’ budgets – defence, foreign, and home affairs. Please subscribe or log in to continue reading the full article.... » read more

Morning Briefing: Top stories from The Straits Times on Feb 28
Morning Briefing: Top stories from The Straits Times on Feb 28

Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Sunday, Feb 28. She was severely burnt in 2000 Taipei crash: Ex-SIA girl traces her recovery She watched in horror as the video clip of a fiery car crash in Tanjong Pagar unfolded. READ MORE HERE Interactive: The Great Singapore Cycle Cycle through Singapore from... » read more

Young and ready for battle
Young and ready for battle

Victoria Lee and Sunisa Srisen face off ahead of their mixed martial arts (MMA) clash at One Championship’s Fists of Fury event tonight at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. In the centre is One’s director of competition Richard Auty. Lee, 16, is the younger sibling of One’s MMA world champions Angela and Christian and will be... » read more

Floorball scores again

The International Floorball Federation (IFF) Women’s World Floorball Championship (WFC) will return to Singapore in 2023, nearly two decades after the Republic last hosted the event in 2005. The 2023 tournament will be only the second time that the biennial Women’s WFC is held outside of Europe. The upcoming event will see entries from 16... » read more

Uphill battle for S’pore hotels despite Dec boost
Uphill battle for S’pore hotels despite Dec boost

Hotels here may have got a boost during the December break thanks to the tourism vouchers and the school holidays, but they continue to face an uphill struggle this year without international travellers. Yet they remain cautiously hopeful, with some looking to events and new concepts to draw locals in. The Singapore Hotel Association noted... » read more