SINGAPORE, Jan 7, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Calling all Cloud enthusiasts! W.Media is gathering ASEAN’s best and brightest for a 4-day virtual conference to cover everything from datacenter deployment to digital banking. From 23-26 February, network with 7000+ Senior IT Leaders across the Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Philippines, and Thailand markets. Digital Week is... » read more
SINGAPORE – About 2,500 travellers have arrived in Singapore via reciprocal green lanes from June 8 to Dec 25 last year, with two among them testing positive for Covid-19, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong has said. About 835 of the travellers came from three Asean states – Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia, he said in Parliament... » read more
SINGAPORE – Mr Mahmud Awang, one of the founders of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), and its first president, died last Sunday (Jan 3) in the evening, aged 93. Mr Awang, who was also a People’s Action Party (PAP) MP, was a prominent unionist who laid the foundations for Singapore’s pragmatic approach to union... » read more
SINGAPORE – Amid a Covid-19 pandemic which has disrupted learning, students from Singapore who sat the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma exams last November have managed to outshine their global counterparts again. The Switzerland-based IB Organisation, which conducts the exams, said Singapore produced 55 of the 99 perfect scorers – more than half – this year.... » read more
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Sunday, Jan 3. Malls and restaurants buzzing on first weekend of Singapore’s phase 3 reopening Strong winds and wet weather did not deter Singaporeans from making the most of the long weekend. READ MORE HERE Rainfall on Saturday among highest in Singapore in past 39... » read more
SINGAPORE – In 2013, Singapore and Malaysia had agreed to build a 350km High Speed Rail (HSR) line between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, which would have cut travelling time to 90 minutes compared to over four hours by car. On Friday (Jan 1), both countries announced in a joint statement that the HSR has been... » read more
SINGAPORE – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Heng Swee Keat will unveil Budget 2021 in Parliament on Feb 16, a Tuesday. The Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced the date in a statement on Thursday (Dec 31). There will be live television and radio coverage of the Budget, and a live webcast will also... » read more
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Thursday, Dec 31. Covid-19 one year on: Dark clouds and silver linings for Singapore amid pandemic ST looks at how Singapore has adjusted to the dark clouds of the pandemic, and how there have also been silver linings. READ MORE HERE Airline crew to undergo... » read more
SINGAPORE – One of Scorpio Electric’s former co-founders has started a venture which makes electric scooters for the masses. Mr Joel Chang, chief operating officer of Ion Mobility, told The Straits Times he left Scorpio because he felt targeting an electric two-wheeler at the masses would be a more efficient way of addressing air pollution... » read more
SINGAPORE – Amid growing concerns about a new strain of the coronavirus surfacing here, experts have said measures now in place, such as wearing masks and social distancing, are sufficient to combat its spread. Two new strains of the disease have been discovered, in Britain and South Africa. Malaysia’s Health Ministry has also identified a... » read more
SINGAPORE – When a road is too narrow to accommodate an actual bus lane, how can traffic planners give priority to buses? The answer: By implementing virtual bus lanes. Please subscribe or log in to continue reading the full article. Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month Latest headlines and exclusive stories In-depth analyses... » read more
Mr Jacky Tham, 73, and his wife, Madam Mary Ng, 71, got more than their usual round of exercise and activities at the Fei Yue Senior Activity Centre near their home in Senja Road yesterday morning. With the help of volunteers, they also redeemed coffee and packets of cooked food from an automated food bank... » read more
SINGAPORE – Alternative protein company Perfect Day, which produces animal-free dairy proteins, is linking up with the Agency of Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) to set up a research and development lab here. The lab, which will open in April 2021, will support the California-headquartered firm’s global R&D activities. It will help ensure the accuracy,... » read more
SINGAPORE, Dec 17, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Singapore-headquartered WomenIconsNetwork.com (WIN), has announced the launch of an initiative – The Collective for Equality (Singapore) – to promote and support the actions of organizations, programs and people working towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5 that deals with achieving Gender Equality and empowering all... » read more
SINGAPORE – There is no reason to believe that Singapore was a target of the recent high-profile hacking attack involving cyber security firm FireEye and software provider SolarWinds Corp, authorities said late on Tuesday (Dec 15). Even so, the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) said that it has sent out an advisory on Dec... » read more
SINGAPORE – Educators from Singapore are sharing their pedagogical knowledge with their counterparts in Kazakhstan, under a partnership programme rolled out earlier this month. The focus of the collaboration between Temasek Foundation, Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) International and Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Education and Science (MOES) is on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (Stem). The three-part capability... » read more
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – German aviation start-up Volocopter on Wednesday (Dec 9) announced its commitment to launch air taxi services in Singapore, following two years of “close collaboration” with the city. Volocopter’s emission-free aircraft takes off and lands vertically. Each autonomous electric drone can carry up to two passengers. In partnership with the Economic... » read more
SINGAPORE, Dec 8, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – The 21st Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF), Asia’s leading entertainment content and conference, capped off the first week of its digital edition – ATF Online+, with 2,320 unique attendees from 60 countries and regions as of 4 December 2020. The platform is available on-demand until 28... » read more
ST & BT Podcasts of the week (Dec 5) SFF x Switch 2020 Ep 1: New digital banks to jazz up Singapore (featuring Monetary Authority of Singapore’s managing director Ravi Menon) Editor Says Ep 6: As the media goes, so goes democracy (featuring The Straits Times editor Warren Fernandez) Health Check Ep 49: Recognise porn addiction; treatment... » read more
SINGAPORE, Dec 3, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – The Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF) and the Singapore Week of Innovation and TeCHnology (SWITCH), the world’s first week-long round-the-clock, hybrid digital and physical event, will run from 7 to 11 December 2020. Organised by Monetary Authority of Singapore and Enterprise Singapore, the event will feature a unique... » read more