Singapore’s economy expanded by 2.5 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2017, holding steady from growth in the previous three months on the back of support from the manufacturing sector, advance estimates from
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Riding the ‘airfish’: Singapore company hopes to make it a travel game-changer
This odd-looking “airfish” could soon be the way you travel on holiday. A Singapore company has grand plans to help this game-changer take flight commercially. More about the wing-in-ground effect craft, on the Money Mind
Read moreSeychelles reports find of possible plane debris, tells Malaysia
VICTORIA: Seychelles reported on Thursday the discovery of two pieces of debris that seemed to be from an aircraft and said it had notified Malaysia, whose Flight MH370 vanished in 2014 with 239 people aboard.
Read moreThe World’s Biggest Airport Is Set To Open In 2019
Beijing is booming, and it needs an airport capable of handling its growing population, along with the millions of tourists who visit annually. Luckily construction is already underway on the Beijing New Airport, and when
Read moreMOM busts illegal employment syndicate, arrests 13
Officers arresting one of thirteen suspects linked to a syndicate that brought foreign workers into Singapore illegally. (Photo: MOM) SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has dismantled a syndicate involved in bringing in foreign workers for
Read moreIndonesia to bring home tax money parked in Singapore
The government is to hunt down tax money from Indonesians who park their money in Singapore, following an offer from Singapore to allow Indonesia to access the financial data of Indonesians in the neighboring country. Singapore and
Read more1MDB probe: Ex-BSI banker gets 54 months’ jail for money laundering, cheating
SINGAPORE – A Singapore court jailed a former wealth manager of Swiss bank BSI for four and a half years on Wednesday for money laundering and cheating in a case linked to an investigation involving
Read moreBoon Tat Street murder victim sold ‘everything he owned’ to save business
The victim of the fatal Boon Tat Street stabbing managed to turn around a shipping business on the brink of bankruptcy during the 2007-2008 economic crisis. Mr Spencer Tuppani, 38, who was the chief executive
Read moreWhy are supermarkets selling rotten fruits and vegetables?
ALOR SETAR – Fancy dining healthy with fruits and vegetables? If so, look carefully before you pay for these items at the cash register. A survey by The Star at various hypermarkets and supermarkets here revealed
Read moreInquiry: Woman killed by bus after missing component caused brakes to fail
Vehicle was missing a component; coroner calls death a ‘tragic traffic misadventure’ When he realised that the brakes on his vehicle had failed, a private bus driver mounted a kerb to avoid a crash with
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