Joining the Singapore navy is ‘not crazy’: New RSN recruitment ad
SINGAPORE – “Join the navy? You must be crazy,” a father tells his daughter and flings her duffel bag – presumably packed for her first day of enlistment – into […]
Paramedics among 80 Home Team officers to receive Covid-19 vaccination
SINGAPORE – The start of the vaccination exercise for the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will see 80 Home Team officers involved in front-line healthcare operations receiving their Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 […]
Dean of SMU law school among three new Senior Counsel appointed
SINGAPORE – Three individuals were appointed as Senior Counsel at the opening ceremony of the new legal year on Monday (Jan 11). They are: Professor Goh Yihan, dean of Singapore […]
Singaporeans encouraged to give e-hongbao this Chinese New Year as safer, environmentally friendlier option
SINGAPORE – With Chinese New Year around the corner, the “hongbao” – or red packets – traditionally exchanged during this period are on the minds of many Singaporeans. While hongbao are […]
Goldman, Morgan Stanley to delist some products in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG)- Goldman Sachs Group, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase & Co will delist some Hong Kong-listed structured products as a result of US sanctions, according to filings from […]
He created the Web. Now he’s out to remake the digital world.
(NYTIMES) Three decades ago, Tim Berners-Lee devised simple yet powerful standards for locating, linking and presenting multimedia documents online. He set them free into the world, unleashing the World Wide […]
Elon Musk debates how to give away world’s biggest fortune
(BLOOMBERG)- Elon Musk is not only the world’s richest person, he lays claim to the biggest net worth ever recorded: US$209.3 billion (S$277.4 billion) as of Friday. What he does […]
Nio aims to overtake Tesla in China with its first electric sedan
BEIJING • Chinese electric-car maker Nio is pitting itself further against market leader Tesla, unveiling its first sedan in direct competition with the United States company’s most popular model and […]
Singapore kept IPO flow steady last year despite pandemic-driven market volatility: PwC
SINGAPORE – In a year ravaged by a recession and wild swings in financial markets, the Singapore Exchange (SGX) managed to bring in as many new companies to list here […]
Morning Briefing: Top stories from The Straits Times on Jan 10
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Sunday, Jan 10. Indonesian plane crashes into the sea with more than 60 on board The Boeing 737-500 jet was carrying 50 passengers, […]
Madrasah student scores high in IB despite juggling it with Islamic studies
SINGAPORE – As a student at the Madrasah Aljunied Al-Islamiah, Abdul Hakam Nor Razak had to take 10 subjects as part of the Islamic curriculum at the religious school. On […]
IB diploma and A levels: How the two routes differ
SINGAPORE – The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) and the A levels are both two-year-long programmes that cater mainly to students between 16 and 18 years old. In Singapore, more […]
Why do S’pore students ace IB exams all the time?
SINGAPORE – Singapore students once again came out tops in the latest International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma results released last Monday, outshining their global peers. Of the 99 students worldwide who […]
4 property trends to watch in 2021
Singapore’s property market witnessed a roller-coaster ride over the past year. Home sales plunged to historical lows during the April and May circuit breaker period. But at the end of […]
CFO not one to chicken out of skills upgrading
Chief financial officer (CFO) Koh Ing Chin may hold the same job title he had in his previous company, but his job scope is quite different. His role at poultry […]
Struck with rare disease at 27, he built the region’s leading e-sports platform
SINGAPORE – It was news that would knock the wind out of anyone’s sails but especially brutal for a go-getting 27-year-old. In August, 2017, Ivan Yeo was told he had […]
It always pays to take sabbaticals and vacations
(BLOOMBERG) – No sooner had Citigroup announced its new sabbatical policy – 12 weeks at 25 per cent pay for employees who’d been at the bank at least five years […]
Starting a home business
Ask almost anyone and they probably know someone running a home-based business (HBB), whether as an alternative source of income after being retrenched or an entrepreneurial dream. Such enterprises are […]
A way for designer to keep inspiring her team
Running a small design firm means Ms Kelley Cheng has to do everything from managing IT systems to planning social media marketing strategy, besides her own design work. But the […]
NKF launches new initiative to raise awareness of kidney health
SINGAPORE – The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) launched a new initiative on Saturday (Jan 9) to encourage people to undertake projects raising awareness of kidney health and to reduce the number of […]