SINGAPORE – Whenever an apologetic Madam Susan Wong asks for help filling up forms at job interviews, she gets this incredulous response: “You don’t know English?” The 59-year-old Singaporean, who […]
SINGAPORE – Listed companies here have been venturing into new businesses since the pandemic hit, with the aim of generating additional streams of revenue. Metal Component Engineering (MCE), for example, […]
SINGAPORE – Over the last 15 months, construction worker M. Muthu has not been able to meet his relatives for a meal at a South Indian restaurant in Norris Road. […]
SINGAPORE – Singapore-based Trafigura Group – one of the world’s top commodity traders – is speeding up its push into clean fuels and renewable energy. Trafigura signed an agreement with […]
SINGAPORE – Is there any other country whose national character so closely identifies with the notion that “no man is an island”? From a quiet fishing village with few resources, […]
SINGAPORE – Eyewear chain Owndays has set its sights on further growth with plans to ramp up its headcount in Singapore. The Japanese company, which employs 300 people here in […]
SINGAPORE – Climate change, record-high temperatures and deadly heatwaves are making air-conditioning a necessity rather than a luxury in many places around the world. But air-conditioners are energy guzzlers and […]
SINGAPORE – China’s stock markets went on a roller coaster ride recently after the government announced its toughest-ever curbs on the online education industry and issued a series of other […]
SINGAPORE – A biotech start-up based here and in the United States is on a mission to unlock the key ingredients from human milk to enhance infant and elderly nutrition, […]
SINGAPORE – The travel sector remains in survival mode with business at rock bottom, staff morale in the basement and leisure jaunts showing no signs of recovery any time soon. […]
SINGAPORE – The pandemic has failed to dent Singapore’s status as a global wealth hub with well-off individuals continuing to put their riches here. Asset managers note that private banks […]
SINGAPORE – A Singaporean businessman dealing with the failure of his cryptocurrency trading firm now finds himself entangled in a US$9 million (S$12 million) lawsuit relating to a company he […]
SINGAPORE – Investors should never be afraid to challenge conventional wisdom on markets. This time a year ago, the global stock market had staged a stunning 40 per cent rally […]
SINGAPORE – Former model Sherry Lim reckoned plenty of people needed a feel-good boost amid the pandemic miseries last year so what better time to launch her new cosmetics business. […]
SINGAPORE – Mr Anwardeen, 60, owner of Central Exchange Money Changer at Suntec City, used to run his business daily with six employees before Covid-19 hit. Now, he operates the […]
SINGAPORE – Gaiyathiri Murugayan was so preoccupied with cleanliness that she made her then husband drive her to a clean toilet from her workplace on a daily basis. At home, […]
SINGAPORE – Unlike many hawkers who have been badly hit by the dine-in ban, Mr Jason Huang did not experience a drop in the number of orders he receives. The […]
SINGAPORE – Visitors to certain Housing Board blocks in Yio Chu Kang will be greeted by paintings of creatures like the Merlion and sports icons like footballer Lionel Messi. The colourful […]
SINGAPORE- He was arrested for shoplifting five times and frequently ran away from home, at times for up to three weeks. On the rare occasions when Adam (not his real […]
SINGAPORE – About 10 years ago, staff at Sing Swee Kee Chicken Rice discovered how tedious it was to apply for the licences restaurants required in Singapore. Ms Eliss Pang, […]
