Fortunately, Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong thought a full split was unlikely: “I can’t see how a full decoupling can happen at this stage.”
SINGAPORE, Jan 43 – A 71-year-old man was reportedly sentenced to six years and eight months in jail yesterday for sexually assaulting a woman under the pretext of curing her of “black magic”. CNA reported that Mohamed Salleh Samad pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault against the 46-year-old victim, with another similar charge considered.
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Tharman Shanmugaratnam warned of mass joblessness in the years ahead and called for worker education and training to be revamped.
Electronics, which accounts for nearly half of S'pore’s manufacturing output, saw an increase of 14.3%. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore's key consumer price gauge rose 1.8% in December from a year earlier, more than economist forecasts and the lowest in more than three years, official data showed on Thursday. The core inflation rate,
Singapore's prime minister has formed a committee to review electoral boundaries, the poll body said on Wednesday, an indicator that a general election in the city-state could come soon.
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said that escalating tensions between the two countries could lead to catastrophic global consequences.
The first subsea cable system directly connecting Singapore to the American west coast has been granted a landing license by the US, according to Keppel Ltd., bolstering the city-state’s push as Asia’s leading digital hub.
Singapore’s key inflation gauge cooled to the slowest pace in three years in December, ahead of a monetary policy decision due Friday.
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Singapore on Friday loosened its monetary policy for the first time since 2020, as it strives to boost growth. The Monetary Authority of Singapore said it would slightly reduce the slope of its exchange rate policy band, known as the Singapore dollar nominal effective exchange rate or S$NEER.