UOB’s Q3 net profit rises 34% to record high of S$1.4 billion
2022-10-28
The strong performance for the quarter was driven by higher net interest income and customer-related treasury income, says the bank.Continue Reading
Singapore’s total employment grows in Q3 but with signs of slowing momentum: MOM
2022-10-28
Unemployment rates inched up from a six-year low while retrenchments rose to 1,600 from the previous quarter’s all-time low of 830.Continue Reading
HDB resale flat prices propped up by ‘unrelenting interest’ in million-dollar deals: Analysts
2022-10-28
PRICE GROWTH TO MODERATE: EXPERTS However, the pace of growth in third-quarter HDB resale prices has also slowed compared to the second quarter, when prices rose 2.8 per cent. This slower price growth indicates that the housing sector is starting to feel the effects of rising interest rates and inflation,Continue Reading
Disbarred lawyer Samuel Seow gets jail and fine for abusing employees in 2018
2022-10-28
SINGAPORE: Former lawyer Samuel Seow Theng Beng was sentenced to four weeks’ jail and fined S$1,500 on Friday (Oct 28), over an incident in 2018 where he abused employees – including his niece – in a clip that went viral. It also comes after the Court of Three Judges struckContinue Reading
Singapore’s private home prices up by 3.8% in Q3
2022-10-28
Fewer people bought private property in this quarter due to rising interest rates and higher prices, says one property analyst.Continue Reading
Man jailed for trying to pass magazines containing 32 needles to his brother in prison
2022-10-28
SINGAPORE: A man was sentenced to jail on Thursday (Oct 27) for trying to pass magazines with 32 needles hidden in them to his brother in prison. Abdul Khaliq Mohammed Shan, 60, was given five months’ jail and an additional enhanced sentence of 88 days’ jail, as he committed theContinue Reading
HDB resale transactions rise 10.7% in Q3
2022-10-28
The median resale price for a 5-room flat in Queenstown was S$894,000.Continue Reading
Breast cancer update: AI to read mammograms, 3D nipple tattoos, promising drug combo, device to shrink tumours
2022-10-27
New research, both in Singapore and globally, is giving breast cancer patients hope when it comes to fighting the disease. CNA Women gets the lowdown on advances in treatment and breast reconstruction.Continue Reading
‘I feel alive when I am on my BMX’: The 48-year-old ‘uncle’ who loves doing tricks
2022-10-27
Tay Seng Tee can certainly teach you more than the wheelie if you’re up for it. Continue Reading
Sliding yen: What is happening to the Japanese currency?
2022-10-27
The country’s central bank is expected to keep interest rates below zero even as the currency slides.Continue Reading