Smartphone apps and honour systems: Singapore firms get creative with flexible work arrangements
With working from home not an option for some sectors, such as food and beverage and engineering, some firms have had to think out of the box.Continue Reading
China roars as US presses ByteDance to sell TikTok
Responding to the Biden administration’s request that China’s ByteDance sell its stake in TikTok for national security reasons, Beijing has complained that the United States is “suppressing” Chinese companies. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), an inter-agency committee of the US government, told ByteDance that if it doesn’t dispose of TikTok’s […]Continue Reading
North Korea says it launched ICBM to warn US, South Korea over drills
SEOUL: North Korea said that the missile it launched on Thursday (Mar 16) was a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), fired during a drill to demonstrate a “tough response posture” to ongoing United States-South Korea military drills, state media reported. Photos released on Friday by the country’s government media showed KimContinue Reading
US bank cracks weakening global financial system
US regulators’ swift reaction to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and two other lenders partially restored calm to markets, but concerns remain over the stability of the global financial system. The government is racing to orchestrate a US$30 billion rescue of First Republic Bank by the nation’s largest financial institutions after the California lender’s […]Continue Reading
New TB kit to curb spread
The Department of Medical Sciences (DMS) has signed an MoU with AEC Healthcare on the transfer of DMSc-TB FastAmp (TB-LAMP) kit production technology, aiming to support tuberculosis (TB) control.Continue Reading
Australia plans to buy 220 cruise missiles from US
The potential $895m deal will give Australia long-range strike capability from ships or submarines.Continue Reading
Singapore PC Market Fell 11% in 2022 Says IDC
Expects the PC Market in Singapore to Fall 17% in 2023
Inventory corrections, dwindling private demand, and drop in public projects possible reasons Singapore’s PC market declined 11% in 2022, totalling 1 million units shipped to the country, according to the recent IDC Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. This decrease can…Continue Reading
35 years of Queendom: Zoe Tay didn’t choose the Ah Jie life, the Ah Jie life chose her
On the occasion of her 35th anniversary in television and film, Zoe Tay reveals what her brother said that nudged her into starting out as a teenage model, how she and her fellow Star Search 1988 winners turned the “conservative” industry “upside-down” and who it was who first started calling her “Ah Jie”.Continue Reading
House dissolution next as boundaries settled
The government is counting down to a House dissolution after the Election Commission (EC) on Thursday announced the electoral boundaries of the 400 constituencies.Continue Reading
Bishan hawkers surprised by study saying chicken rice is most expensive in their neighbourhood
The average price of chicken rice in Bishan is S$4.26, compared with the national average of S$3.80, according to the Institute of Policy Studies.Continue Reading