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6 Asia-Pacific financial centers rank among world's top 10, with Singapore leading Southeast Asia

6 Asia-Pacific financial centers rank among world's top 10, with Singapore leading Southeast Asia

Six Asia-Pacific locations ranked among the world’s top 10 financial centers, with Singapore being the only Southeast Asian entry.
World's 2nd largest brewer Heineken to scale down Singapore production, shift output to Malaysia, Vietnam

World's 2nd largest brewer Heineken to scale down Singapore production, shift output to Malaysia, Vietnam

Singapore restaurant Kelly Jie Seafood rewards head chef with Rolex watch for 20 years of service

Singapore restaurant Kelly Jie Seafood rewards head chef with Rolex watch for 20 years of service

Australia turns to Singapore for oil and gas as Middle East war chokes Strait of Hormuz

Australia turns to Singapore for oil and gas as Middle East war chokes Strait of Hormuz

Australia and Singapore agreed on Monday to cooperate in ensuring smooth supply chains of oil, LNG and diesel as the two import-reliant nations weather a global energy squeeze caused by the Mideast war.
March 23, 2026 | 01:21 am PT
Singapore’s Green Bus Company founding family sells bungalow for $43M

Singapore’s Green Bus Company founding family sells bungalow for $43M

The Ong family that founded Singapore’s historic Green Bus Company has sold its freehold bungalow in a prime district for S$55 million (US$43 million).
March 19, 2026 | 08:25 pm PT
From Malaysia’s Zus to Indonesia’s Kenangan: How Southeast Asia’s homegrown coffee chains are growing overseas

From Malaysia’s Zus to Indonesia’s Kenangan: How Southeast Asia’s homegrown coffee chains are growing overseas

Coffee chains from Southeast Asia, such as Malaysia’s Zus Coffee and Indonesia’s Kopi Kenangan, have been expanding outside their home countries and tapping into the region’s growing café scene.
March 19, 2026 | 03:30 pm PT
Malaysian billionaire king’s son applies to develop bungalows, low-density housing in Singapore

Malaysian billionaire king’s son applies to develop bungalows, low-density housing in Singapore

Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim, the eldest son of Malaysia’s billionaire king Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar, has applied to build homes, including coveted good-class bungalows, on freehold land he owns in Singapore.
March 18, 2026 | 01:09 am PT
Japanese restaurant Misato to shut in Singapore after a decade

Japanese restaurant Misato to shut in Singapore after a decade

Misato, a Japanese restaurant at Singapore’s The Centrepoint shopping mall, is shuttering in April after a decade in operation.
March 17, 2026 | 07:46 pm PT
Singapore to raise baseline monthly wage for food services workers to over $1,700

Singapore to raise baseline monthly wage for food services workers to over $1,700

The baseline monthly gross wage requirement for workers in Singapore’s food services sector will rise to S$2,220 (US$1,735) from July under the government’s updated Progressive Wage Model.
March 17, 2026 | 07:43 pm PT
Scoot apologizes after passengers arrive at Singapore's Changi without checked baggage

Scoot apologizes after passengers arrive at Singapore's Changi without checked baggage

Budget carrier Scoot has apologized after passengers on a flight from the Philippines' Davao City to Singapore discovered their checked luggage had not been loaded onto the aircraft.
March 17, 2026 | 06:29 pm PT
11 foreigners face caning in Singapore after overstaying their visas

11 foreigners face caning in Singapore after overstaying their visas

Eleven Nepalese men who overstayed their visit passes in Singapore and worked illegally at food and beverage outlets face up to six months in jail and a minimum of three strokes of the cane after being arrested in a crackdown by immigration and labor authorities.
March 17, 2026 | 06:29 pm PT
Premium tea brand T2 Tea to shutter all Singapore outlets

Premium tea brand T2 Tea to shutter all Singapore outlets

T2 Tea, a premium tea brand from Australia, is closing all three of its outlets in Singapore within this month.
March 17, 2026 | 03:11 pm PT
Why Singapore falls behind regional rivals in Time Out's ranking of Asia's best cities

Why Singapore falls behind regional rivals in Time Out's ranking of Asia's best cities

Surging living costs and a lackluster nightlife scene have weighed on Singapore’s standing in Time Out’s ranking of Asia’s best cities this year, insiders said.
March 16, 2026 | 03:04 pm PT
Singapore falls behind Bangkok, Shanghai in ranking of world's 50 best cities

Singapore falls behind Bangkok, Shanghai in ranking of world's 50 best cities

Singapore ranked 23rd in a list of world's 50 best cities this year as voted by British magazine Time Out, lagging far behind many of Asian tourism hubs such as Shanghai, Bangkok and Tokyo.
March 14, 2026 | 09:00 pm PT
Singapore stepmother jailed for abusing girl, 5, later beaten to death by father

Singapore stepmother jailed for abusing girl, 5, later beaten to death by father

A 35-year-old woman in Singapore was sentenced on Friday to six years and three months in jail for abusing her five-year-old stepdaughter and the girl’s younger brother before the child was later beaten to death by her father.
March 13, 2026 | 02:07 am PT
Pet owners pay tens of thousands for luxury flights on Singapore’s first airline for animals

Pet owners pay tens of thousands for luxury flights on Singapore’s first airline for animals

Gwenda Phillips paid just over US$30,000 for a private flight to move herself, her sister-in-law and their four cats from Singapore to Hong Kong last March.
March 13, 2026 | 12:33 am PT
Vietjet offers tickets from $0 on new Da Nang-Jakarta, Nha Trang-Singapore routes

Vietjet offers tickets from $0 on new Da Nang-Jakarta, Nha Trang-Singapore routes

Vietnamese carrier Vietjet Air announced on March 12 the launch of two new international routes linking Da Nang with Jakarta in Indonesia and Nha Trang with Singapore, further expanding regional connectivity.
March 12, 2026 | 04:58 pm PT
Café chain The Providore shuts all Singapore outlets after 13 years

Café chain The Providore shuts all Singapore outlets after 13 years

Singaporean café chain and grocer The Providore has closed all its stores across the city-state after 13 years in operation.
March 10, 2026 | 06:48 pm PT
Singaporeans keep shopping in Malaysia despite stronger ringgit

Singaporeans keep shopping in Malaysia despite stronger ringgit

Many Singaporeans who often shop across the border in Malaysia have not substantially changed their spending habits despite the ringgit rising to nearly RM3 against the Singapore dollar.
March 10, 2026 | 03:20 pm PT
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