Singapore

THE BROAD VIEW

Why healthcare innovation must be a team sport

The future of healthcare will be built by ecosystems that learn, fail, adapt and scale – together

Among global carriers, Singapore is still favoured in terms of total bunkering cost, which factors in refuelling time, fuel quality risk and port connectivity.
THE BROAD VIEW

Hainan’s Free Trade Port: A partner, not a rival, to Singapore

Divergence between ports creates opportunities for businesses to collaborate and complement each other’s strengths

Pupils of Anchor Green Primary School waiting to receive their PSLE results last November. Since the "best" schools are determined largely by their students' academic scores, the focus is on academics and exam results.
THE BROAD VIEW

Time to overhaul the education system

Now, more than ever, the skill our children need is resilience – to pick themselves up after they fail

Lim Seok Pheng was arrested for suspected money laundering in May 2018 at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Singaporean involved in money laundering added to US government ‘worst of worst’ site for criminals

[SINGAPORE] Another Singaporean has been included in the US Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) website listing “the worst of (the) worst criminal aliens” arrested by US Immigration and Customs En...

Manpower Minister Tan See Leng (third from right) during his visit to Thales Solutions Asia, which is one of the host organisations in the GRIT programme.

About 350 trainees placed with over 50 host organisations under graduate traineeship scheme

Placements come amid resilient labour market, with entry-level PMET roles and expected employment on the rise

The annual 10 free VEP days and the free VEP hours on weekdays will also be removed.

Singapore to raise entry permit fees for foreign-registered vehicles from 2027

[SINGAPORE] The Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) fees for foreign-registered cars and motorcycles and the Goods Vehicle Permit (GVP) fee for foreign-registered goods vehicles will be raised from Jan 1, 2027...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other government officials posing for a family photo at the Critical Minerals Ministerial, at the US State Department in Washington, on Feb 4.

Singapore pledges to keep supply chains resilient as US proposes critical minerals bloc to counter China

Most of the 50-odd nations gathered to discuss the issue have not yet offered opinions on the trading bloc nor committed to joining it

The question is not whether technology replaces human care, but whether it can stand in when human presence is absent.
THINKING ALOUD

Growing old alone with technology as the last quiet witness

For seniors who live alone, being ‘tracked’ is less about surveillance than being accounted for

Smart Nation Singapore should not wait until the next generation has chosen other wealth centres to prepare for electronic wills.
THE BOTTOM LINE

Modernising wills for a smart nation

Singapore’s reputation as a wealth management centre would benefit from this move