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Singapore tourist arrivals rise to 957,605 in February

SINGAPORE’S international visitor arrivals grew to 957,605 in February, setting a new record since the pandemic began, latest figures from the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) showed on Friday (Mar 10).

OCBC, UOB customers can tap CPF funds to buy T-bills online from Mar 31 and Apr 22 respectively

OCBC and UOB’s Central Provident Fund Investment Account (CPFIA) customers using their ordinary account (OA) savings will soon be able to buy Treasury bills (T-bills) online.

Webtoons are comics for your phone, and they are driving investments into the entertainment media industry

EVERY morning on the train to work, Jermaine Siew can be found scrolling through pages of colourful artwork on her phone.

Temasek’s SeaTown invests S$150 million to set up medical group Foundation Healthcare

SEATOWN Holdings, the investment manager indirectly owned by state investor Temasek, has invested S$150 million to establish a new Singapore-based medical group, Foundation Healthcare Holdings (FHH).

NEA grows potential whitelist of carbon credits with new MOUs

SINGAPORE’S National Environment Agency (NEA) has inked separate memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with two more international offset programmes, widening its potential whitelist of carbon-credit certifiers and issuers.

Back to the movies: How are cinemas putting up a show?

WHEN Covid-19 struck in 2020, some wondered if it would sound the death knell for cinemas. Theatres across the world had to shut or run at reduced capacity for months. Streaming services reached their peak, entertaining millions stuck at home during lockdowns.

Corporate Earnings

• Southern Alliance Mining expects H1 net loss on lower iron ore production
• Sysma Holdings reverses into the red with S$2.7 million H1 loss
• Sunright narrows H1 net loss to S$1.3 million, no dividend proposed

The STI today

Singapore bourse’s a sea of red; STI dips 1.2% after Wall St rout

ALL key Asian markets on Friday (Mar 10) responded to the overnight Wall Street rout with sell-offs, after two US regional banks went public with their financial problems.