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PSP's suggestion to 'get rid of foreigners' will not stop Singaporean workers from being displaced: Lawrence Wong

The rapid pace of change and "creative destruction" brought by globalisation will lead to Singaporeans being displaced from their jobs, and the issue is not about foreigners working in the Republic, said Finance Minister Lawrence Wong.

Singapore weighing non-mRNA vaccine boosters, pauses endemic roadmap: Janil

Singapore is in talks to obtain non-mRNA vaccines for its national Covid-19 vaccination programme, and could use these in a booster shot rollout, Senior Minister of State for Health Janil Puthucheary told the House on Tuesday.

Buyers unfazed by Hungry Ghost month as condo resale volumes, prices rise

Singapore resale condominium prices and volumes continued to rise in August despite it being the Hungry Ghost month, when sales typically slow down.

Singapore, India to link real-time payment systems PayNow and UPI by 2022

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Reserve Bank of India are planning to link their respective countries' national real-time payment systems, PayNow and Unified Payments Interface (UPI), by July 2022.

Brand reputation the top reason for Singapore investors to include ESG in decision making: BNP Paribas study

Brand reputation is the top reason why Singapore investors incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into their investment decision making, far outstripping the Asia Pacific (APAC) average, according to a study by French bank BNP Paribas.

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• Grab's Q2 net loss widens to US$815m, cuts full-year outlook

The STI today

Singapore stocks end slightly higher on Tuesday; STI up 0.2%

The Straits Times Index (STI) edged slightly up by 6.06 points or 0.2 per cent to 3,080.37 points on Tuesday, buoyed by overnight gains on Wall Street ahead of US August inflation data due later in the day.