NATIONAL DAY RALLY
THE major healthcare and housing initiatives announced in Sunday's National Day Rally will require considerable public spending - but economists believe the fiscal burden will be well managed. ...
In today's paper
BT EXCLUSIVE
INVESTING in Africa is a long-term play, various experts have cautioned, even as one national strategist has identified the continent's digital economy as a brand-new growth area for Singapore. ...
NATIONAL DAY RALLY
FRESH measures to spruce up and to redevelop ageing HDB flats aren't expected to immediately impact the HDB resale market, say property analysts, who are seeking greater clarity on how the new...
NATIONAL DAY RALLY
ELDERLY owners in all Housing Board flats - including those in five-room units or executive maisonettes - can now sell a part of their lease to the Government and use that income to fund their...
AFTER years of stinging austerity measures, Greece emerged on Monday from its third and last bailout, although officials warn the country still has a "long way to go"...
MAHATHIR IN CHINA
MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Monday that he believed China would sympathise with his country's "internal fiscal problems" as he seeks to renegotiate, or...
COMMENTARY
MAHATHIR Mohamad may have a compromise for China: the Byte and Road. His first visit to the People's Republic since being elected prime minister in May began not in Beijing or Shanghai, but...
COMMENTARY
DOORS are slamming shut in the developed world not just to Chinese investment in technology, but potentially to a wave of acquisitions with a tech element, as diverse as smart heaters and robotic...
AFTER years of racing to accumulate assets in the key offshore centres of Singapore and Hong Kong, the challenge for wealth managers in Asia is shifting to cities such as Manila, Jakarta and Shanghai.
OPINION
THE votes have been cast and Singapore has been identified as having the world's best airport, the world's most powerful passport, and having a couple of the world's top universities...
NATIONAL DAY RALLY
NEW and expanded schemes to upgrade and redevelop public housing are in the works, as well as further healthcare subsidies, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced in his National Day Rally speech...
