Singapore

Singapore's CPI-All Items inflation came in lower at 1.5% in April
Singapore's headline inflation rate fell to a 38-month low in April.The consumer price index dropped by more than half to 1.5 per cent in April.The figure was 3.5 per cent in March.The Trade and Industry Ministry and the central bank said this modera...

NTU medical school to use plastinated bodies
Nanyang Technological University's new medical school will be pioneering the use of plastinated bodies for medical education in Singapore.Plastinated bodies are human bodies which people have pledged towards the learning and advancement of science up...

Music therapy, art signifciantly reduces depression among elderly
A 10-year study on ageing that aims to reduce rates of depression and dementia through activities like music and art therapy is underway in Jurong. The study by the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine is said to be the first of its kind in Asia. It a...

April manufacturing output rose 4.7%
Singapore's manufacturing output rose 4.7 per cent in April, thanks to a lift from the biomedical cluster.The Economic Development Board, EDB, said if biomedical manufacturing output was excluded, output would have fallen 2.7 per cent.The biomedical ...

CPF recovers $293 million in owed and late CPF Contributions in 2012
The Central Provident Fund Board (CPFB) has recovered a total of $293 million of CPF arrears including late payments from companies in 2012. More than 200,000 local workers benefited from the recovery efforts. Of the total amount, $9.4 million was re...

Vote for your Thomson Line station names
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) is inviting the public to vote for their preferred station name for 16 Thomson Line (TSL) stations.They can do so through theLTA portal.The closing date is June the 17th.Results of the polling will be collated and t...

Singapore's economy grew better than expected in Q1
Singapore's economy grew better than expected by 1.8 percent in the first quarter, from the previous quarter. Despite being better than initial estimates, the first-quarter growth still slowed from the previous quarter, when the economy grew 3.3 perc...

IDA announces tenders for IT services to enhance cyber watch centre, cloud computing needs
The Government plans to call for $1.2 billion in new Information Technology tenders this financial year. These tenders will among other things help beef up its software needs on the cloud, and enhance its infocomm security. Assistant Chief Executive ...

Singapore to develop and test new solutions for safety and security
The government has selected four consortia to develop and test new safety and security solutions under the Safe City Test Bed programme.The programme's spearheaded by the Safety and Security Industry Programme Office, which is jointly set up by the H...

Former director of Xtron Productions takes stand for a third day in trial of six leaders of City Harvest Church
The trial of the six leaders of City Harvest Church continues on Thursday with the former director of Xtron Productions taking the stand for a third day. Prosecution's third witness, Koh Siow Ngea, previously told the court that the Church made many ...

33,000 households involved in labour force survey
The Manpower Ministry, MOM, is carrying out the Comprehensive Labour Force Survey on a sample of 33,000 households.It says the purpose of the annual survey is to collect data on employment, unemployment and other economic characteristics of the popul...

Ho Ching, Chua Sock Khoong on Forbes 100 most powerful women list
Two women corporate leaders in Singapore made the list of Forbes' 100 most powerful women.Temasek Holdings, CEO, Ho Ching ranks 64 on the list, with SingTel's Group CEO Chua Sock Khoong ranked, 91.German Chancellor Angela Merkel tops this year's list...

Japan is integral to the future of Asia, says PM Lee
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said that Japan is integral to the future of Asia.On the back of renewed optimism in the Japanese economy, Mr Lee called on Japan to deepen its strategic engagement with Southeast Asia and the wider region...

NIE Director is first Singaporean to receive highest medal of honour from Teachers College
A Singaporean educator has been bestowed a Medal for Distinguished Service by Columbia University's Teachers College (TC) in the United States. Professor Lee Sing Kong, Director of the National Institute of Education (NIE) is the first Singaporean to...

Certificate of Entitlement prices up in three major categories
Certificate Of Entitlement or COE prices rose in three major categories at the end of the latest bidding exercise. Today's exercise is the first since the government said it's considering vehicle taxation changes, including levying surcharges on purc...