Singapore News

SINGAPORE: The National University of Singapore (NUS) has set up two distinguished professorships, a fellowship and bursary at the Yale-NUS College, as well as a research centre at the NUS Global Asia Institute to honour renowned policy maker and corporate leader, Professor J Y Pillay.

SINGAPORE : Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam has said that not allowing banks to finance Certificate of Entitlement (COE) prices will not be effective in moderating the rise in premiums.

SINGAPORE : Raffles Education Corporation's subsidiary Raffles College of Higher Education has been awarded the EduTrust certification for four years by the Council for Private Education.

SINGAPORE: Three taxi companies - SMRT Taxis, Smart Cab and Prime Taxi - have fallen short in their services for radiophone booking.

SINGAPORE : Singapore is seeking for a membership to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

SINGAPORE : On the second day of the debate on political salaries in Singapore, Members of Parliament (MPs) from the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) rebutted the stand taken by the Workers' Party (WP) on the proposed pay for entry level ministers.

SINGAPORE: Singapore's special envoy to Romania, Anil Kumar Nayar, will attend the next hearings in the trial of Dr Silviu Ionescu, the former Romanian Charge d'Affaires in Singapore, on 18 and 20 January.

SINGAPORE: A former employment agent was slapped with a S$5,000 fine on Tuesday for falsely declaring the occupation of a foreigner in a work pass application.

SINGAPORE: Singapore's National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan has emphasised that the government needs to be fair to all residents affected by land acquisition.

SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said that it is vital to get a ministerial pay system which works for Singapore.

SINGAPORE: Fewer young resident professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMETs) have been hired on a contract basis in the past five years.