”Singapore” News

Singapore woos travellers from India, its hottest tourism market

BANGALORE, India (AFP) - Singapore wooed Indian visitors at a tourism roadshow on Wednesday as it chased its target of greeting one million travellers from the South Asian nation by 2009.
02 28 2008 12:58PM (...more)

Singapore to spend 1.4 billion US dollars to expand port

SINGAPORE (AFP) - Singapore is set to spend two billion dollars (1.41 billion US) to increase its port's annual capacity by about 40 percent, a newspaper reported Saturday.
12 23 2007 4:53AM (...more)

Myanmar nationals in Singapore signal 'no' as they wait to vote

SINGAPORE (AFP) - About 500 Myanmar nationals in Singapore wore shirts displaying the word "no" as they waited Sunday to vote in a referendum on a new constitution for their country, an AFP reporter at the scene said.
04 28 2008 11:29AM (...more)

GMI Doubles the Size of its Singapore Consumer Panel

Market researchers now gain direct access to the opinions of 85,000 double opted-in Singapore consumers .
04 10 2008 2:36PM (...more)

World's biggest observation wheel starts turning: reporter

SINGAPORE (AFP) - The world's biggest observation wheel began turning in Singapore on Monday evening, with corporate clients paying thousands of dollars for their "inaugural flight," an AFP reporter on board said.
02 12 2008 5:39AM (...more)

World's biggest observation wheel set to spin in Singapore

SINGAPORE (AFP) - The world's biggest observation wheel is ready to spin in Singapore on Monday night, with corporate clients paying thousands of dollars for the "inaugural flight", the company said.
02 10 2008 4:28PM (...more)

Singapore central bank cautious over US subprime issues

SINGAPORE (AFP) - The profitability of Singaporean banks could be hurt by renewed concerns over the US subprime mortgage crisis, or if the world's biggest economy slips into a recession, the central bank here said.
12 4 2007 7:44PM (...more)

Singapore stops missile parts shipment to Iran: paper

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singapore-based cargo forwardingcompany has been fined S$22,000 ($14,500) for trying to exportmissile parts to Iran without permission, the Straits Timesreported on Wednesday, quoting Singapore Customs .
09 19 2007 11:10AM (...more)

Singapore Exchange Hit by Another Computer Glitch

Singapore Exchange Ltd . (SGX) warned investors not to rely on data provided for the Straits Times Index, one day after a computer inaccurately reported the value of the component stocks in the benchmark index. The incident is the latest in a string of computer-related problems to hit the exchange this year.
09 7 2007 1:13AM (...more)

Bankrupt Singapore activist jailed

SINGAPORE (AFP) - A bankrupt pro-democracy activist who has repeatedly spoken out against Singapore 's rulers has begun a three-week jail sentence, his sister said Wednesday.
09 5 2007 1:56PM (...more)