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13 min
What led to India's shock election outcome?
The world's largest democracy underwent a significant political shift in its 2024 general election. Political pundits and exit polls predicted a landslide victory for India's Prime…
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11 min
Weekly Wrap Up: Security talks in Singapore, Malaysia's VEP system and the India elections
Foreign-registered cars entering Malaysia to use VEP from October, big tech bolsters its presence in Malaysia and other major events happening in Singapore and the region. On the W…
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Weekly Wrap Up: How will PM Wong navigate Singapore's foreign policies?
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has called on Singaporeans to join him in the ambitious goal of building a society where everyone matters “and a Singapore that matters to all Singapor…
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Weekly Wrap Up: PM Lee bids farewell in final major speech, marking the start of DPM Wong tenure
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivered his last major political speech as head of government at the annual May Day Rally. This comes a fortnight before he is set to pass the bato…
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14 min
Weekly Wrap Up: ABS looking for anti-scam mascot for banks, but how relevant is a mascot in this day and age?
The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) is looking for an anti-scam mascot to serve as a visual rallying call to bank customers to “stop and check before clicking”. It launched…
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Weekly Wrap Up: DPM Wong set to be Singapore's new PM, what can we expect from him?
After nearly 20 years heading Singapore’s government, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is set to step down on May 15. And as part of a long-planned succession, Singapore will be ushe…
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Weekly Wrap Up: Unit prices for The Residences at W Singapore Sentosa Cove slashed by over 40%, is it worth yo…
Unsold units at The Residences at W Singapore Sentosa Cove will be up for sale at more than 40 percent off their initial 2010 launch price. Cityview Place Holdings will be releasin…
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Weekly Wrap Up: No Signboard’s shares tumble as trading resumes, will this trend continue?
No Signboard Holdings has resumed the trading of its shares on March 15 after obtaining concurrence from Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo) on March 14. But shares of No Sig…
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Weekly Wrap Up: 'Haters are going to hate, hate, hate', Taylor fever hits our politicians
Taylor Swift mania sweeps the parliament! Economically, how will her concerts benefit Singapore? And recently announced in parliament, Singapore’s retirement age to go up to 64 in…
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Weekly Wrap Up: Singapore's fertility rate hits record low, should we be worried?
For the first time ever, Singapore’s resident total fertility rate has dropped below 1.0. Preliminary estimates show that the total fertility rate fell to 0.97 in 2023, declining f…
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Weekly Wrap Up: How much will Singapore make from Taylor Swift's concert exclusivity ?
The Singapore Tourism Board and the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth said on Feb 20 that Taylor Swift’s sold-out concerts in Singapore in March had received support from th…
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Weekly Wrap Up: Singapore's retrenchments more than double in 2023, will this trend stay?
Retrenchments in Singapore more than doubled in 2023 from the previous year to 14,320, even as the overall unemployment rate fell slightly. Total employment growth for the full yea…
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Weekly Wrap Up: SimplyGo makes a u-turn, simply a no go?
The move to discontinue the NETS FlashPay card and some adult EZ-Link cards for use on buses and trains was announced earlier in January. But in an intereting turn of events, the L…
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Weekly Wrap Up: Iswaran resigns, faces 27 charges including corruption, what now?
S Iswaran has resigned as Transport Minister and a member of the People's Action Party (PAP).He has been charged with 27 offences yesterday, two of corruption under the Prevention…
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Weekly Wrap Up: Sentence for Enhanced Public Protection (Sepp), why we need such a sentencing regime?
According to a bill submitted to parliament this week, Singapore is proposing to hold “dangerous offenders” indefinitely, even after they complete their jail sentences. Called the…
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Weekly Wrap Up: Singapore retrenchments saw an increase in 3Q2023, should we be worried?
Finalised Ministry of Manpower (MOM) data for the third quarter of 2023 has shown that the number of job vacancies was at 78,400 in September. The data also revealed that Singapore…
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9 min
Weekly Wrap Up: ComfortDelGro to raise cab fares, is there a real need for it?
Singapore's largest taxi operator ComfortDelGro has announced that it will increase its cab fares to help cabbies defray higher operating costs. The last time this was done was bac…
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Weekly Wrap Up: Salaries flat in SG, employers not keeping up pace with the rate of inflation?
According to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) advance report of how Singapore’s labour market fared in the whole of 2023, with high inflation this year eating into the spending power…
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Weekly Wrap Up: Would taking on international appointments possibly divert our President’s attention from his…
Singapore’s Presidents will be able to accept appointments at international organisations in a “private capacity”, allowing them to act and express views independently under consti…
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Weekly Wrap Up: Singapore FinTech Festival 2023, is Singapore a fintech hub yet?
The 8th edition of the Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) has wrapped up and this year’s theme centered around “The Application of AI in Financial Services”. Many talks were lined up…