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Growth, community and trust the ‘building blocks’ as Singapore refreshes Smart Nation strategies: PM Wong
Since the launch of Smart Nation a decade ago, Singapore has made “significant progress” and this can be felt…
South Africa’s new pension rules: Australia, Chile and Singapore show how personal savings can grow the economy
Adrian Saville, University of Pretoria Up until now South Africans have been allowed to withdraw their entire pension…
End of Lee Era for Singapore as PM Steps Down
Singapore’s long-serving Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has stepped down, marking the end of a political era for…
DBS Singapore: The Best Boasting To Be The Best For So Long, Humbled By Hubris
DBS Bank, Singapore’s leading consumer bank and one of the largest banks in Southeast Asia, experienced a 10-hour…
4 Mistakes To Avoid When Applying For Fast Loans In Singapore
Avoid These Mistakes When Taking Fast loans in Singapore Unless you’re among Singapore’s crazy rich Asians, taking instant…
Will The ‘Singapore Model’ Survive The Pandemic?
How long can a migrant-driven city like Singapore be sustained with closed borders? “This is all around us…
Japan & Singapore Ranked Most Powerful According To Henley & Partners Passport Index
Henley & Partners has released their updated 2019 rankings of passport rankings for countries in the world. This…
Singapore’s Changi Terminal 5: Looking Ahead
For the past seven years, Singapore’s Changi Airport is named the world’s best airport. It already boasts some…
Dyson To Build Electric Cars In Singapore – With 2021 Launch Planned
The prominent Brexit backer Sir James Dyson has chosen Singapore over the UK as the manufacturing base for his firm’s…
See How Singapore Airlines Prepares Its Aircraft For The World’s Longest Non-Stop Commercial Flight
Singapore Airlines (SIA), the national carrier of Singapore, is set to launch the world’s longest, non-stop commercial flight…
The ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Guide To Singapore
Clean, green and safe are the adjectives that have long been associated with Singapore. But nowadays, travelers could just…
Singapore Best Country For Kids To Grow Up In
Singapore is the best country in the world for children to grow up in, according to the second…
Got 19 Hours To Spare? Singapore Airlines To Launch World’s Longest Commercial Flight To New York On October 2018
Got 18 hours and 45 minutes? That is the length of a new flight between Singapore and Liberty…
Singapore’s Prime Minister : Nobody Wants A Trade War
Trade friction between China and the United States has been brewing for some time. But with the Trump…
Could Singapore Hold The Secret To Preparing Workers For An Uncertain Future?
It’s called second-skilling: developing your skills for a new job while you’re still working. The Asian city-state is…
Singapore Photographer : ‘I’ve lost the city I used to shoot’
Lui Hock Seng, an 81-year-old photographer, is nostalgic for the long-vanished Singapore he used to capture. This…
Singapore Changi Airport 2018: World’s Best Airport For 6th Consecutive Year
Singapore’s Changi Airport has been voted by air travellers as the world’s best at the 2018 World Airport Awards…
With All Eyes On China, Singapore Makes Its Own Arctic Moves
Asian states are becoming increasingly interested and involved in the Arctic region. This signal was sent in 2013…
Singapore : New Ideas To Feed A Growing Island
With a goal to reach a total land size of 76,600ha by 2030, compared with the 71,990ha last…
Masterplan Of Singapore’s Underground Spaces Ready By 2019
An underground masterplan that maps out Singapore’s underground spaces and their potential uses is set to be unveiled…
The Eagle, The Lion & The Dragon: Singapore’s Future In The Age Of Trump
Caught between an ascendent China and an increasingly unreliable United States, Singapore’s diplomatic future is at the heart…
Singapore Has The ‘Most Powerful’ Passport In The World: Passport Index
SINGAPORE – With Paraguay removing visa requirements for Singaporeans, the Singapore passport is now the “most powerful” in…
The Secret Underground World Of Singapore
You’ll never guess what’s beneath the ground you’re standing on. Our government bigwigs have always been tirelessly coming…
Pink Dot 2017: Let’s Talk About A Truly Inclusive Singapore
The ninth edition of Pink Dot SG, which returns to the night, aims to bring Singaporeans together in…
Singapore Island’s Smallness Drives The Bigness Of Its Ambitions
Jurong Island, a man-made smear of sand, lies just off the southern coast of Singapore. A quarter the…
Singapore Spearheading Driverless Taxis You Can Grab Soon
The city of Singapore has singed a new deal in partnership with automotive supplier Delphi and local startup…
In Singapore, Coffee Waste Disaster Turned Good Common Sense
Sustainability is a big word to reckon with. The impact of human greed and insatiable mining of this…
Raising The Bar For Smart Cities In Singapore
Government-deployed sensors will collect and coordinate an unprecedented amount of data on daily life in the city. This…
A Singaporean View Of The Residensity Of This Unique City
Singapore is an island like no other. A dense urban jungle, the crowded buildings of this modern city…
Your Starter Kit For Your Own Urban Farm In Singapore
Don’t let limited space stop you from growing your own produce. Farming in Singapore is no longer limited…
2016’s Most Expensive City Is Still Unsurprisingly Singapore
Singapore has again been judged as the world’s most expensive city but costs across the world have been…
20 Singaporean Street Names & The Fascinating Stories Behind Them
Stories of war and love and all sorts of interesting tales are littered all over our island disguised…
From Ocean Trash To Designer City Attraction In Singapore
Did you know that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is twice the size of France? The amount of…
No Surprise! World Building Of The Year 2015 In Singapore
A vertical village in Singapore has been name the World Building of the Year 2015 at the World…
Getting Lost In Singapore’s Street Names? Discover Here.
The Street and Building Names Board was only established in 2003. In the past, street-naming fell to the Municipal…
Why Singapore Wants To Attract Leading Healthcare Companies
As growing and aging populations across the world test the limits of their national healthcare systems, Singapore has…
Singapore + Copenhagen = Smart City Fusion
To mark the 50th anniversary of close bilateral ties between Singapore and Denmark, the two countries came together…
Driverless Vehicles Arriving Sooner Than You Think In Singapore
From as early as December, visitors to Gardens by the Bay will be able to hop on…
Indulge With The World’s Best Chefs In Singapore
Singapore is a culinary destination, with its own talented cast of homegrown chefs. But it is also a…
Singapore : Why Expats Call This Utopia
Imagine a major metropolis where traffic flows quickly on green highways; where streets are sparkling clean and restoration…
My Dear Singapore, We’ve Only Just Begun
I can still remember, more than a decade ago, when Changi was just a strange name for a…
Your Perfect Home In Singapore, Depends On You – A Quick Guide
Deciding where to live is, aside from selecting a school, the biggest single decision that keeps expats awake…
Why Singapore Is Making The Best Airport Obsolete
Airport and paradise are two words destined never to sit next to each other in the same sentence,…
10 Things Singapore Does Better Than Anywhere Else
OK, it measures just 50 kilometers by 26 kilometers. But somehow Singapore always manages to feel a lot bigger.…
11 Essential Things To See In Singapore
Even travellers who have ventured to Singapore in the past might not recognise the island today: the city-state…
World’s Most Expensive Cities – 2015 – Singapore … Paris … Oslo …
The world’s ten most expensive cities are all found in Australia, Asia and Western Europe, according to the bi-annual…
Singapore Plans To Become The World’s First Smart Nation
Smart cities—filled with sensors and connected tech to help solve everything from traffic jams to pollution—have been slow…
Singapore’s ‘Urban Jungle’
Inside a city that works hard at keeping the jungle in “urban jungle.” When it comes to discovering…
The World Is Revalidating Itself
We’re barely into the second quarter of 2025, and it already feels like we’ve been collectively thrust into…
Europe tops global ranking of dynamic and sustainable cities – here’s why
Bicycles travelling along a street in the city of Copenhagen (Denmark). Lazy_Bear/Shutterstock Pascual Berrone, IESE Business School (Universidad…