Singapore’s bourse reported a 14% jump in yearly revenue to $1.17 billion, after the country rolled out a series of market reforms in 2025 aimed at revitalizing its sluggish stock market. The measures, which included tax rebates for newly-listed companies and a government-led injection of 1.5 billion Singapore dollars into the local equity market, have
One in three Singaporean business owners still use their personal bank accounts for their company banking needs, trying to escape high transaction fees, according to a survey from MariBank, a digital bank owned by Southeast Asian tech firm Sea. That creates tax and legal headaches, as business owners find it difficult to deduce their legitimate
Massive Attack have said they were “surprised and disappointed” by their treatment by Singaporean authorities after expressing pro-Palestine sentiments during a performance in the city-state. The group wrote on Instagram on Sunday that its members were “detained by the police, isolated and separately questioned”, with some subject to hotel room searches and temporary passport confiscation.
Both members of Massive Attack have been permanently barred from re-entering Singapore after unfurling a Palestinian flag during the British trip-hop group’s concert in the city-state, according to a joint statement from the Singapore Police Force and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA). The statement said police investigated both band members for “their actions of
A Singapore court has fined a French student S$600 ($465; £348) for licking a straw from an orange juice vending machine and replacing it in its dispenser. Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, 19, pleaded guilty to one count of disorderly conduct. Maximilien, who studies in Singapore, posted the video of himself licking the straw on Instagram
This is what adoptive parents in Singapore who care for babies think about most. For months they have been in suspense, waiting to know if they will be able to stay with their children. Speaking to the BBC after the verdict, David, the Singaporean father whom we interviewed earlier, said he wanted both governments to