SINGAPORE: Big tech companies once represented the best of both worlds in corporate life – the boundless optimism of working in a field with seemingly endless growth, and great work-life balance padded with lavish perks and luxurious offices. But employees say the post-pandemic period has been a wake-up call for those who believed in the promise...
Retired Singaporean actor-director Ng Aik Leong failed to exercise care while driving a van out of a slip road, and it struck a bicycle, causing its rider to suffer injuries including a fractured right elbow. Better known as Huang Yiliang, Ng, 63, was fined S$3,000 (RM9,996) on Nov 15 after he pleaded guilty to causing grievous...
SINGAPORE: Consumers will have greater flexibility to import food – whether meat or processed goods – for personal consumption, under a new law proposed in Parliament on Tuesday (Nov 12). Under the Food Safety and Security Bill (FSSB), each person will be allowed to bring in a total of 15kg of food across all categories for...
SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines (SIA) has signalled that it expects pressure from rising competition to continue despite “robust” demand for air travel. The warning came as the airline reported a substantial fall in profit for the second quarter of its financial year owing to a gap between passenger traffic and newly deployed capacity, as well as rising...
SINGAPORE: The man arrested for stabbing a priest at St Joseph’s Church in Bukit Timah has been charged with voluntarily causing grievous hurt with a dangerous weapon. Basnayake Keith Spencer, 37, appeared at the State Courts via video-link on Nov 11 at 10.10am. The Singaporean man, who had a close-cropped haircut, was expressionless during court proceedings as...
SINGAPORE: An Indonesian maid was charged on Wednesday (Nov 6) with causing grievous hurt by performing a rash act in an accident in River Valley that killed a four-year-old girl. Lilyana Eva, 32, is accused of committing the offence shortly before 5pm on Jan 23. According to court documents, she allegedly failed to ensure the safety of...
SINGAPORE: A 16-year-old girl was among 112 suspected drug offenders who were nabbed in an islandwide anti-drug bust, said the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) in a statement on Monday (Oct 28). The raids, which took place from Oct 14 to 25 in areas such as Ang Mo Kio, Bedok, Clementi, Eunos, Jurong and Tampines, saw a...
SINGAPORE: Asian shares were pinned to three-week lows on Thursday, as a housing policy briefing in China underwhelmed investors and property stocks slumped, while the euro touched an 11-week low ahead of an expected rate cut by the European Central Bank. Profit at chipmaking giant TSMC beat market expectations, and it expects revenue to rise sharply...
SINGAPORE: A female cyclist who clung onto a car bonnet during a row with a driver in East Coast Road in June 2023 was sentenced to a five-day short detention order (SDO) on Thursday (Oct 17). Offenders given an SDO are jailed for a short time, but they will not have a criminal record after their...
SINGAPORE: Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong hosted Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Nazrin Shah of Perak, for lunch at the Istana here on Tuesday (Oct 15). Wong said they had a wide-ranging discussion on global developments, Asean's future, and Singapore-Malaysia ties. "It was good to catch up with him again since our last meeting in 2022. As...
