Singapore core inflation rises to 2.7% in August; package travel tours likely to blame

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Core expenses of households here picked up in August as inflation in services rose, but overall inflation was still the lowest in more than two years. This has led some analysts to believe officials will hold steady on Singapore’s monetary policy in the upcoming October meeting and move to loosen it only...

No more plastic bags for KK shoppers by August

KOTA KINABALU: Plastic bags will no longer be offered to shoppers in the city by August, says mayor Datuk Seri Dr Sabin Samitah. Encouraging city folk to bring their own bags when they go shopping is part of the fifth phase of Kota Kinabalu City Hall’s (DBKK) “Bawa Beg Bah” (3B) campaign, he added. The ongoing campaign...