While economists fret whether the sharp "V"-shaped drop of the financial crisis will turn into a double-dipped "W" recovery, Tan Pheng Hock is most worried about the "P" word: Protectionism.
The political and economic elite of countries that account for more than half the world's GDP are gathering this week in Singapore for the 20th anniversary of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.
Ian Poulter won his first European Tour event in three years on Sunday when he rode his luck to clinch the Barclays Singapore Open by a shot from China's Liang Wenchong.
Germany's Sebastian Vettel fended off a late charge by Fernando Alonso to top the timesheet in the second session of free practice for this weekend's Singapore Grand Prix.
A terrorism suspect -- whose 2008 escape from Singapore launched a global manhunt -- has been arrested in Malaysia, according to authorities there.
Singapore's economy shrank by 4.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008, the Ministry of Trade and Industry said Thursday, as it forecast the economy would contract between 2 and 5 percent this year.
Singapore's Gross Domestic Product is expected to shrink as much as 5 percent in 2009, far more than the 1 to 2 percent contraction predicted earlier this month, the government said.
Garbage dumps are generally not associated with thriving coral reefs, vast mangrove plantations and rare bird species.
In the stylishly minimal surroundings of Singapore's Red Dot design museum, architect and innovative-thinker Cameron Sinclair opened the second Principal Voices debate of 2008 with a clear statement: "There is a lot of 'design for bad' out there."
In a further indication of the weakening Asian economy, Singapore on Friday said GDP had declined by 12.5 percent in real terms in the fourth quarter of 2008 and revised downwards its growth estimates for 2009.
While economists fret whether the sharp "V"-shaped drop of the financial crisis will turn into a double-dipped "W" recovery, Tan Pheng Hock is most worried about the "P" word: Protectionism.
The political and economic elite of countries that account for more than half the world's GDP are gathering this week in Singapore for the 20th anniversary of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.
Ian Poulter won his first European Tour event in three years on Sunday when he rode his luck to clinch the Barclays Singapore Open by a shot from China's Liang Wenchong.
Germany's Sebastian Vettel fended off a late charge by Fernando Alonso to top the timesheet in the second session of free practice for this weekend's Singapore Grand Prix.
A terrorism suspect -- whose 2008 escape from Singapore launched a global manhunt -- has been arrested in Malaysia, according to authorities there.
Singapore's economy shrank by 4.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008, the Ministry of Trade and Industry said Thursday, as it forecast the economy would contract between 2 and 5 percent this year.
Singapore's Gross Domestic Product is expected to shrink as much as 5 percent in 2009, far more than the 1 to 2 percent contraction predicted earlier this month, the government said.
Garbage dumps are generally not associated with thriving coral reefs, vast mangrove plantations and rare bird species.
In the stylishly minimal surroundings of Singapore's Red Dot design museum, architect and innovative-thinker Cameron Sinclair opened the second Principal Voices debate of 2008 with a clear statement: "There is a lot of 'design for bad' out there."
In a further indication of the weakening Asian economy, Singapore on Friday said GDP had declined by 12.5 percent in real terms in the fourth quarter of 2008 and revised downwards its growth estimates for 2009.
Many of the 96 men and women competing in the Volvo Ocean Race are losing hope of reaching families and friends for Christmas after a slow start to the third leg.
Chapchai Nirat of Thailand chipped in for an eagle to move to the top of the leaderboard at the Barclays Singapore Open before darkness brought third round play to an early end on Saturday.
Formula One turned to the dark side at the Singapore Grand Prix and judging by how well it was received the sport's first night race will not be its last.
Double world champion Fernando Alonso produced a sparkling performance under the floodlights to top the timesheets in the second session of free practice ahead of the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix.
Formula One breaks with almost 60 years of tradition when it takes a step into the dark this weekend in Singapore.
Formula One will be in the dark this weekend when the first night race in the sport's history takes place on the streets of Singapore.
Hundreds of customers flocked to the Singapore office of troubled insurer American International Group Inc. (AIG) on Wednesday, many hoping to pull their investments and policies from the company.
Singapore, New Zealand and the United States have the world's friendliest business climates for small companies, according to a World Bank report released this week.
Facing a shortage of kidneys and long hospital waiting lists, Singapore ponders going where few countries have gone before: legalizing the buying and selling of organs
Singapore is considering legalizing kidney trading to help meet demand for kidney transplants, the city-state's health minister said Monday
Oil was steady Thursday in Asia after plummeting more than $10 a barrel in the previous two sessions as evidence mounted that record prices are slowing U.S. demand
A suspected terror leader has fled from a detention center in Singapore after asking to use the toilet, Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng has admitted.
It was a hot, sticky day in Jakarta, especially for visiting officials of Singapore's state-owned Temasek Holdings. They sweated for nearly four hours on Nov. 19, as Indonesia's competition commission completed its six-month probe into the country's mobile-phone sector, where Singapore companies own major stakes in two operators that between them control 85 percent of a $6 billion market.
Two years overdue and billions of dollars over budget, this is the moment the aviation industry has been waiting for - the world's largest passenger aircraft's first commercial flight, from Singapore to Sydney.
Applicants to the Mile-High Club, whose members claim amorous encounters at altitude, could be forgiven for having their excitement aroused by the prospect of a ride on the first A380 superjumbo passenger jet.
It was two years late and billions of dollars over budget, but this week the Singapore Airline-owned A380 completed its maiden passenger journey between Singapore and Sydney.
The government of Singapore is currently endorsing a campaign to boost its recycling levels to 60 percent by 2012 (up from its 2005 levels of 49 percent). Their final target however is an ambitious "zero landfill" status, which they hope to achieve by ultimately recycling all the waste produced in the city-state.
You can't go far wrong in a truck equipped with an Astrata box. The device, half the size of a cigarette pack, can be wired into anything that moves - truck, car, shipping container - to head off nearly every conceivable type of disaster.
For most of the morning the other day, they locked down one of the two massive runways at busy Changi International Airport here. This was unusual.
For the second year in a row, Singapore was ranked the world's easiest place to do business, followed by New Zealand and the United States, the World Bank's annual "Doing Business" report said Wednesday.
An earthquake struck Wednesday off the western Indonesian coast, killing at least nine people, said a spokesman for the country's Social Affairs Department. I-Reporters sent in their stories, photos and video.
Singapore started work on its Formula One Grand Prix facilities with a groundbreaking ceremony for the new pit building on Friday.
SINGAPORE AIRLINES' A380 AUCTION
SINGAPORE AIRLINES' A380 AUCTION
Where's the Geek Terminal in this city?
Pedestrians all over the world are moving faster than a decade ago, according to scientists who have conducted a study into the pace at which people walk.
Safety should be the top priority when Singapore's bid to host Formula One's first night race is considered, Renault and Ferrari chiefs have said.
SINGAPORE (AP) -- Lam Chih Bing was among five golfers to qualify for the British Open, becoming only the second golfer from Singapore to qualify for the only major outside of the United States.
Posted: October 23, 2006
Singapore has picked Las Vegas Sands, the world's top casino operator, to build and run its first casino, a project that will cost more than S$5 billion ($3.2 billion).
With its gleaming office towers, spotless streets and affluent population, Singapore prides itself as a model of economic and lifestyle success.
Singapore said on Tuesday it would sell more land along its prime Orchard Road shopping strip for a retail mall, signalling rising confidence in its reviving property market.
Is Ho Ching losing her touch? That's what some are asking about Temasek Holdings' formidable chief executive after a string of embarrassing setbacks.
The Indonesian Open, Singapore Masters and TCL Classic in China will go ahead as jointly sanctioned events after the European Tour and Asian Tour reached an amicable agreement.
From monitoring its hazardous waste to keeping track of all computer activity, Singapore is one of the most security-conscious places in the world.
To Californian resident Eva Dang, Dr. William's Chong central clinic looks like any other office near her home.
A group of leading U.S. and European telecom providers are joining together to lobby Asian governments to open their markets to outsiders, according to a published report.
Lee Hsien Loong towers over most of his countrymen. But his height advantage isn't much help this morning in June at Singapore's new sports academy. The 6-foot Lee repeatedly tries to toss a ball t...
Singapore has sworn in the son of founding father and architect Lee Kuan Yew as the state's new prime minister in a colorful ceremony.
It's quietly called the nanny state, among other things, by Singapore's disenchanted.
In a final speech to the nation, Singapore's outgoing Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong declared his "chapter closed."
Asian stocks closed mainly higher Thursday as investors looked for bargains following losses the day before.
Japan's stock market closed higher on Monday as investors showed more optimism following the outcome of Sunday's upper house election.
Singapore Airlines has completed the world's longest commercial passenger flight, touching down in Newark, New Jersey after a flight of more than 18.5 hours from Singapore.
Asian markets have closed mainly higher Tuesday, but moves are muted as investors await a decision on interest rates at this week's U.S. Federal Reserve meeting.
While U.S. authorities and EU airlines test security schemes that allow frequent flyers to escape airport delays, the Asia Pacific region is already ahead of the game.
Asian stocks closed mixed on Wednesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve kept interest rates on hold and markets reacted to the Athens bombing.
Asian markets are higher near midday Tuesday on the back of Wall Street's good performance Monday.
Most Asian markets have closed in the red Wednesday following the big falls on Wall Street Tuesday.
Malaysia says it has sold a nine percent stake in dominant telephone firm Telekom Malaysia for $766 million to a group of offshore investors that includes Singapore's Temasek.
Singapore tycoon Khoo Teck Puat, the largest shareholder in Britain's Standard Chartered Bank, has died at the age of 86.
January 24, 2004
Markets in Asia have begun the new year firmly in the black, with Taiwan posting the best gains Friday.
Markets in Asia are beginning the new year in the black, with Taiwan posting the best gains at midday Friday.
Singapore's economy has expanded for a second straight quarter, official data shows, but the momentum is slowing.
One of the last remaining refuges from the onslaught of electronic mail is about to disappear. Beginning in late November, Singapore Airlines will test a new system to allow business- and first-cla...
Lee Kuan Yew is not one to shy away from controversy, whether by expounding on the superiority of Asian values or hounding his critics in court. But lately Singapore's senior minister and the succe...
DROP BY DROP, the Vietnamese bureaucracy was bleeding Daimler-Benz of small change--and most important, thwarting a high-priority project. The German automaker had been trying for a year to get per...
As befits a man born in Holland, the first foreign stock Maurits E. Edersheim bought when he was a young investor on Wall Street was Royal Dutch/Shell. That was in the late 1940s, when only the int...
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I TELL American friends to stop worrying about layoffs at home and come to this region,'' says Laksamana Sukardi, 37, managing director of the Lippo Group, a financial services company in Indonesia...
IN A QUIET SHOWROOM in a fashionable part of Seoul sit two lonely Honda Accords. How can that be? After all, South Korea bars all Japanese car imports in order to keep its $5.9 billion trade defici...
One after another, foreign economies are slowing down. But not Singapore's. This tiny country, only one-fifth the size of Rhode Island, is in full swing. Bolstered by a solid middle class, low infl...
Singapore has surfaced as the Kuwait of Southeast Asia: a small country (pop. 2.7 million) with billions of dollars of hard cash for investment overseas. Conservative estimates place the republic's...
FROM THE burgeoning Asian economies outside Japan -- from South Korea and Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, and beyond -- a new breed of corporate giant is rising to challenge top businesses in both t...
The news reached Hong Kong on a muggy July morning, as shock waves from the Tiananmen Square massacre were still reverberating: Singapore was relaxing its immigration rules. Almost immediately anxi...
IN A FLASH, it seems, they have gone from scruffy, dependent countries to well-off producers of shoes, clothes, and transistor radios to wealthy powerhouses that appear to turn out the best of ever...
Still picking arguments with people who insist that deep down inside everybody is the same as everybody else, we come now to the slightly touchy subject of brainy Asian-Americans. Oddly enough, the...
Stand back, the old line goes, and gain perspective. So to gain global perspective -- the prime requisite for a global investor -- one must, of course, stand way back, indeed back far enough to see...
ASIA'S FASTEST-GROWING economies, the so-called little dragons of South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Hong Kong, prospered for years with a simple formula: pump out cheap exports to the U.S. and Eu...
LIKE ANY GOOD FATHER, the government of Singapore knows when it's time to back off and let the children run the business -- to struggle, stumble, and with luck succeed. And like any good father, th...
If he weren't the boss's son, Lee Hsien Loong probably wouldn't be a minister of Singapore at the age of 33. But he almost certainly could have made it into the cabinet eventually. The son of Prime...
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