Tag: Singapore
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China’s super-rich ‘in shock’ and hunting for cash as Beijing issues surprise tax on offshore trusts
Beijing’s move to tax offshore trusts, long used by China’s ultra-rich to hold money, has set off a rush to lawyers and a scramble for cash.
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Europe’s heatwave isn’t cooling Asian travelers’ holiday plans for the continent
Asian travelers’ appetite for Europe remains resilient despite record-breaking heat, with spending in Northern Europe projected to increase.
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Months after Singapore lifted its pig blood ban, hawkers and supermarkets still can’t keep up with demand
With one abattoir in Thailand still the sole approved source, hawkers and supermarkets say they are receiving fewer cartons than they order.
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Erectile dysfunction drug found in honey product sold on e-commerce platforms
The Singapore Food Agency also found medicinal substances – a steroid and a laxative – in two other food products.
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Law passed to lower drink-driving limits, impose harsher penalties for dangerous driving causing grievous hurt
Last year, there was a 10-year high of 149 fatalities on Singapore’s roads – almost one death every two days.
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22-year-old arrested after more than 10kg of drugs found in car at Woodlands Checkpoint
About 8.6kg of cannabis and 1.5kg of Ice were seized from the man’s vehicle.
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MPs raise concerns over mounted devices, private-hire drivers as law passed to criminalise holding phones while driving
One Member of Parliament noted the growing range of digital distractions in the form of wearable devices and large infotainment systems in vehicles.
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Parliamentary clerks to get retention payments after commission flags rising attrition
Turnover among parliamentary clerks has risen as their work grows in volume and complexity, a commission has found.
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Proposed lower consent thresholds could revive en bloc market, but boom unlikely: Analysts
With a shorter time to get the required number of signatures for a collective sale, this might heighten tensions among neighbours who are not keen to sell, said an analyst.
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Changi Airport rolls out autonomous wheelchairs for transit passengers in Terminals 2 and 3
Airlines in Changi Airport handle about 2,300 wheelchair assistance requests each day, with four in five coming from transfer passengers.
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