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Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh was charged with two counts of lying to a parliamentary committee in hearings involving his party’s former MP Raeesah Khan.
Using a VIP lanyard, Wu Zhihong tried to trick security officers into believing that a 20-year-old who paid him US$417 had a valid concert ticket for one of Swift’s Singapore tour dates.
Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan’s Middle East tour comes as Singapore becomes ‘more vocal’ on Israel’s actions in Gaza, observers say.
The number of family offices in Hong Kong may have exceeded those established in major financial centres in the region as efforts in the past year to lure foreign capital started to show results.
Filipino Mac Coronel has been impersonating the US superstar since 2017 and performed for a 600-strong audience on the weekend.
Readers discuss the constant comparisons between the two places, and China’s political system.
Yeo offered a glowing endorsement of the wuxia novelist after attending two exhibitions to celebrate the centenary of Jin Yong’ s birth.
TasteAtlas released a new ranking for the Top 100 Sandwiches. Kaya toast is ranked 42, and is attributed to Singapore as the country of origin.
After seeing how Taylor Swift enchanted fans in six sold-out concerts, Indonesia has a long list of plans to attract A-list stars to its shores.
Alejandro Tengco, head of state regulator Pagcor, said Manila is counting on a slew of new integrated resorts and casinos to boost tourist arrivals.
The victim depleted his savings, sold his property and personal possessions and borrowed money to raise over S$3.7 million (US$2.78 million) for James.
Economic growth and ‘de-risking’ from China are driving investors to Southeast Asia, but just four companies accounted for nearly half of exit values since 2015.
One study shows distributed energy resources such as small solar panels could one day account for half of the region’s renewable energy output.
The trend means couples can ‘experience parenthood’ while maintaining a preferred lifestyle that includes work-life balance, holidays and date nights.
The initiative only applies to Singapore’s checkpoints at the moment, and travellers will still need physical passports at Malaysia’s checkpoints.
Tay Tay’s boyfriend Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs, Shinee’s Choi Min-ho, actors Barry Keoghan, Heart Evangelista and Carina Lau, and TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew just descended on Singapore
Liu Changjian, 33, a Chinese national, allegedly staged his own kidnapping while in Singapore to cheat his relatives of roughly US$4,200.
Some businesses had lower-than-expected earnings, as Taylor Swift’s fans were much younger than their usual customers. Others such as craft and bead stores saw a boom.
Hong Kong’s hotels are looking at sporting, arts, consumer and entertainment events in the year ahead to drive tourist flows into the city
Most visitors say levy will not deter them from flying to Hong Kong, but others in sector are concerned it is coming too soon after city reopens from Covid.
‘I don’t think the Hong Kong government can get away with paying taxpayers’ money, whatever the cause is, without telling people how much,’ ex-city leader CY Leung says.
Luo Yi told a judge that he is ‘a law-abiding citizen in China and got foolishly dragged into this matter’.
About 300,000 Taylor Swift fans from Singapore and around the region have flocked to the city state this week for the megastar’s six sold-out concerts.
Analysts estimated the shows would add 0.2 percentage points of GDP to the city state’s economy in the first quarter.