Singapore News Archives

Unemployment is creeping up as the economy recovers in Singapore. Jobless numbers tend to lag behind economic recovery, as Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said a fortnight ago, and overall unemployment is still below 3.5 percent.

A new survey is out on travelers' favorite airports, this one claiming to be among the most comprehensive to date.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday met with Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore at the White House some two weeks ahead of his visit to the southeast Asian country.

President Barack Obama speaks Thursday morning to small business leaders about the administration's plans to offer them assistance.

QUANZHOU, Fujian Province: Quanzhou municipality in Fujian Province has a long historical link with Singapore.

SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon, everyone. I'm delighted to welcome the minister mentor here today.

SINGAPORE: International Enterprise Singapore is organising a mission to Xiamen and Fuzhou in China to help Singapore-based companies seek business opportunities there.

SINGAPORE is in a prime spot to help improve the links between the Asean countries, as well with other parts of Asia, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday.

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, fifth from left, link hands with ASEAN leaders during group shot before the ASEAN-Japan meeting at the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit, in Cha-am of Hua Hin district, south of Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Oct.

THE United States may have less than half a century left as the dominant global economic power before it will share top billing with China and India, former Singapore prime minister Lee Kuan Yew has predicted.

Singaporean Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong meets with visiting Chinese People's Liberation Army Chief of General Staff Chen Bingde in Singapore Oct.

London's Heathrow Airport has been voted the worst airport in the world for the second year running in a poll of 14,500 frequent fliers while Singapore's Changi was again ranked as the best.

Carrie Underwood made a promotional stop in the Republic of Singapore last week to promote her upcoming album, Play On , to the Asian media.

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd, keen to curb a growing number of asylum seekers sailing to Australia via Indonesia, will hold talks with Asian leaders on the issue that has become divisive ahead of 2010 elections.

Singaporeans have been surveyed by the National Environment Agency to determine whether they are willing to adopt greener lifestyles.

JAKARTA: Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono today took his oath of office as president of Indonesia for a second term in an inauguration ceremony held at Parliament House here.

JAKARTA: Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was one of several leaders at Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's inauguration in Jakarta on Tuesday.

Singapore Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said on Monday that the growth of China and India will result in a new world order.

Countries need to cooperate more closely with one another to effectively tackle transnational crime and terrorism, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Monday.

SINGAPORE: Recession-hit Singapore "is now recovering;" and the City-State's Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong, on Tuesday declared that "the crisis has passed." Singapore was among the hard-hit countries, with the Government even dipping into its foreign exchange reserves for the first time to finance some aspects of a "resilience package." Tracing ...

Photo shows Pehin Datu Kerma Setia CP Dato Paduka Seri Zainuddin bin Jalani, Comissioner of Police, Royal Brunei Police Force at the 78th Interpol General Assembly.

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Singaporea s retail sales dropped the least in eight months in August as the city statea s economic recovery spurred an improvement in spending at supermarkets and department stores.

SINGAPORE : Singer Coco Lee likes Singapore so much that she intends to immigrate here.

SINGAPORE: The world's police forces must urgently boost the sharing of intelligence to fight transnational criminals including terrorists, who have become more technologically savvy than authorities, an international conference heard Monday.

SINGAPORE: The Singapore government has announced that it will extend the year-long Jobs Credit Scheme, which was supposed to end in December, by another six months.

INTERNATIONAL law enforcement officials called on Monday for concerted global action to strike at the financial assets of terror groups and organised crime to cripple their operations.

SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, speaking at the opening the 78th General Assembly of Interpol in Singapore on Monday, said countries must cooperate more closely to effectively tackle transnational crime and terrorism.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik left for Singapore in the wee hours of Sunday from Lahore, to attend the 78th Interpol Ministerial meeting while the hostage crisis was continuing at the GHQ.

SINGAPORE : Singapore has welcomed the move by both INTERPOL and the United Nations to enter into a strategic partnership to promote state stability, and global law and order.

Falun Gong posters at the walkway below Esplanade Bridge-a popular tourist spot by the Singapore River.

SINGAPORE : Singapore is hosting a joint military exercise with four other nations.

SINGAPORE: Singapore's highest court yesterday ruled that a soon-to-be-defunct regional magazine and its editor had defamed the country's founder Lee Kuan Yew and his son Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

JAPAN is undergoing 'profound changes' and it is important for Singapore to understand the new developments, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

The Government of the Republic of Singapore closed on the purchase of 318 East 48th Street, between First and Second avenues, Oct.1, according to Gil Robinov, executive managing director at brokerage NAI Group, who represented the southeast Asian nation.

By Salim Osman , IN PARIAMAN and Reme Ahmad, IN PADANG A 54-member Singapore Armed Forces medical team arrived in Padang, the capital of West Sumatra in hopes to find survivors.

Immigration A new migrant wave Its reminiscent of previous waves of mass human arrivals since the days of Sir Stamford Raffles - with a new impact on history.

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has written a condolence letter to Samoan Prime Minister Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi on the destruction to Samoa by the South Pacific Tsunami.

Singapore leaders have sent congratulations to Chinese leaders on the 60th Anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Singapore's population has grown to almost 5 million and a quarter of that is foreign workers, whose influx has sparked concerns among its citizens about competition for jobs and living standards.