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PM Lee to attend ASEAN summits and related meetings in Cambodia
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will attend the 40th and 41st ASEAN summits and related summits from Thursday to Sunday.
He will lead the Singapore delegation in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said on…
Singapore and China expected to reach deals to boost cooperation in annual apex meeting
Singapore and China kicked off a top-level annual meeting that resumed in-person on Tuesday for the first time since the pandemic.
The 18th edition of the Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) at the Four Seasons Hotel was…
China’s Vice Premier Han Zheng to visit Singapore for annual bilateral meeting
China's Vice Premier Han Zheng will make an official visit to Singapore from Tuesday (Nov 1) to Wednesday for the 18th Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) meeting, the highest-level annual forum between China and Singapore.
He…
4G leaders restart ministerial visits that will involve more community partners
Ministerial community visits (MCVs), which were put on hold for two years owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, resumed on Sunday with Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong turning up in Yio Chu Kang.
He said during a tour of the ward that the…
Changi Airport’s passenger traffic reaches 58.1% of pre-COVID levels in 3rd quarter 2022
Singapore's Changi Airport handled 10 million passengers in the third quarter of the year, reaching 58.1 percent of its pre-COVID traffic, Changi Airport Group (CAG) said on Saturday (Oct 29).
In a news release, the group added that…
Singapore, US discuss cooperation in key areas, including defence and economic ties
Singapore and the United States discussed furthering their cooperation in defence and economic ties, climate change, and other key areas in a dialogue on Tuesday, with both sides signaling a desire to build even closer ties with each other.…
Low-carbon hydrogen could supply Singapore’s energy needs by 2050
Low-carbon hydrogen could supply up to half of Singapore’s power needs by 2050, and play a key role in helping the Republic achieve net-zero emissions by mid-century.
Hydrogen can be used as a low-carbon fuel or feedstock, releasing little…
Najib video aired recently was recorded before he was jailed, says Malaysia prisons department
Malaysia's prisons department said a video of former prime minister Najib Razak that was aired on national television on Monday (Oct 24) was recorded before he was incarcerated.
"The Malaysia Prisons Department would like to make it…
XBB Covid-19 wave may peak in S’pore earlier than mid-November: Ong Ye Kung
The ongoing wave of Covid-19 infections driven by the XBB sub-variant may peak earlier than mid-November, as previously expected.
“It’s quite clear from the last week the cases have actually started to come down,” Minister of Health Ong Ye…
Measures to reduce chicken population in Sin Ming effective so far
Measures taken to reduce the chicken population in Sin Ming Court have brought their number down to about 50, according to residents and a task force set up to deal with the issue earlier this year.
Thirty chickens have been sent to farms…