News about Singapore

KUALA LUMPUR (May 11): The decision to place Malaysia again under the movement control order (MCO) starting tomorrow until June 7 has been deemed the right move to curb the growing spread of Covid-19 in the country.

SINGAPORE (May 10): A man who signed tenancy agreements on behalf of others in exchange for cash was sentenced to four weeks in jail and a fine of S$400 (RM1,239) for one charge of cheating as the unit was later used by a sex worker providing sexual services inside the unit, reported CNA.

SINGAPORE (May 3): As work-from-home (WFH) becomes a new norm and more employers are willing to offer flexible arrangements for their employees, Singaporean homebuyers are looking at upsizing to bigger units for WFH arrangements, reported CNA.

Singapore (April 26): Despite the market slowdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Singapore hospitality market has remained robust with the opening of several new hotels, reported CNA.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 21): The customer is not always right.

SINGAPORE (April 9): A long vacant three-storey mall in Changi is now seeking a new owner with a guide price of S$38 million (RM117 million) or S$2,000 psf, reported Channel News Asia (CNA).

SINGAPORE (April 7): An international research collaboration involving researchers from Singapore and the United States has found that a widely available and inexpensive drug used for cancer treatment could potentially be used in the treatment of COVID-19.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 1): Prices of private homes in Singapore rose by 2.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 1): Folks here in Malaysia of course know that Singapore’s Housing Development Board is the republic’s provider of public housing for their citizens.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 1): With the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail (HSR) project being scrapped, it has been reported that a number of projects are being “mooted” for the land in Jurong that was meant for the mega transport system.