Explosion of riches
Shoppers outside luxury retail stores in a shopping mall along Singapore's Orchard Road, the city-state's largest commercial area. The sale of luxury goods in Singapore is expected to reach $2.7 billion this year, while the Asia-Pacific region is set to drive the world's luxury market for the foreseeable future....
In new textbook, the SG story begins 500 years earlier
John N. Miksic, an archaeology professor at the National University of Singapore. (Photo: Jane A. Peterson) (11 May) Singapore has rewritten the history taught in secondary school to expand the story of the island state’s birth. While earlier generations learned a narrative that essentially started in 1819 with the British...
Singapore summons Vietnam envoy
(14 May) Singapore's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned the Vietnamese envoy to express strong concern over violent protests the previous day at two industrial parks in Vietnam operated by Singapore. "Singapore views this issue very seriously given our close economic cooperation with Vietnam," the ministry said in a...
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