In Focus

Daily Briefing: MOH Holdings director quits, local dish that best represents Singapore

Here are the stories from around the web that Singaporeans are talking about including what netizens are wishing for Singapore.

Daily Briefing: MOH Holdings director quits, local dish that best represents Singapore

Here are the stories from around the web that Singaporeans are talking about including what netizens are wishing for Singapore.

Daily Briefing: Inheritance from Ferrari crash victim, search for the most stylish uni

Here are the stories from around the web that Singaporeans are talking about including what a former presidential hopeful did that drew flak.

Daily Briefing: Graduates get higher offers, ladies table tennis team on the spotlight

Here are the stories from around the web that Singaporeans are talking about including the NDP theme song.

Daily Briefing: Singapore hurdler out of Olympics; Downtown East Safer Now; Private tutoring in Singapore

Here are the stories from around the web that Singaporeans are talking about including losing in 2012  London Olympics.   Singapore's track and field hopes at the London Olympics are over after hurdler Dipna Lim-Prasad bowed out from the Women's 100m hurdles heats on Monday. Read here.   Two years after the slashing of Darren Ng, Shoppers are flocking back to the shopping mall. Watch the video here.   Polls and other sources as saying that 97 percent of all Singaporean students, nearly 90 percent of South Korean primary students and about 85 percent of Hong Kong senior secondary students receive tutoring. Read here.

MAS tightens regulatory leash on fund managers

Business conduct and capital requirements raised for all fund management companies.

Singapore growth will trail behind three Tiger Cubs

Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia simply have better policy support, says Morgan Stanley.

Daily Briefing: Medal controversy, MOM issues stop work order for worksite following collapse

Here are the day’s stories from around the web that Singaporeans are talking about including that Mentos campaign.

Daily Briefing: What did a Singaporean do to be fined S$4,710?

Here are the day’s stories from around the web that Singaporeans are talking about.

Daily Briefing: Which Australian billionaire just set a new record for a Singapore property?

Here are the day’s stories from around the web that Singaporeans are talking about.

Retail prospects sour after Great Singapore Sale

A net weighted balance of 6% of firms in the retail trade industry forecasts a drop in business volume for the next three months.

Why Changi Airport hiked its passenger service charge by 43%

Raising its PSC to S$19.90 from S$13.90 will help fund the airport group's ambitious terminal expansions and cover rising operating costs.

Morning Brief: NY Times on Singapore immigration, Stikfas founder in underage prostitute scandal

Here is what Singapore is talking about today including the sex for grades probe at NUS.

Manufacturing output up 7.6% in June

If not for biomedical manufacturing, output would have fallen 1.5%.

Seriously, Singapore houses are still cheap

Quit complaining: housing affordability is at 36% compared to more than 60% during the Asian financial crisis.

Singapore crisis actions praised in WTO trade policy review

The World Trade Organization commended the country for deftly coping with the financial turmoil via fiscal stimulus, productivity gains and a continued open economy.