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[JUST IN] Dine-in may be considered for up to 5 members of the same household if new cases fall and Singapore’s hospital occupancy situation stays stable.

[JUST IN] Travellers from Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka with a 14-day travel history to these countries will be allowed to enter or transit through Singapore, from 11.59pm on Oct 26.

Discreet treatment for sex health issues Two new telemedicine startups make treatment easily accessible for sensitive health issues such as weight loss, birth control and erectile dysfunction. #btlifestyle bt.sg/oJ44

Resurrecting Halloween Covid has strangely been a boon for Halloween 2021, as travel-deprived Singaporeans seek new thrills. #btlifestyle bt.sg/oJZy

In tomorrow’s #BTWeekend: 🏨 The Raffles Conversation: Arthur Kiong, CEO of Far East Hospitality tells how the pandemic has been a once-in-a-blue-moon opportunity for the company to make a shift in direction. 🗺 Saturday…

#BRUNCH: Redesigning the property landscape Developers are increasingly building green elements, more communal spaces, and eco-infrastructure into their projects. bt.sg/oJim

October 22 evening round-up: 1. Singapore private home prices may jump 6-7% this year, analysts say bt.sg/oJiT 2. MOM to study NTUC-SNEF taskforce recommendations on workplace fairness and support for workers bt.sg/oJiq…

Singapore's electricity retailer UGS Energy is the latest to bow out Its exit follows the recent exits of two others, SilverCloud Energy and Valueenergy, who were also retailers for commercial consumers in the city state…

OPINION: Here's a playbook for personal income tax planning Even as one tackles the challenges in taxation, an eye should be cast on the subject of wealth taxes in Singapore. Tax regimes need to be 'fit for purpose'. bt.…

Thailand to allow quarantine-free travel from 46 countries, including Singapore: PM Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said the visitors could skip mandatory quarantine as long as they arrive via air, have been fully vacci…

October 22 morning round-up: 1. Freight rates to continue uphill climb into 2022 bt.sg/oovx 2. Australia-Singapore travel bubble could be established within next week: Morrison bt.sg/oovf 3. Asian economies feel the chil…

In tomorrow’s #BTLifestyle: 👻 We look at how the local appetite for the macabre has grown. From Halloween Horror Nights to Dining with the Dead menus featuring creepy-crawlies and scooped-out brains, it looks like it's…

Growing gap in financial confidence, risk appetite among Singapore's affluent: study This means many have been held back from investing, the bank said, adding that more than a third (36 per cent) feel the pandemic has di…

October 21 evening round-up: 1. URA launches Dairy Farm Walk GLS site for tender bt.sg/ooj4 2. Micron's US$150b global expansion plan aims to capture demand for memory bt.sg/oojo 3. DBS rolls out new travel deals as more…

OPINION: Will Singapore employers be able to keep the Great Resignation at bay? The Microsoft Work Trend Index found that 49 per cent of respondents in Singapore were considering leaving their current jobs, with many emp…

Most Singaporeans want priority schemes removed, limit resale buyers for HDB flats in prime areas This is so that these flats will be kept affordable at the point of purchase for first-time buyers and for subsequent resa…

October 21 morning round-up: 1. ARA Logos unitholders must weigh pure-play logistics status against being part of a larger entity bt.sg/ooBB 2. Governments may need to shield consumers and firms from LNG prices bt.sg/ooB…

It's time to be cautious about US high-yield bonds There's limited upside potential from both income and price, and credit risks could be under-priced. Risk-reward is increasingly skewed to downside. bt.sg/oomx

'Not much scope to triage' Covid-19 ICU cases, says Ong as healthcare system prepares to step up more beds Some 81 per cent of the healthcare system's 2,000 isolation rooms are filled, as are 71 per cent of Covid-19 ICU…

JUST IN: Stabilisation Phase extended by a month until Nov 21; S$640m more in support for firms As such, the current Stabilisation Phase, which began on Sep 27 and includes measures such as the two-person cap on social g…

October 20 evening round-up: 1. HDB flats in prime locations: New public housing model to be unveiled soon bt.sg/oosr 2. Firms can tap HR resources to improve ability to tackle pandemic challenges, transform: MOM bt.sg/o…

BT’s Top Stories from Last Week: 1. Property may no longer be pot of gold for retirement, says DBS bt.sg/o4yx 2. Raising tax revenue the 'sustainable and responsible' way to fund Singapore's expenditures: Lawrence Wong b…

Singaporean wanted by FBI fined S$210,000 for falsifying invoices to hide North Korea trade Tan Wee Beng, 44, is the managing director and shareholder of Singapore-based commodity trading company Wee Tiong, which sold su…

How to find the right fund manager Managing a pool of money is not rocket science; in fact, it is something that many of us can do for ourselves bt.sg/oomG

From 14 to 37 stores, Decathlon pushing ahead with Singapore expansion plans Of the 22 new branches in the pipeline, only one of them will be an Experience store, and this will be sited somewhere in the northern part of…

INFOGRAPHIC: Pass the buck The flow chart explains a typical process of how independent electricity retailers price energy plans for consumers. But the ecosystem now appears broken. bt.sg/oomZ

COMMENTARY: Short circuit in electricity open market: Impact on consumers, retailers and the model itself The chaos in the domestic electricity market began three months ago and stemmed from systemic gaps in the sector.…

Offering access to education and a ticket to a better life Ruangguru has become one of South-east Asia's largest tech-enabled education providers - serving more than 20 million users - by helping the less-privileged. bt.…

As foreign buyers return, residential projects in Core Central Region could be back in vogue This comes as strict border curbs over the last 18 months or so have largely kept foreign buyers at bay, with sales in the CCR…

October 20 morning round-up: 1. Solar power, imported cleaner energy among focus of Singapore's low-carbon future bt.sg/ooWe 2. Former De Beers heirs set up family office in Singapore bt.sg/ooWn 3. Sembmarine expects sig…