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National Day Rally 2023 in 3 minutes New Plus flats, allowing singles to buy more HDB flats and a S$7 billion Majulah Package for Young Seniors: here's a summary of PM Lee's National Day Rally speech. #NDR2023

National Day Rally focuses on ageing well, keeping housing affordable with new approach Ageing and housing were the focus of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s National Day Rally speech, in which he announced CPF bonuses f…

National Day Rally 2023: Tighter restrictions for new class of HDB BTO flats to reduce ‘lottery effect’, keep lid on resale prices HDB will do away with its current classification by mature and non-mature estates. Instea…

National Day Rally 2023: S$7 billion Majulah Package to help 1.4 million seniors with CPF savings Meant for Singaporeans born in 1973 or earlier, the Majulah Package has three components: - Earn and Save CPF bonus of up…

Win tickets to UFC Fight Night Want to watch Max “Blessed” Holloway and #7-ranked “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung – face off on on Aug 26? Put your name in the hat for a chance to win a pair of tickets worth S$376: bt…

How much inheritance should you leave your children? Parenting with your wallet, or using money as a substitute or expression of love is a pitfall of wealthy parents, as it fails to instil a work ethic or financial respo…

‘Golden passport’: A Plan B for the rich, a rear exit and safe haven for crooks Former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt, Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel and libertarian venture capitalist Peter Thiel have one.

Risk-taking crucial to drive transformation: DBS’ Lim Him Chuan “No one can guarantee that you’ll be successful. But if you don’t at least take the chance, then you will never learn or grow,” says Lim Him Chuan, DBS grou…

Why bonds are still essential investments The enduring appeal of bonds comes from their relative safety – and not from spectacular gains and losses that define the stock market’s flamboyant brand.

Citigroup adds thousands of Asia wealth clients in global push Citigroup is jostling with rivals UBS Group, HSBC Holdings and JPMorgan Chase for a larger slice of wealth revenues in Asia Pacific.

#BTLifestyle: A Japanese-inspired home with a personal touch “Given the couple’s easy, minimal lifestyles, and a shared passion for everything Japanese, they wanted a home with the simplicity of the Japanese aesthetic.”

#BTLifestyle: Mixed bag of Italian-Chinese flavours at Matera The star dishes of Alexander’s menu are the pigeon – done with black truffles, mushrooms and Cantonese jus – and a smoked red prawn with XO sauce and prawn to…

#Brunch: Six decades on, Malaysia’s revamped Genting Highlands sports new look to woo tourists No longer just a casino destination, the mountaintop resort now known as Resorts World Genting draws well over 22 million vis…

Shopee’s shift to growth shows fear over TikTok Shop’s rise Shopee’s track record as a profitable e-commerce platform will take a hit from the strategy shift to growth - but the TikTok challenge is too big to ignore.

S$1 billion bust raises questions about anti-money laundering checks for country club memberships “The prices of premier clubs in Singapore have hit new highs over the pandemic. This also increases the attractiveness of…

#BTExplains: Wash-rinse-repeat: How launderers clean ‘dirty’ money At its core, money laundering generally involves three steps – placement, layering, then integration.

'I love the space': Why this Singaporean shells out S$14,300 per month to rent a black-and-white bungalow The single-storey house which sits on 30,000 sq ft of land, boasts a lush garden and enough space for a 5-a-side f…

TikTok’s foray into South-east Asian e-commerce is no slam dunk Chief executive Chew Shou Zi said that TikTok would invest “billions of dollars” in Indonesia and the rest of South-east Asia over the next few years.

Unit of Tsao family’s IMC Group pays S$24 million for office floor in Orchard area An office floor at the freehold Nomu in Handy Road is being sold for nearly S$24 million; this works out to S$3,790 per square foot on a…

Suspects buying Singapore properties since 2017; S$830 million portfolio consists of 105 Sentosa bungalows, condos, commercial units Questions have also arisen on whether action will be taken against the real estate agen…

[BREAKING] Presidential election: Tharman, Ng Kok Song, Tan Kin Lian issued certificate of eligibility Harvey Norman Ossia founder George Goh did not receive a certificate, though the Elections Department did not disclos…

Who are the 10 charged after the billion-dollar anti-money laundering raid in Singapore? Su Haijin, one of the 10 people arrested, had lived in a sprawling good class bungalow in Ewart Park that housed a golf simulator a…

SingPost Q1 operating profit up 11.8% to S$11.9 million on international growth About 86% of SingPost’s revenue is now generated internationally.

Six presidential hopefuls have submitted applications for eligibility, confirms ELD The Presidential Elections Committee (PEC) has up to Aug 21, the eve of Nomination Day, to announce its decision on which applications a…

Citi, CIMB among banks used by suspects in S$1 billion laundering raid The two lenders were used in 2020 and 2021 by some of the foreign nationals who were arrested in a S$1 billion laundering raid.

5 Questions with Tharman Shanmugaratnam "Making sure that those who start off with disadvantages, those who start of poorer in life, are able to do well in life," says former senior minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam on the…

Ex-No Signboard director among those rounded up in billion-dollar money-laundering raid Su Haijin resigned in June last year due to “current and future business and other commitments which would make it difficult for him…