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Protests sweep Indonesia: Will unrest push Prabowo to reassess his economic agenda? Months-long disenchantment over rising costs, graft allegations and policies have culminated in the most intense protest yet for his adm…

Hiap Seng Engineering employee killed in workshop accident The group will take necessary measures to prevent the recurrence of such an incident.

Hybrid-focused carmaker Suzuki ‘not too worried’ about EV-first China brands like BYD Suzuki plans to introduce its own electric vehicles to Asia in the next five years, but is cautious about the incentive-heavy market.

😎So you want to be your own boss? Tip #1: Don’t drop out out of school to pursue entrepreneurship. Running your own business also doesn’t guarantee a higher income – at least in Singapore, says Kit Yong, founder of Fort…

DPM Gan makes 5-day working visit to China, to attend commemorative events for WWII This will be his first visit to China since becoming deputy prime minister.

Circles to benefit from industry consolidation: CEO Rameez Ansar The key to differentiating Circles in Singapore is not through price, but through continuous innovation, he said. “When you are cutting costs, are you real…

Lamborghini Urus SE review: Lambo to the slaughter The Urus SE isn’t your ordinary family bus, says BT's Leow Ju-Len. Being the world’s fastest SUV, it comes with bragging rights. "The acceleration is brutal. The corneri…

Taking away food in CBD? Refuse the disposable cutlery at least 265 million kg of disposables was discarded in 2022 - which could fill about 5,300 four-room HDB flats.

‘Looking good, feeling good has become important': Hyphens Pharma bets big on Asean’s medical aesthetics boom “Historically, it is always the acute diseases, the life-threatening diseases that took precedence. But with e…

#BTOpinion: Fullerton deal is no side gig for Japan Inc Mitsubishi’s latest investment in Singapore’s Fullerton Health underscores how Japan Inc has been swooping in on healthcare assets across South-east Asia and reshap…

#Brunch: Asean Power Grid: Can South-east Asia finally plug into a shared power future? Cross-border clean energy projects are gaining momentum, with 2025 shaping up as a breakthrough year – if politics and money align.

Sea, Grab, Mandiri are Asean’s most-watched stocks: Macquarie Of the 51 regional companies present, Sea and Grab garnered the most attention from an audience of over 300 investors.

Understated style at Omakase@Stevens The newly minted Michelin star is five years old, but worth rediscovering.

Singapore mall landlords are adapting to changing consumer habits, but there’s room for new approaches Landlords can also tap underused mall spaces for pop-ups, with one market player noting that retail is now a “very vi…

The middle-aged are no longer the most miserable Youth used to be cheerful. No more.

Aster outage may ripple across Singapore’s petrochemical sector Singapore-based Aster Chemicals and Energy is prioritising a safe restart of its Bukom Island naphtha cracker while engaging with customers, said the compan…

SingPost past and present: How a 200-year old monopoly got disrupted The company was such an investor darling at one point that it drew an investment from Alibaba, the China big tech and e-commerce giant. But those halcy…

Hotel Miramar to shut end-October; 108 employees hit It attributes the ‘difficult decision’ to its long-term business outlook.

Will AI kill media, law, accounting jobs in Singapore? The fears may be overblown “A main business line, such as plumbing, could be less affected – but auxiliary yet important functions like human resources and finance w…

Thai court sacks PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra for ethics violation The court said Paetongtarn violated ethics in a leaked June telephone call, during which she appeared to kowtow to Cambodia’s former leader Hun Sen Thailand…

#BTLifestyle: Korean beauty concierges are sprouting to serve English-speaking medical tourists – and Singaporeans are using them “I was surprised because there are so many new concierges this year, it’s insane. All of a…

Microsoft, Rolls-Royce Power Systems push treated vegetable oils to green Singapore’s data centres But this oil that cuts more than 90% of emissions relative to diesel is missing from Singapore’s data centre roadmap laun…

SP Group acquires Siemens’ 49% stake in Power Automation to become sole owner The joint venture between SP Group and Siemens was set up in 1996.

Singapore’s Gen Z wants financial independence, but lacks confidence in managing finances: Visa study About 68% say they are most familiar with saving money.

#BTLifestyle: Gillman Barracks celebrates 13 years, with end date in sight Like the Projector, its story will close – but this weekend spotlights its extraordinary place in the arts scene.

Delay in climate reporting not ‘a get-out-of-jail-free card’ for Singapore’s smaller listcos, say observers “I hope that the postponement... is not seen by SMEs as ‘Okay, I have more time to start doing this assessment,…

Start your day with BT ☕️: Stocks to watch: Olam, GuocoLand, Civmec, mm2 Asia, Aims Apac Reit, Shangri-La Asia Top Stories: 1. Companies: GuocoLand’s H2 net profit falls 48% as China losses offset Singapore growth 2. ESG…

mm2 Asia widens net loss by more than 10 times despite revenue gain as cinema scene withers The biggest blow to mm2 Asia’s bottom line came from its share of losses of associated companies, which stood at S$75 million fo…

Misconception to think Johor-Singapore SEZ will provide cheap labour, says SMF Malaysia’s labour authorities expect incoming businesses to pay wages that are two-thirds of Singapore's levels, says SMF president Lennon Ta…

Olam shuts digital farmer services platform to conserve cash; 606 employees affected More than four-fifths of the impacted workers are from Indonesia; others from Singapore, India, Australia.