The Business Times

#NDR2025: 8 things to know in this year's National Day Rally From job-matching to vaping, here's what you should know.

#NDR2025: Northern Singapore will be ‘ulu’ no more with new developments, says PM Wong Three northern neighbourhoods – Woodlands, Kranji and Sembawang – will become vibrant and full of opportunity, as they are developed…

#NDR2025: ‘Age Well Neighbourhoods’ can increase spaces, accessibility of services for seniors The first of such neighbourhoods will be in Toa Payoh and “one or two other areas with a high concentration of seniors,” says…

#NDR2025: New government-funded traineeships for fresh graduates The government is prepared to scale up the programme if the economy worsens, says PM Wong.

#NDR2025: More help for jobseekers with CDC job-matching, SkillsFuture tweaks “Ultimately, our economic strategy is about jobs, jobs and jobs. That is our number one priority,” says PM Wong.

#NDR2025: Low US tariff on Singapore is of ‘little comfort’, says PM Wong What is known is that there will be more trade barriers, and small and open economies such as Singapore “will feel the squeeze,” he warned.

#NDR2025: PM Wong to deliver National Day Rally speech in English at 8pm He will touch on ‘new strategies’ to navigate Singapore through a fragmented world.

GuocoLand, Hong Leong sell 870 units or 92% of Springleaf Residence at average S$2,175 psf With prices starting from S$878,000 for one-bedroom units and most units falling below the S$2.5 million mark, the project was “p…

Career stuck in neutral? Networking might change that “Your work might get you through the door, but it’s your relationships that decide whether you’re invited to the decision-making table,” says author Ryan Lim, in his…

Insurance par funds post robust returns in 2024; cautious stance for the longer term Prudential posts the strongest returns among insurance participating funds in 2024, but says it would be "wise to be even more prudent"…

McKinsey and its peers need a new strategy. And some humility Since the birth of management consultancy at the turn of the 20th century, people have questioned its usefulness.

#BTOpinion: Is Genting Singapore still a good bet? Genting Singapore’s shares have chalked up a total return of less than 0.1% since the beginning this year - making it the sixth worst-performing component of the STI.

Is Singapore’s retail scene slowly fading into irrelevance? For over a decade, Singapore’s retail has been haemorrhaging, caught between rising rents, labour crunches and digital disruption.

The market will fall; here’s why that shouldn’t scare you Here’s what few would tell you about market declines: They’re not the exception; they’re the rule. When we look at Singapore’s Straits Times Index, history gives…

#Brunch: South-east Asia’s reality check: What’s hindering data centres’ green transition? The region's data centre boom is fuelling one of the fastest-growing digital economies in the world - but the clean energy infras…

Nathan Home: A Singaporean designer’s ode to idyllic childhoods and lasting furniture "Well-made things take time," says industrial designer Nathan Yong, who launched Nathan Home, a new furniture and lifestyle brand at S…

Founder of Singapore Symphony Orchestra Choo Hoey dies at 90 Choo Hoey was the SSO's music director between 1979 and 1996.

#BTLifestyle: Surviving in the F&B business – veteran chefs show the way Amid the current spate of restaurant closures – which reached a 20-year high of over 3,000 casualties in 2024, how are these chefs navigating Singa…

Kith Cafe grows up with its customers “Our regulars matured with us,” said founder Jane Hia. “They had kids, and now they’re bringing their kids to Kith.”

SIA Group’s passenger traffic up 6.2% in July The increase in passenger traffic for SIA and Scoot outpaced the 2.8% expansion in passenger capacity.

ICA to review Ong Beng Seng’s PR status after he was fined for abetting obstruction of justice Ong was born in Malaysia in 1946 and came to Singapore at the age of four.

For just US$1 million, wealthy investors can buy a stake in one of the world’s largest hedge fund firms Since 1990, Millennium has lost money in only one year, 2008, when it fell 3.5%. It has made 10% or more in all but…

BT Club exclusive: Crack the pumpkin sourdough code This September, BT Club members will get the inside scoop on baking a pumpkin-shaped sourdough from Karen Ng of Bespoke Bread, who used to sell it but never taught othe…

China’s ‘robot Olympics’ sees humanoids from 16 nations compete in table tennis, football, track Teams come from countries including the United States, Germany, and Brazil, with 192 representing universities and 88 from…

#BTLifestyle: PS Cafe vibe returns to Chip Bee Bistro in Holland Village You still get very good fries at Chip Bee Bistro – albeit without the truffle oil – but the menu is basic cafe fare, says BT's resident food critic…

Developers’ sales surge 250% on month to 940 units in July on flood of new condo launches This is 63.2% higher than the number of units sold in the year-ago period.