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Cost of ‘certificate of entitlement’, introduced in 1990 to control number of cars, now equivalent to four Toyota Camry Hybrids in USTo own a car in Singapore, a buyer must bid for a certificate that now costs $106,000, equivalent to four Toyota Camry …
Read MoreElection comes as minister faces a corruption investigation and voters express frustration with the electoral processSingaporeans will select a new president on Friday, a vote that will measure public mood at a time when the ruling party, which has bee…
Read MorePunishment for heroin trafficking comes just days after city executes first woman in nearly 20 yearsSingapore has executed a 39-year-old man who was convicted of trafficking heroin in the city-state’s third hanging in just over a week, authorities say….
Read MoreSaridewi Djamani was handed a death penalty after being convicted of trafficking 30g of heroin in 2018Singapore has hanged Saridewi Djamani, the first woman to be executed in the city state in almost 20 years, amid an outcry from human rights groups.Th…
Read MoreKilling of Saridewi Djamani is one of two this week as activists say most on death row are marginalised peopleSingapore is due to execute a woman for the first time in almost 20 years on Friday, one of two killings planned for this week.Singaporean nat…
Read MoreS Iswaran on bail along with hotel magnate and Singapore Formula One GP promoter Ong Beng Seng as case rocks city-state’s clean reputationSingapore’s transport minister has been arrested in connection with a rare top-level corruption investigation that…
Read MoreUS-based comic Jocelyn Chia strains relations between Singapore and Malaysia with joke about how Malaysia’s planes cannot flyMalaysian police will seek Interpol’s help to track down a US-based comedian who mocked the country and joked about the missing…
Read MoreCity-state is to close its only turf club in order to redevelop 120-hectare site for public housing amid declining popularity of the sportMore than 180 years of horse racing in Singapore will soon come to an end, as the “land scarce” city state closes …
Read MoreAfter refusing to meet with his US counterpart, general says ‘some countries’ interfering in others’ business but Beijing does not seek confrontationChina’s defence minister, Li Shangfu, has said a cold war mentality is resurgent in the Asia-Pacific re…
Read MoreTangaraju Suppiah was hanged despite international pleas to reconsider capital punishment for drugs offencesSingapore has hanged a prisoner for conspiracy to smuggle one kilogram of cannabis, authorities said, ignoring international protests and concer…
Read MoreTangaraju Suppiah, due to be hanged this week, forced to self-represent after unsuccessful appealA Singaporean man who is due to be hanged this week for abetting an attempt to smuggle cannabis is one of a growing number of death row prisoners who have …
Read MoreClaimant seeks $3m in damages to cover financial losses as well as rehabilitation and therapy to overcome ‘trauma’A man in Singapore is seeking more than S$3m (£1.87m) in damages from a woman who said she saw him only as a friend, claiming she caused h…
Read MoreAnimal welfare groups in Malaysia and Singapore have urged consumers to not buy rabbits on an ‘impulse’ and to look into what it takes to care for themPet welfare groups in Malaysia and Singapore have warned consumers not to buy rabbits to mark lunar n…
Read MoreLGBTQ+ advocates welcome repeal of British colonial-era law while expressing dismay as parliament backs existing definition of marriageSingapore’s parliament has decriminalised sex between men, but has amended the constitution to effectively block full…
Read MoreUK entrepreneur turns down live TV debate and says government should instead engage with local activistsThe British entrepreneur Richard Branson has rejected an invitation from Singapore’s home affairs minister to debate the death penalty, urging him t…
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