City-state launches dating platform for government workers, drawing curiosity, amusement and scorn.


City-state launches dating platform for government workers, drawing curiosity, amusement and scorn.

Bid to rezone forested areas for housing prompts unusual public opposition in Southeast Asian city-state.

Chinese firms are making major inroads in the Southeast Asian city-state as ‘Made in China’ stigma fades.

City-state’s new anti-scam law sparks debate about paternalistic governance embodied by founding father Lee Kuan Yew.

Prime Minister-in-waiting Lawrence Wong says residents are looking for more out of life than material success.

The city-state is raising the salary threshold for foreigners to get a work permit amid stiff competition for jobs.

City-state’s invocation of foreign interference law highlights challenges of maintaining a highly globalised economy.

The tightly-controlled city-state has turned down protest requests and urged people not to display political symbols.

City-state’s anti-money laundering controls in spotlight after arrest of 10 foreigners and seizure of $1.3bn in assets.

More than 80 percent of police reports made by bosses against their maids do not lead to charges, rights group says.
