Starting salaries of local bus captains to increase by S$450 from 2027, working conditions to improve

All existing bus captains to get one-time salary increase In order to attract more locals to become bus captains, their starting salaries will be increased by S$450 from 1 Jan 2027. To... Read more »

Instincts from public service useful in navigating ‘stark’ new reality for investments: Temasek chairman Teo Chee Hean

“In past years, at the Shangri-la Dialogue, my sense was that they were talking past each other, and that talking was at various decibel levels,” he said, referring to the defence forum... Read more »

NVIDIA CEO says panic about AI & jobs is “complete nonsense”

As AI becomes profitable, Jensen Huang claims companies are hiring more engineers Jensen Huang isn’t worried about AI taking your job. In fact, he thinks the opposite is happening. Speaking at Nvidia’s... Read more »

Chan Chun Sing calls for more partnerships with like-minded countries as nature of conflicts evolves

He says that with these networks, countries can work to build trust in domains such as cyber and artificial intelligence [SINGAPORE] As conflicts evolve, there is a need for more networks of... Read more »

Singapore’s PMI inches up to 51 in May as electronics sector maintains growth

[SINGAPORE] The Republic’s factory activity grew at a faster pace in May as artificial intelligence-related tailwinds continue to drive electronics growth, amid challenges arising from the ongoing Middle East conflict. The purchasing... Read more »

Analysis:How a nudge from Nvidia propelled frugal Micron into the AI boom and a $1 trillion market cap

SAN FRANCISCO, June 2 : Micron Technology’s march toward a $1 trillion valuation is nothing if not dramatic: a year ago it was a little over $100 billion. That surge, though, was... Read more »

Temasek’s Tan Chong Meng succeeds Eddie Teo as chair of the Council of Presidential Advisers

Ex-DBS CEO Piyush Gupta is appointed council member, after he was appointed alternate member in August 2025 [SINGAPORE] Temasek’s deputy chairman Tan Chong Meng, 65, has been appointed as the chairman of... Read more »

Singapore’s AI registry for public officers

SINGAPORE – A registry of artificial intelligence agents is being developed for 150,000 public officers in Singapore to use cutting-edge AI in their work without compromising data security. This registry is a... Read more »

Move to dissolve Johor assembly signals BN confidence in retaining supermajority: Analysts

KUALA LUMPUR – The Johor state assembly has been dissolved, paving the way for the state’s 16th election to be held by July 31. Johor Menteri Besar Onn Hafiz Ghazi announced the... Read more »

SME sustainability: The path to business resilience

The goal is for firms to be more agile so they can ride out crises such as the Iran war, say industry observers  [SINGAPORE] The ongoing US-Iraeli war on Iran is forcing... Read more »