Marina Bay Sands gets record $12 billion loan amid tourism boo

Bloomberg

Tue, 18 February 2025

Marina Bay Sands’ expansion plans come as Singapore’s tourism industry has staged a sharp rebound since the pandemic.
(Photo: Sanjit Das/Bloomberg)

By Chien Mi Wong

(Bloomberg) — Marina Bay Sands Pte has obtained a $12 billion (US$9 billion) multi-tranche loan to fund a planned expansion of its casino resort in Singapore, according to a person familiar with the matter, marking the largest such financing in the city state ever.

Urinating at MRT Stations - Cases in court in Jan 2025

2 more men charged with urinating in public at MRT stations

On Jan 14, Li Guorui, 41, pleaded guilty to one charge of being a public nuisance. ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG

Nadine Chua

JAN 15, 2025

SINGAPORE - Two more men have been charged with urinating in public at MRT stations.

This comes a day after a man was fined $2,000 for the same offence at Outram Park MRT station.

On Jan 15, Zhou Hongwei, 57, was charged with urinating in front of the passenger service centre at Potong Pasir MRT station on Jan 13 at around 7.30pm.

Why I don’t complain that Singapore is boring

Finding any city interesting is a lot like falling in love. The getting-to-know-each-other stage has to be meaningful and purposeful on both sides, a communications specialist said.

Commenting on complaints and criticisms that Singapore is "boring", Ms Larissa Santhana Nair (pictured) suggested that we simply need to put in more time and effort to discover everything our little island has to offer. (Photo: CNA/Nuria…see more

Larissa Santhana Nair

31 Jan 2025 

If you Google “boring countries”, you’ll likely see Singapore mentioned in the top results – and probably more than once. We’ve all heard such complaints and criticisms. (Perhaps we’ve even uttered them ourselves.)

In defence, many people would point out our culture in food, shopping and Singlish. Singaporeans do things: Get together with friends. Go to Johor Bahru in neighbouring Malaysia for supper or shopping. Visit clubs and bars (if one is old enough). Queue for … stuff. Rinse and repeat.