Singapore to buy new submarines, infantry fighting vehicles and maritime patrol aircraft for the SAF

Mike Yeo
MAR 03, 2025

SINGAPORE – Singapore plans to procure two new submarines, and new infantry fighting vehicles with anti-drone capabilities, as well as replace its maritime patrol aircraft in the coming years.

These hardware upgrades are part of the Singapore Armed Forces’ (SAF) plan for a military that is fit for Singapore’s security purposes, especially amid a fast-changing global order, said Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen on March 3 during the debate on the Ministry of Defence’s (Mindef) budget.

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.

Singapore’s port handles record of over 40 million shipping containers in 2024

In 2024, Singapore’s port – consisting of terminals operated by both PSA and Jurong Port – surpassed the 2023 record

of 39.01 million TEUs.PHOTO: ST FILE

Esther Loi
DEC 28, 2024

SINGAPORE – Singapore’s largest port operator PSA handled more than 40 million shipping containers, or twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), in 2024, a record-breaking feat that it has called a “significant milestone”.

This means that in 2024, Singapore’s port – consisting of terminals operated by both PSA and Jurong Port – surpassed the 2023 record of 39.01 million TEUs, said Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat in a Facebook post on Dec 27.

Govt blocks Income-Allianz deal (acquisition by Allianz)

 

Singapore blocks Income-Allianz deal but leaves door open if concerns over public interest are fully addressed

The Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth says it is not confident that the proposed transaction would not affect Income, or the co-op movement as a whole to carry out its social mission.

German insurer Allianz announced in July it was planning to buy a majority stake in Singapore's Income Insurance.
(Photos: CNA/Try Sutrisno Foo, Reuters)

Ang Hwee Min

14 Oct 2024

 

SINGAPORE: The Singapore government has intervened to stop the proposed deal between Income Insurance and German insurer Allianz.

From high-rollers to roller-coaster geeks, Singapore's IRs are reeling them in but is it enough to stay ahead?

Having tasted success, new challenges await Singapore’s integrated resorts as neighbouring countries including the Philippines and Japan are ramping up their own tourism offerings.

 

 


Renald Loh

07 Dec 2024

Soaring high at 200 metres and gleaming gold at sunset, the architectural marvel that is Marina Bay Sands (MBS) is at once a striking silhouette of Singapore’s skyline and a symbol of its riches.

While the integrated resort’s (IR) impressive facade and iconic SkyPark have drawn the rich and famous from overseas, its counterpart southwest of the island appeals more to tourists such as 43-year-old Australian Kacy McDonald and her family.

Videos of travel influencers screaming their lungs out on roller coasters at Universal Studios Singapore (USS) and showing off their hauls from its novelty shops had captured the attention of Ms McDonald’s young children.

That's why Resorts World Sentosa (RWS), home to the USS theme park — and not the lavish MBS — was at the top of the list for the family's six-day holiday itinerary.