News about Singapore

KUALA LUMPUR (March 31): American singer Barbra Streisand praised Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong for speaking "common sense" and doing "everything that needed to be done to be ready for this virus", Singapore's Straits Times reported yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 23): A Singaporean decided that she has enough space to share in her four-room flat after listening to the Malaysian worker she was carpooling with recount stories of other workers who had to sleep rough after Malaysia closed its borders, TODAY reported on Saturday.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): Gamuda Bhd’s property arm Gamuda Land said today that its 548 unit executive condominium joint venture (JV) project known as OLA (pictured) in Singapore has been oversubscribed, after receiving 1,163 electronic applications from interested buyers.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): The Singapore government has agreed to provide accommodation for Malaysian workers in the island-state during the Movement Control Order period, said Minister of Defence Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): The government is discussing with its Singapore counterpart about allowing Malaysians to work in the country but on one condition: Singapore needs to provide accommodations for the workers.

SINGAPORE (March 19): Past midnight, Armel Sharil waited until the metal gates of Kranji MRT Station were pulled shut at 1am before he carefully laid a cardboard on the floor to lie down and rest his eyes, according to a report by TODAY published today.

SINGAPORE (March 17): Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said today that the flow of goods and cargo between Singapore and Malaysia, including food supplies, will continue despite Malaysia's lockdown over COVID-19.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 17): Malaysians who travel daily to Singapore for work will not be allowed to do so beginning tomorrow until March 31.

SINGAPORE (March 17): Singapore's minister for trade and industry Chan Chun Sing said that the city state would not run out of food, seeking to allay concerns after neighbouring Malaysia announced it was closing its borders to prevent a further spread of the coronavirus, Reuters reported yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 2): Pintaras Jaya Bhd has secured several piling contracts worth a combined RM116 million, with contract periods spanning between three and eight months between January and April this year.