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Last week, Shopee’s parent company, Sea Limited announced that it will be hiring 500 Singaporeans in a partnership with IMDA. In the same week, sources revealed that Amazon might be taking over a portion of Citigroup’s office space here as the latter looks to cut back on its office space …

Singaporeans have been working from home for prolonged periods time. Recently, Education Minister Lawrence Wong, who co-chairs the governmental task force tackling Covid-19, announced that Singapore might be entering Phase 3 of reopening the economy in the next few weeks. While working from home remains the default mode of working, …

Gardens By The Bay, Jewel Changi Airport, MRT stations and shopping malls are likely images that pop up in the minds of people when Singapore is mentioned. These globally acclaimed landmarks — and many more — are the work of one family-run company that has been around for almost a …

Singapore is one of the richest countries in the world, and among those with the densest population of millionaires. Out of approximately 5.6 million people living here locally, over 269,000 people were recorded as millionaires in 2019. That number is set to grow and hit 363,000 by 2024. At the …

Startups grow and expand their operations, fuelled by investor funding and government support. However, as they scale up, more consumer data gets processed by them and cybersecurity issues creep in. In recent months, several companies in Singapore, such as ShopBack and RedDoorz, have been the recent target of data breaches. For …

Amazon might be taking over a portion of Citigroup’s office space in Singapore as the latter looks to cut back on its office space following its expiring 10-year lease. The e-commerce giant will reportedly be leasing three floors at Asia Square Tower 1 in the heart of CBD, which spans …

Shiok Meats, the world’s first cell-based crustacean meat company based in Singapore, has raised US$ 12.6 million (S$ 17.27 million) in a Series A funding round. The Series A round is led by Aqua-Spark, the first investment fund focused on sustainable aquaculture. Other investors include SEEDS Capital (the investment arm …

Singapore’s travel and tourism industry is battered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and has seen yet another loss. STA Travel, a company focused on providing package holidays for students and young people, has been reported to be closing down for good. An announcement on the STA Travel website states that they …

During this Covid-19 pandemic, some buzzwords in the working world seems to be “reskilling” and “upskilling”. The former refers to learning new skills to do a different job, whilst the latter refers to teaching workers new skills to do their jobs better. With Singaporeans getting retrenched and fresh graduates being …