October 16, 2019 11:17 PMSINGAPORE - For 39 years, Mr Marn Chuan Lee paid respects to his grandmother's grave at least once every three months; keeping the grave tidy and even installing garden lights by her tombstone.

October 16, 2019 10:50 PMSINGAPORE - The Republic's version of Japan's famed cherry blossoms made a surprise return this month after the usual flowering season ended in September.

October 16, 2019 10:40 PMSINGAPORE - Catholic High School's alumni association celebrated 50 years since its founding on Sunday (Oct 13), with a video featuring former students, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, singing the school song screened at an anniversary dinner.

October 16, 2019 9:15 PMSINGAPORE - A catering firm was fined $5,000 on Wednesday (Oct 16) after the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) found several lapses at its premises, including cockroach and housefly infestations, during a routine inspection in June.

October 16, 2019 8:48 PMSINGAPORE - In his final year of university, Mr Chua Kah Sheng was attending school for only half a day each week.

HIGHER rentals from Ocean Financial Centre and 275 George Street, and a full quarter of income contribution from T Tower in Seoul, acquired in May, as well as its unit buyback programme, lent a boost to Keppel Reit's third quarter ended Sept 30.

October 16, 2019 7:15 PMSINGAPORE - More than 3,000 cartons of contraband cigarettes were seized at Tuas Checkpoint by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers between Saturday (Oct 12) and Monday.

October 16, 2019 7:42 PMSINGAPORE - Boarding a bus in a wheelchair has become even easier.

October 16, 2019 7:20 PMSINGAPORE - More thunderstorms and lightning activity, as well as warm days, are expected in Singapore in the next two weeks, the weatherman said on Wednesday (Oct 16).

October 16, 2019 5:49 PMSINGAPORE - The labour movement has set what its chief calls a "bold, ambitious" target of reaching 1.5 million members by 2030, even though it has yet to meet its previous target of 1 million members.

The New Zealand-based company plans to use the new funds to expand its presence across Asia and globally.

Investment into Hong Kong's real estate plunged in the year to June 30, finds new research. And the prevailing political turmoil there may not bode well for future inflows.

By raising $14.5 million from a group of investors led by Legend Capital, Mathpresso is one of a handful Korean startups that has managed to get funding from a high-profile Chinese venture capital fund.

RoomMe said it will use the new funds to invest further in its technology and expand its service coverage.

RedDoorz is considering filing for an IPO between 2022 and 2023, CEO Amit Saberwal said.

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TNG Fintech's CEO admitted that its US$115 million series A round in 2017 never materialized.

Hong Kong-based Booqed is a digital marketplace for flexible meeting, work, and event spaces.

The Indonesian unicorn is considering to list shares at home and in another location, which has yet to be decided.

The India-based startup will use the fresh funds to become a one-stop shop for local internet users and expand internationally.

October 16, 2019 10:45 PMANKARA (REUTERS) - The Trump administration dispatched its top officials to Turkey on Wednesday (Oct 16) for emergency talks to try to persuade Ankara to halt an assault on northern Syria, while Russian troops swept into territory abandoned by Washington in a sudden retreat.

October 16, 2019 10:33 PMNEW JERSEY (BLOOMBERG) - US and Korean authorities say they broke up one of the world's largest market for child pornography, a crime that is proliferating at a furious pace with the rise of cryptocurrency and encrypted online content.

October 16, 2019 9:49 PMOSLO (AFP) - A Norwegian politician has nominated the "people of Hong Kong" for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize, in a move which risks drawing China's ire.

October 16, 2019 8:45 PMVATICAN CITY (AFP) - The pope on Wednesday (Oct 16) contrasted the world's 820 million hungry people with those who turn food into "an avenue of personal destruction" through overeating, in comments to mark World Food Day.

Average house prices increased by 0.8% month on month in August 2019 and by 1.3% year on year to £234,853, according to the latest official index data. In England prices rose by 0.8% on a monthly basis and by 1.1% on an annual basis to £251,233, in Wales they were up by 2.2% month on […] The post Average house prices in the UK up by just 1.3% in year to August 2019 appeared first on PropertyWire.

Asking prices increased by 0.3% across England and Wales month on month in October to £309, 692 and year on year are now up just 0.1%, according to the latest index figures. But in Scotland the market is slightly more buoyant with asking prices up 0.7% on a monthly basis and up 1.6% year on […] The post Asking prices creep up again in England year on year appeared first on PropertyWire.

October 16, 2019 6:31 PMTHE HAGUE (AFP) - Dutch police were holding an Austrian man after the discovery of a father and his adult children who were believed to have stayed hidden in a remote farmhouse for years, officials said Wednesday (Oct 16).

CBRE has appointed Chris Brett as managing director of its EMEA capital markets

WiredScore, the global rating scheme for digital connectivity in real estate, has secured £3.2m in funding from British Land and Patrizia.

Calastone, the global funds network, has appointed Dan Kramer as vice chairman to lead its expansion in the US from the firm’s New York office.