Singapore

Singapore backed 243 UN human rights recommendations, including stronger migrant worker protections, but rejected changes on domestic workers, death penalty and free speech.

Recent rogue AI cyberattacks reveal governance blind spots and outdated defenses, prompting experts to call for stricter oversight and AI-driven security to counter automated threats.

Semiconductor firm VSMC opened an S$8.5 billion wafer plant in Singapore, expected to create 1,600 jobs and produce 44,000 wafers monthly by 2029.

Investors are buying Singapore retail assets amid tenant pressures, drawn by yields above borrowing costs, defensive income, scarcity value, and value-add potential, with up to S$8 billion in deals this year.

Singapore opened its first advanced semiconductor substrate plant, a Toppan-Broadcom joint venture, producing FC-BGA substrates for AI and networking to ease global supply shortages.

MAS appointed five new asset managers to manage $1.45 billion, aiming to boost liquidity and revitalize Singapore's equities market.

The Singapore Business Federation's Future Ready Business platform helps companies evaluate readiness gaps, prioritize transformation goals, and access practical solutions for sustainable growth.

Singapore's factory output rose 15.4% year-on-year in August, accelerating from July but missing the 18.3% forecast, driven by electronics and precision engineering.

CDL plans to unlock $6 billion in assets to drive growth and targets an annual dividend payout of over 35% under its refreshed three-year strategic plan.

Singapore proposed a UN framework convention on AI safety, calling for global institutions and shared standards to regulate advancing technologies amid superpower rivalry.

Tan Hee Teck will succeed Wong Kim Yin as the chairman of Singapore's Health Promotion Board for a three-year term starting October 1.

Singapore's core inflation rose to a nearly two-year high of 2.2% in August, driven by higher costs for services, retail, and food. Overall inflation increased to 2.3%.