Singapore
Singapore has world’s cheapest Michelin-starred food but is it just for show?
The French tyre company’s mode of launching its world-famous restaurant ratings guides in Asia doesn’t come without a healthy portion of cynicism.
- by Chris Barrett
Latest
‘Now is not the time to risk it all’: Singapore returns to lockdown
Three weeks after it outlined its much-publicised road map for living with COVID-19, the city-state is on the defensive again.
- by Chris Barrett
‘Hermit nation’ strategy bites Australia but Tehan says tourists will be back
Australia’s slow vaccine rollout has given other parts of the world a head start on attracting international visitors again.
- by Chris Barrett
Singapore aims for quarantine-free travel by end of the year
“You cannot expect people to live like that,” Singapore’s health minister said, “restricting themselves, not meeting friends, not being able to travel.”
- by Chris Barrett
The airline making money keeping its planes grounded
Airlines follow a pretty simple formula for success: Fill as many seats and fly as many hours as possible. One Indian budget carrier is going another way to drum up income -- not flying.
- by Anurag Kotoky and Ragini Saxena
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Singapore’s COVID plan offers pathway out of lockdowns
We could do worse than follow the example of the city state of Singapore, which has set out a plan to keep COVID suppressed without lockdowns.
- by Anthony Bergin
Singapore Airlines says travel bubble talks are grounded
The carrier says talks with the Australian government about a travel bubble with Singapore aren’t going anywhere, hindering planning protocols to ensure travel can resume safely.
- by Patrick Hatch
‘No rush’ to reopen international borders: Trade Minister
Trade Minister Dan Tehan says the federal government is negotiating with Singapore about a potential travel bubble with Australia, but is in “no rush to open the borders” to international travel.
- by Annika Smethurst
Opinion
Schools
There’s a lot at stake as the maths wars erupt
Australia can’t rely on parents to teach their kids maths basics.
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness
‘Don’t have to become like them’: Singapore advises Australia to work with China
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has offered his view on how to handle relations with the rising superpower after a meeting with Scott Morrison on Thursday.
- by Chris Barrett
Testing time for Morrison ahead of leaders’ meeting in Singapore
The Prime Minister will have to clear a COVID-19 test on arrival at Changi airport on Thursday before a fly-in-fly-out visit to the city-state in lockdown.
- by Chris Barrett