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Singapore new gaming authority on track for 2021: ministry

Sep 24, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

A new, centralised authority to oversee the entire gambling industry in Singapore, is on track to be established in 2021, confirmed the city-state’s Ministry of Home Affairs in an email reply to...

Singapore govt in fresh steps to boost tourism, economy

Sep 18, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has announced several partnerships to support local business and boost the city’s tourism industry, amid the coronavirus pandemic. The tourism board said in a...

MBS hires law firm to probe US$1bln transfers: report

Sep 17, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

The management at Marina Bay Sands (MBS) casino resort, has hired prominent Singapore law firm Davinder Singh Chambers, for a new probe into more than US$1 billion in gamblers’ money, allegedly...

Malaysia PM says virus spike risks movement control return

Sep 16, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Singapore, Top of the deck

Malaysia might have to retighten community-movement restrictions if the tally of fresh Covid-19 cases rises more acutely, said on Tuesday the country’s leader, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin,...

MBS says MICE carbon neutral, preps return of bigger events

Sep 08, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

The promoter of the Marina Bay Sands (MBS) casino resort in Singapore, says that 100 percent of the gas and electricity consumed at its Sands Expo and Convention Centre (pictured) is now carbon...

Genting HK sells Zouk club group to Lim Kok Thay son

Sep 02, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Singapore, Top of the deck

Financially-pressured casino cruise ship operator Genting Hong Kong Ltd says it is selling nightclub and restaurant operator Zouk Group to an offspring of the Genting brand’s Malaysian...

GEN Sing recovery still several quarters off: analyst

Aug 19, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Full recovery of Genting Singapore Ltd’s casino resort business in Singapore following the Covid-19 crisis was “still several quarters away” due to the firm’s Resorts World Sentosa venue...

MBS offers live and online MICE event studio for Covid era

Aug 17, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Singapore casino resort Marina Bay Sands (MBS) says it is now offering what it terms a “hybrid broadcast studio” so that it can host events that combine in-person attendance with input from...

Macau to rebound quicker than Singapore, Vegas: Fitch

Aug 14, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Singapore, Top of the deck, World

Fitch Ratings Inc says the Macau gaming market is likely to recover quicker from the negative impact of the Covid-19 pandemic than Singapore and Las Vegas, Nevada, in the United States. That is...

Local worker ratio up after RWS job cuts: govt

Aug 07, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Three out of every four workers remaining at casino complex Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) after a round of job cutting is a Singapore local, confirmed the city-state’s Ministry of Manpower in a...