Singapore

Singapore and German Passport ranked as most powerful

Singapore is tied, for the first time, with Germany as the country with the most powerful passport in the latest Global Passport Power Rank 2017

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4 years ago

April 19, 2017

Aishwarya Gupta

Singapore is tied, for the first time, with Germany as the country with the most powerful passport in the latest Global Passport Power Rank 2017 published by Arton Capital’s Passport index released on Tuesday, according to Straits Times Online report on Wednesday.

Holders of Singapore passport can now get visa-on-arrival in Ukraine for up to 15 days, upping the republic’s score by one to 159. Singapore was second before the change.Germany still has the edge for visa-free free travel. Germans can travel to 125 countries without a visa compared to Singapore’s 122.

But Singapore beats Germany with a visa-on-arrival score of 37 to 34.The Passport Index compares the passports of 193 United Nations member countries and six territories.

Singapore was fourth this year in the Visa Restrictions Index, another ranking travel freedom which uses a different way of calculating how powerful a passport is.Germany also tops this table published by Henley & Partners. It has visa-free access to 176 countries out of a possible 218.In both tables, Singapore is the highest-ranked Asian country.

Source: Singapore passport ties with German as most powerful passport – Thai PBS English News

Companies

April International Care announces raft of enhancements to MyHEALTH Singapore

APRIL International Care has announced significant improvements to its MyHEALTH Singapore private international health insurance policy range

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6 months ago

July 30, 2020

Pr News

APRIL International Care has announced significant improvements to its MyHEALTH Singapore private international health insurance policy range, in particular to its “Elite” module. The changes will take effect from 1 August 2020.

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Markets

Tiger Trade Launches SGX Trading, Meeting Demand from Asian Investors

Access to the Singapore Exchange (SGX) adds to Tiger Brokers’ current menu of stock exchanges, such as the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq Stock Market (NASDAQ), the world’s two largest stock exchanges, as well as the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX).

Published

7 months ago

June 17, 2020

acn newswire

SINGAPORE (ACN Newswire) – Tiger Trade, a one-stop mobile and online trading application by Tiger Brokers, has launched access to the Singapore Exchange (SGX).

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Business

Asia’s Most Innovative Country in 2019 is Singapore

Singapore (4th worldwide) has prioritised health and medicine in its national innovation strategy, including its AI development plan.

Published

1 year ago

July 26, 2019

Insead Knowledge

Continuing innovations in health and medicine have led to economic growth and a better quality of life for many around the world. But inequalities could grow rapidly.

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