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Member News

Air 7 Asia is dedicated to excellence within the private aviation sector. Based at their corporate hangarage facility in Singapore, they offer a comprehensive suite of services, including aircraft management, maintenance, charter and time-critical air ambulance solutions.

Technology

OpenAI boss Sam Altman thinks people should have more faith in his company and others like it to do the right thing when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) development amid rising public concerns about all the risks.

Member News
Transport, Logistics & Supply Chain

Sherman Seng followed in his cabby father’s footsteps and found a job in the public transport sector, but he hardly touches the steering wheel when plying the streets. Seng, 24, is a safety operator of autonomous vehicles (AV) for Zig Driverless, which is a unit under transport giant ComfortDelGro (CDG).

Singapore News

The air quality in the northern and southern parts of Singapore dipped back into the moderate range on Sept 15, from unhealthy levels, with their latest 24-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) readings at under 101.

Singapore News
Talent

Employers in Singapore are taking a more selective approach to recruitment for the final quarter of 2026, with nearly half planning to maintain current staffing levels rather than pursuing broad workforce expansions.

Trade
Transport, Logistics & Supply Chain

Iran’s top security chief Mohsen Rezaei on Sept 6 said his country would establish a “prohibited zone” near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, state media reported. Any ship entering this new zone will be placed on the sanctions list” of Iran, Rezaei told the state TV.

A pilot scheme is turning Singapore's mosques into unlikely gateways to social and health support for seniors.

Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah said last week’s deadly Himalayan flood was “not an ordinary” event but driven by climate change, as he demanded international action.

More than 300 cooling centres will open islandwide if a heatwave hits Singapore, as part of the country’s response plan to shield its people from higher temperatures ahead.

A new $300 million grant in Singapore has been established to help turn promising research into technologies that businesses can invest in.