Sneakerheads here have much to be excited about, as Sneaker Con SEA will be returning to Singapore in 2025. Ticket sales start on Nov 21 for the third South-east Asian staging of “the greatest sneaker show on earth”, which will kick off at Marina Bay Sands in February 2025, after a successful 2024 edition saw more than 17,000 attendees. The March 2024 edition was headlined by eight streetwear legends, including the Japanese “godfather of streetwear” Hiroshi Fujiwara, Filipino sneaker collector Big Boy Cheng and renowned Singaporean designer Mark Ong aka Mr Sabotage. They guest-starred in question-and-answer sessions with fans and panel discussions during the two-day event, held at Resorts World Sentosa. Sneaker Con SEA 2025 will be the first lifestyle event under the collaborative partnership of intellectual property developers O4X and SPH Media. Michele Lee, chief executive of The O4 Company, said: “We have a slew of experiences lined up for sneaker fans...

 Is there a question to which you want to know the answer? Or do you know the answer to a question here?  Write to: Charles Legge, Answers To Correspondents, Daily Mail, 9 Derry Street, London W8 5HY; or email [email protected] By CHARLES LEGGE Published: 23:49 GMT, 10 November 2024 | Updated: 01:36 GMT, 11 November 2024 QUESTION: According to the world weather column in the Mail, Singapore has a lot of thunder and lightning. Why? Singapore has been called ‘the lightning capital of the world’ and is subject to terrific storms.  It experiences between 171 and 186 days of lightning a year, based on records at the Changi climate station.  In 2021, Singapore had the highest lightning density in the world, with 163.08 events per square km. In general, there are more thunderstorms in tropical regions. Singapore has at least two major rain-bearing weather systems.  In 2021, Singapore had the highest lightning...

Once rejected by major retailers, the brand is now in over 6,000 stores across Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia WHEN husband-and-wife duo Caleb Leow and Tan Peck Ying started their period-pain-relief business in 2014, few major retailers took them seriously. Then known as PS Love, the company sold disposable adhesive heat pads to tackle menstrual pain. “Around 2015, when we were still really sensing the retail market, obviously we approached the big retailers. But the feedback we received was that we were too small,” said Tan. Copyright The Business Times. All rights reserved. Source link

Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], November 20 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with other G20 leaders, gathered for a family photo at the 19th G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday. PM Modi also attended a session on Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Brazil, joined by prominent world leaders including Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stor Source link

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President Rumen Radev will visit the Republic of Singapore and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam from November 22 to 27, his press secretariat reported Tuesday. During the two visits, the head of State will be accompanied by representatives of Bulgarian businesses in the fields of information and high technology, defence, the automotive sector, engineering, and others. On Radev’s delegation are caretaker Minister of Education and Science Galin Tsokov, Minister of Innovation and Growth Rosen Karadimov, Tourism Minister Evtim Miloshev, and mayors of Bulgarian municipalities. The Bulgarian President’s visit to Singapore aims to promote the development of the bilateral dialogue at the highest political level as well as to promote partnerships between the two countries in fields of mutual interest. The last visit of a Bulgarian head of State to the Asian country was in 2003, and Singapore is a major trade and transport hub for trade between the EU and Southeast...

MARINA Bay Sands is seeking a loan of around S$12 billion, in what would be the largest financing from Singapore, as the company looks to fund the planned expansion of its casino resort in the city state.  DBS Group Holdings, Malayan Banking, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp and United Overseas Bank are coordinating the loan, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified discussing private information. The facility, which carries a tenor of seven years, will be syndicated to other financiers, the sources said, adding that the terms have not been finalised and may change as negotiations continue. The loan will be used to refinance an existing S$4 billion seven-year borrowing from August 2019, the sources added. The proceeds will also help fund the proposed expansion of the company’s Marina Bay Sands integrated resort, the cost of which has more than doubled since it was first proposed,...

Rio de Janiero [Brazil], November 18 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met United States President Joe Biden at the 19th G20 Summit being held at Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and said it is “always a delight to meet him.””With @POTUS Joe Biden at the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Always a delight to meet him,” PM Modi said in a post on X. PM Modi also met UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. He also had an inter Source link

ZACHARY Wang, co-founder and chief executive of e-scooter sharing startup Neuron Mobility, has been named the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year (EOY) 2024 Singapore. Wang, who was the winner in the mobility category, beat three other EOY category winners to clinch the top honour. As Singapore’s representative at the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year awards in Monte Carlo in June 2025, he will go up against 50 other country winners for the world title at the global competition. Founded in 2016, Neuron Mobility designs and manufactures its own e-scooters and the technology that runs them. Susan Chong, chairperson of the judging panel, lauded Wang’s “commitment to a strong purpose and sustainability”, as well as his serial entrepreneurial and innovative traits. She noted that Wang has introduced a number of pioneering innovations at Neuron – including e-scooter battery swapping, geofencing control and integrated helmets – and has accelerated...

BEIJING, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) — A foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday that China stands ready to work with Southeast Asian countries to further enhance mutual understanding and trust, deepen friendly ties, pursue common development and prosperity and make greater contribution to regional peace and prosperity. In response to a related query about the recent frequent interactions between China and Southeast Source link