Kang Wan Chern

Deputy Business Editor

Wan Chern is deputy business editor at The Straits Times. She joined the newsroom in 2021 after returning from Myanmar. Based in Yangon from 2017 to 2021, she first ran the business desk of The Myanmar Times and later headed the paper, helping to see it through the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020 general election in Myanmar and the coup d’etat in 2021. Wan Chern spent the first 10 years of her career as a financial journalist at The Edge Singapore. She is originally from Penang.

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Final pour: Tiger Beer to end production in Singapore after 96 years

The brewing of Heineken and Tiger Beer in Singapore will be progressively phased out over the next two years.

NTUC working with transport groups to ensure fuel price spikes not passed on to drivers, riders

Since Feb 28, when the US and Israel first launched attacks on Iran, fuel prices have spiked in Singapore, with 95-octane petrol now costing $3.47 per litre at Caltex, Shell, Esso and Sinopec as of March 24. SPC charges $3.46 per litre, while Cnergy, which absorbs some of the costs, charges the lowest at $2.48 per litre.

‘Companies don’t roll their eyes anymore’: SGX equities boss on getting firms to list

Mr Ng Yao Loong, head of equities at SGX, noted that the exchange has been courting a wider pool of firms.

Heineken to axe 130 jobs, phase out large-scale beer production at Asia Pacific Breweries Singapore

ST20231127_202320400745/pixapb27/Jason Quah Generic photo of the Asia Pacific Breweries Singapore Pte Ltd building at Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim on Nov 27, 2023.

Union Gas jumps to 2-year high as queues at its Cnergy petrol stations grow longer

Cars at Cnergy petrol station along Dunman Road on March 17, 2026.

Maersk launches fully automated Singapore hub for e-commerce surge

DPM Gan Kim Yong with EDB chairman Png Cheong Boon (2nd from left) and AP Moller-Maersk chief executive Vincent Clerc (3rd from left), looking at a model of World Gateway II, a $200 million facility designed to help companies store and ship goods.

Palm oil rally lifts Singapore plantation stocks amid Middle East tensions

Plantation counters such as Bumitama Agri, First Resources and Kencana Agri have rallied over the past two weeks as higher oil prices lifted the price of diesel, which is derived from crude oil. as a fuel source.

PSA revenue rises 7% as its ports handle record 105 million containers

PSA International reported revenue of $8.26 billion for the year ended Dec 31, 2025, up 7 per cent from $7.72 billion a year earlier.

Go for gold, US dollar or Singapore stocks as Middle East conflict escalates?

Gold could continue to rise as it often benefits from geopolitical tensions and inflation concerns.

ST Engineering jumps with defence in spotlight; SGX-listed oil and gas, offshore and marine stocks pop

The Straits Times Index (STI) rebounded above the 4,900-point level at the open on March 3, after closing the previous session near 4,890 points as markets digested heightened geopolitical risks.

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