Singapore has asked the parents of a U.S. man found hanged in the city-state last year to provide evidence for their claim that he was murdered, rather than committing suicide as medical experts said.

Singapore said Tuesday it will implement new measures that will make it easier to share information with other countries on cross-border tax evaders trying to hide assets in the city-state.

A U.S. high-tech researcher whose family claims he was murdered in Singapore was under treatment for depression and left suicide notes before he was found hanged, a public inquiry was told Monday.

The boom years for Singapore's tourism industry are over, with its pace of growth expected to slow by about half over the next 10 years.

Singapore's state prosecution arm has demanded an apology from several websites over posts which it said cast doubt on the judiciary's integrity in a case involving a China national.

Singapore is well-known for its efficiency and order, but on a visit to Washington the city state's prime minister displayed a less advertised attribute — humor.

Singapore and U.S. investigators have begun sharing information on the controversial death of an American scientist found hanged in the city-state last year, the Singapore police confirmed on Friday.

New private home sales in Singapore plunged 65 percent in February from a month before as market cooling measures and the Lunar New Year holidays kept buyers away, official data showed Friday.

Singapore will allow U.S. officials to inspect the work of a research institute linked to a Chinese telecoms firm which Washington suspects of espionage, the foreign ministry said on Thursday.

Singapore is seeking U.S. assistance in probing the mysterious death of an American scientist reportedly involved in a project for a Chinese telecoms firm seen as a security risk by Washington.