SINGAPORE — With advances in medicine and technology promising to enable earlier detection of diseases and make prediction of diseases possible, how can doctors make good use of it to improve care for their patients? A conference and expo next August ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore government agencies turning to 3D indoor mapping
For a start, researchers at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research used computer models to study crowd movements at an exhibition at the Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre earlier this year. Such maps could also be useful for the ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC's 360 Account pulls in 30 per cent more deposits
OCBC was endorsed by Spring Singapore, the country's national quality award organising committee. More work lies ahead. OCBC has intensified its digital push in the last six months, which has boosted its top line. Sales of unit trusts rose at around the ... ( read original story ...)
Electronics PMI signals a turnaround for Singapore manufacturing
PMI sits at 50.8, up from 50.3 in the preceding month. Singapore's October manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) remained in expansion mode. Although the headline number dipped by 0.1 to 50, this was the second month of expansion for the sector. ( read original story ...)
Canberra Airport ready to handle perishable food exports
Exporters were previously shackled by the lack of cool-chain logistics between farms, processors and export freight depots. Singapore Airlines now has four flights per week into Canberra Airport then to Wellington, and on-ground logistics are improving for ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam to boost chicken exports
The ministry expects that after Japan, the country could export chicken to Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar and the Republic of Korea from 2018.-VNA ( read original story ...)
Progress on GST reform 'encouraging': DBS
Progress on the GST reform in India is "encouraging", the Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) said on Monday and noted that most services will be pegged at 18 %, higher than at present. The GST Council last week announced a tiered structure 5 % tax on mass ... ( read original story ...)
When business travel pays off
A business class boarding pass is your ticket to a wide range of privileges both inside and outside the airport. So, when flying with Singapore Airlines, not only can you travel in style, you can really reap the rewards too Business travellers can ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered and IBM back Byte Academy's Singapore fintech school
Standard Chartered Bank, IBM, Insead, Thomson Reuters and Microsoft are backing a fintech school at New York-based Byte Academy's first international venture, in Singapore. The firms have come together to form a fintech skills charter that will guide Byte ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to buy Airbus and Boeing helicopters
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore has agreed to buy new military helicopters from Airbus and Boeing Co to replace its ageing fleet of Super Pumas and Chinooks, the city-state's defence ministry said on Monday. Singapore has the largest defence budget in ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore must ‘never compromise’ on qualifying criteria for Elected Presidency: Yaacob
SINGAPORE: Singapore must “never compromise” on the qualifying criteria for the Elected Presidency, Minister for Communications and Information and Minister-in-Charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim said on Monday (Nov 7). Speaking during the ... ( read original story ...)
Check out Singapore's most outstanding corporate solutions in 2016
Find out how you can be honoured too at the Business Case Studies Awards. Singapore Business Review raised its glass alongside the city-state's most exceptional solution providers at the inaugural Business Case Studies Awards. The event aims to recognize ... ( read original story ...)
Find out how you too can be honoured at the Business Case Studies Awards
Former winner shares benefits of being recognised. Singapore Business Review raised its glass alongside the city-state's most exceptional solution providers at the inaugural Business Case Studies Awards. The event aims to recognise the achievements of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore fintech snags top Indian bank as client
"The fintech ecosystem in Singapore is growing rapidly ... "With data set to double every 12 months, it's a clear business risk to leave such large amounts of data untapped. It is also a must to find more affordable ways to store this data," he said. ( read original story ...)
Singapore telcos can forget iPhone 7: analyst
More From Singapore Business Review Singapore's 50 Largest Real Estate Agencies 2016 Look at how much will be slashed from Singaporean telcos' profits after a fourth player comes in Singapore's 20 Largest Architecture Firms 2016 ( read original story ...)
Doing business a mixed prospect across Asia
Brunei and Indonesia are among the most improved Asian economies for ease of doing business while Singapore has been replaced by New Zealand in first place overall, according to an influential World Bank report. East Asia and the Pacific are home to two of ... ( read original story ...)