SINGAPORE: Singapore home sales surged to the highest monthly total for nearly four years in March, a month in which the government rolled back some property curbs following a three-year slide in prices. Developers sold 1,780 units in March, the most in a ... ( read original story ...)
Mr Othman Wok – 'He made a multiracial Singapore possible'
Mr Othman Wok, a member of independent Singapore's first Cabinet, died yesterday at the age of 92. According to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Mr Othman died at the Singapore General Hospital at 12.21pm. He had been ill for some time. He leaves his ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines : Changi Airport, SIA and STB jointly invest $33.75m to promote Singapore as a travel destination
Changi Airport Group (CAG), Singapore Airlines (SIA) and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) will take an ongoing joint partnership, aimed at promoting inbound travel, to new heights. Under a renewed three-year partnership, the three parties will jointly ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore: Mandatory MFMs Bring No Big Change in Number of Licensed Bunker Surveyors
The latest data from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) shows there are a total of 49 licensed bunker surveyors in Singapore, a slight decrease from 51 in January. As Ship & Bunker reported in September - ahead of the January 1 ... ( read original story ...)
How to see Singapore on a budget
A ride on the MegaZip costs $45 for about 30 seconds of fun, but combine it with the ropes course and it’s $65 for both. For more travel news and inspiration sign up to Escape’s newsletter. The writer was a guest of the Singapore Tourism Board. ( read original story ...)
Second body found in Singapore River in 4 days
A body was found in the Singapore River early yesterday morning, the second such incident in four days. The police were alerted to the discovery near Clarke Quay at 3.41am. The Singapore Civil Defence Force said officers retrieved the body of a woman in ... ( read original story ...)
UOB unveils new savings account allowing customers to earn KrisFlyer miles
SINGAPORE: A new United Overseas Bank (UOB) savings account was launched on Tuesday (Apr 18) that allows customers to earn KrisFlyer miles when they save or spend. The KrisFlyer UOB Account allows customers who prefer to spend on a debit card or who are ... ( read original story ...)
GE launches 1st high-tech service center in Singapore
... that will benefit from a close working relationship with GE are Spring Singapore— who was tapped to work with the conglomerate on the development of a technology startup incubation programme – and Platform E, the Singapore Institute of Management ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC wants ideas from 26 interns for bank of the future
SINGAPORE — Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC), Singapore’s second-largest lender, has selected more than two dozen bright young minds from a pool of over 500 applicants for a six-month internship that will require the students to think of a solution ... ( read original story ...)
3 potential threats DBS must beware of
Interest rate hike is one of them. Singapore’s largest bank, DBS Group Holdings Ltd (SGX: D05), released its 2016 annual report in late March this year. In the annual report, the bank’s chief executive officer, Piyush Gupta, mentioned the possibility ... ( read original story ...)
An igloo, theatre and swings: Finnish firm brings creative meeting rooms to Singapore
Huone’s Singapore team is similarly optimistic. Ms Tan said: “Not every business has the budget of Google or Facebook that can build multimillion-dollar premises. Instead of committing big spaces and heavy renovation costs to build creative meeting ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore March exports beat expectations as pharma, petrochemical shipments surge
SINGAPORE, April 17 (Reuters) - Singapore's on-year export growth beat expectations in March, thanks to a surge in petrochemical and pharmaceutical shipments while electronics exports continued to pick up. Non-oil domestic exports (NODX) in March rose a ... ( read original story ...)
March exports up 16.5% in 5th straight month of growth
The increase was largely due to ICs (7.8 per cent), parts of PCs (33.9 per cent) and consumer electronics (29.9 per cent), IE Singapore said. Non-electronic exports also expanded 20.8 per cent, following a 22.7 per cent rise in the previous month. ( read original story ...)
Singapore March exports beat expectations as trade recovery widens
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's on-year export growth beat expectations in March, thanks to a surge in petrochemical and pharmaceutical shipments, a sign the city-state's trade recovery is widening to non-electronic sectors. Non-oil domestic exports ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore aims to house the most globally competitive plants
SINGAPORE has a vision: That is all factories housed in the ... assistant managing director Lim Kok Kiang told The Business Times in an exclusive interview. For one thing, the manufacturing sector here is at an inflexion point, having reached a critical ... ( read original story ...)
Canadian men make history, win Singapore rugby sevens
SINGAPORE -- Canada made men's rugby sevens history Sunday, winning a Cup final on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series for the first time. And the Canadians did it the hard way at the Singapore Sevens, defeating No. 4 New Zealand 26-14 and No. 3 England 17 ... ( read original story ...)