With this, the company proposed “final and special cash dividends of 1.5 Singapore cents and 0.5 Singapore cent per share, respectively, bringing the total dividends declared in FY2017 to 3.25 cents per share”. KSH also proposed to issue one bonus ... ( read original story ...)
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong launches new E W Barker Centre for Law and Business at NUS
But Singapore's laws cannot be static because globalisation and technology are changing how business is done, he said at the launch of the E W Barker Centre for Law and Business. "Up to date, effective but not onerous regulation has become a new source of ... ( read original story ...)
Recruitment firm HRnetGroup going for $175m IPO on SGX
SINGAPORE -HRnetGroup, Singapore's largest recruitment firm, has lodged a preliminary prospectus for a listing on the mainboard of the Singapore Exchange with plans to start trading on June 16. The group expects to raise up to S$175 million by issuing 194 ... ( read original story ...)
This bank is betting that boat racing will bring in the millennial customers
Singapore-based bank DBS is hoping an aquatic event can help it ride the millennial wave. The bank is marketing directly to that generation — often defined as those aged 18 to 35 — for a regatta this Thursday to Sunday in downtown Singapore. ( read original story ...)
Singapore REITs to be seen as growth vehicles in the long term
We opine that AREIT’s business/science park and hi-tech portfolio (48% of overall portfolio value) will position it defensively against the slowdown in Singapore from the unprecedented simultaneous supply glut across other industrial segments," UOB ... ( read original story ...)
DBS : rsquo; David Gledhill wins prestigious MIT Sloan CIO Leadership award
At DBS, he is also the Director of Singapore Clearing House, a member of an IBM Advisory Board and the National Super Computing Centre Steering Committee, and a board advisor to the Singapore Management University School of Information Systems. MIT was ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Shares Likely Rangebound On Monday
The Singapore stock market on Friday ended the three-day winning streak in which it had picked up more than 20 points or 0.6. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 3,220-point plateau and it is looking at little movement on Monday. The global ... ( read original story ...)
HSR to boost trade between M’sia and S’pore
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia Singapore Business Council (MSBC) sees the upcoming KL-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) project as a strategic avenue to boost trade between the two countries. Its chairman Datuk Seri Dr Nik Norzrul Thani said the council saw ... ( read original story ...)
One in three Singapore workers prefer more ethical employers over high salary
According to EY, more than two in five (44%) in APAC and a third (33%) in Singapore say they would accept a lower salary if it meant working for an ethical employer. This was the result of 1,698 employees from large businesses in 14 Asia-Pacific ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Morning News For May 29
Changi Airport has handled more than 1 billion passengers since it opened on Jul 1, 1981, the airport said in a media release on Monday (May 29). Bloomberg reported that as Singapore Airlines Ltd. considers broadening its debt sources amid plans to spend $ ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to provide inspiration for Darwin change after City Deal
SINGAPORE will serve as the inspiration for Darwin’s transformation into a major international tropical city, as Chief Minister Michael Gunner leads a delegation to the Asian country this week. Mr Gunner said the seven-person delegation would examine ... ( read original story ...)
Share savings plans to kick-start your portfolio
followed by POSB and OCBC Bank in mid-2013, while Maybank Kim Eng's RSS was available from March 2015. Invest-Saver is a regular share savings plan that allows customers to invest in 30 Singapore blue chip stocks (via Nikko AM STI ETF) and/or Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore – Technology and innovation should be used to create better jobs and working conditions – Staffing Quote of the Week
“We should not allow technology and innovation to divide our workforce. Instead, we should use them to improve the employment and enhance the employability of all workers,” Singapore Minister for Manpower Lim Swee Say said during a speech at G20 Labour ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore manages population growth carefully: PM Lee Hsien Loong
SINGAPORE - Singapore accepts an inflow of immigrants, residents and citizens to keep population numbers steady, but must manage the inflow carefully, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Saturday (May 27). The people who come must be able to integrate ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore firms eye opportunities in Czech automotive industry
Representatives from 17 Singapore firms co-led by IE Singapore and Singapore Business Federation have completed a week-long business mission to Poland and the Czech Republic, in conjunction with President Tony Tan Keng Yam’s state visits to these countries. ( read original story ...)
Singapore factory output rises 6.7% in April with electronics in lead
SINGAPORE (Nikkei Markets) -- Singapore's manufacturing output rose for a ninth straight month in April as electronics continued to drive growth even as weakness in other key industries, such as pharmaceuticals and marine and offshore engineering, lingered. ( read original story ...)