Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) have invested in a new Medium-altitude Earth Orbit Search and Rescue (MEOSAR) ground system to enhance search and rescue capabilities in Singapore’s maritime ... ( read original story ...)
Here’s How Much 3 Singapore University Undergrads Spent On Their Overseas Exchange
With more millennials placing more priority on personal experiences rather than things, it comes as no surprise that going on overseas exchange is a norm nowadays. Not will you only have tons of fun, it will be a once in a life-time experience. You will ... ( read original story ...)
Rich Singapore Investors Stuck as Bond Restructuring Drags
Keith Kueh was expecting Pacific Andes Resources Development Ltd. to pay back the company’s bonds last year so he could finance his son’s college bill and his own retirement. Now it’s 18 months after the Singapore-listed fishing company didn’t ... ( read original story ...)
Rich Singapore investors stuck as local bond restructuring drags
SINGAPORE — Mr Keith Kueh was expecting Pacific Andes Resources Development Ltd to pay back the company’s bonds last year so he could finance his son’s college bill and his own retirement. Now it’s 18 months after the Singapore-listed fishing ... ( read original story ...)
Cheat Sheet: What Are The Common Investment Products in Singapore?
Examples: Singapore Savings Bonds, US 30 Year Treasury Bonds ... In the meantime, you can either join our personal finance Facebook group where we discuss beginner’s questions and basic financial literacy or you can read more about our Seedly Money ... ( read original story ...)
Let’s copy Singapore, or at least the best part of its approach to fintech
Hong Kong should take a closer look at Singapore and the success it has had in attracting peer-to-peer lender Lufax. Unlike Hong Kong’s multi-layered regulatory structure, Singapore has set up its fintech regulatory oversight in a much simpler approach ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of China to release Sheng Siong credit cards
These contactless cards offer 12% cash rebates. As part of efforts to drive Singapore's cashless agenda, the Bank of China Singapore Branch (BOCSG) and local supermarket chain Sheng Siong launched a new contactless credit card that offers up to 12% cash ... ( read original story ...)
Deutsche Bank : Singapore wins at Enabling Employers Awards
Deutsche Bank Singapore's efforts to increase participation in the workplace by people with disabilities was commended by Singapore's SGEnable, a government agency dedicated to enabling people with disabilities. The bank won the Achievement Award ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore F1 Grand Prix circuit guide
4 Drivers who have won in Singapore: Nico Rosberg, Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel. Vettel is the most successful, with four wins 3.3 G Average deceleration at the Marina Bay Street Circuit (source: Brembo Brakes) 5.1 G Maximum ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore, S. Australia ink pact on food innovation
The MOU between trade agency Spring Singapore and Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (Pirsa) was inked during a South Australian business mission to Singapore yesterday. "We are looking forward to a fruitful partnership with Pirsa to build ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore stocks spring higher as lenders advance
Singapore stocks rose on Tuesday, led by gains in lenders such as OCBC Bank and DBS Group Holdings. The Straits Times Index rose 0.53 percent or 18 points to 3,328. It ended 0.1 percent lower on Monday, taking the year-to-date gains to 15 percent. ( read original story ...)
Singapore equities jump as investors pile into bank, property counters
SINGAPORE - Investors piled into banks and property counters ahead of several key blue chip firms' earnings and the upcoming Federal Open Market Committee meeting this week, sending Singapore shares to a two-year high. The Straits Times Index jumped 0.51 ... ( read original story ...)
Singaporeans, Malaysians duped millions in alleged real estate Ponzi scheme
... investors from Malaysia and Singapore have apparently been swindled of a total of almost $90 million by a Singapore-based property company led by an Australian businesswoman. Singapore police launched an investigation into a suspected Ponzi scheme ... ( read original story ...)
Singaporeans make $10 million in two years after selling St Kilda Road site
A low-rise apartment block on Melbourne's leafy St Kilda Road boulevard has been snapped up by a Taiwanese developer handing Singapore-listed construction and property company Lian Beng Group a tidy $10 million profit. The sale comes as low interest rates ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Dalian Wanda scraps bid for Bandar Malaysia project after regulatory scrutiny at home
has abandoned its bid for the property portion of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail project, the biggest of its kind in Malaysia, only three months after being considered a front runner. The multibillion-dollar Bandar Malaysia property development ... ( read original story ...)
High Court rules India can’t tax Dutch company’s sale of shares of in Indian company that holds Indian immovable property
The High Court of Andhra Pradesh, in a case made public June 28, has concluded that gains arising from a Dutch company’s sale of shares of an Indian immovable property company to a Singapore company do not amount to a sale of immovable property situated ... ( read original story ...)