SINGAPORE — With the Singapore street circuit suited to Ferrari, Sebastian Vettel is hoping to reclaim the Formula One championship lead from Lewis Hamilton this weekend. Vettel secured six straight podiums on Singapore’s floodlit Marina Bay street ... ( read original story ...)
SRX Property debuts drone video, photography to market Singapore properties
Real estate portal SRX Property has launched the use of aerial video and photography taken by drones to better showcase homes to potential buyers. Its new feature, dubbed X-Drone, will allow prospective buyers, especially those overseas, to visualise the ... ( read original story ...)
Property prices in three Asia Pacific cities getting risky
“Asset prices, especially property prices, today are as stretched as they were before the Asian crisis,” said its head for Asia-Pacific ratings Elena Okorochenko during a conference in Singapore on Wednesday (13 September). SEE ALSO: Hong Kong Finance ... ( read original story ...)
Agency partners wanted for HSBC Singapore Rugby Sevens 2018
Rugby Singapore is on the lookout for a creative and marketing agency, as well as a communications, PR and social agency for the upcoming HSBC Singapore Rugby Sevens 2018 tournament. Rugby Singapore is the commercial arm of the Singapore Rugby Union. ( read original story ...)
DBS, OCBC, UOB named top 3 safest banks in Asia
SINGAPORE - Singapore lenders - DBS Bank, OCBC Bank and United Overseas Bank - once again dominated a ranking of Asia's safest banks, taking the top three positions. DBS was not only deemed the safest bank in Asia by New York-based trade publication Global ... ( read original story ...)
One of DBS’s top corporate bankers has just joined ING as an MD
DBS’s head of large corporates for India, has moved to ING in Singapore in a managing director role. Banerjee joined ING as head of corporate clients for India on 1 September, according to a spokesperson for the bank in Singapore. During nine ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore shares edge lower as lenders drag
Singapore stocks fell on Wednesday ... Among the lenders, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp fell 0.2 percent , DBS Group Holdings lost 0.5 percent and United Overseas Bank declined 0.6 percent. Keppel DC REIT said it acquired a data centre in Dublin, Ireland ... ( read original story ...)
Govt Denies Rumor It is Planning to Import Gas from Singapore
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The government has denied a rumor that it is planning to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Singapore. The Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Pandjaitan said that the government is only negotiating a deal to build ... ( read original story ...)
Accenture Digital Hub Launches in Singapore
SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Accenture (NYSE:ACN) today launched the Accenture Digital Hub in Singapore. Supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board, the facility aims to help clients around the region invent, co-create, and apply disruptive ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore: Unlimited mobile data plans could replace home internet
With StarHub and M1 now reinstating unlimited mobile data plans, many internet users in Singapore have been reconsidering relying solely on mobile broadband. A researcher believes that mobile broadband is fast and reliable enough to replace home broadband ... ( read original story ...)
Two people confirmed dead after tanker and dredger collide off Singapore
SINGAPORE -- An oil tanker and a dredger collided in Singapore waters Wednesday, capsizing the dredger and leaving two dead and three crew members missing, authorities said. Divers recovered the two bodies from the partially submerged dredger, the Maritime ... ( read original story ...)
Anger as Singapore gets first female president without a vote
SINGAPORE: Singapore got its first female president Wednesday, but the milestone was overshadowed by criticism that her selection was undemocratic after she was handed the job without a vote. Halimah Yacob, a former speaker of parliament from the Muslim ... ( read original story ...)
Jonan denies reports on LNG import from Singapore
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), Ignasius Jonan, rebutted the reports on the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Singapore. "I think the news is not right. Singapore offers mini LNG tankers to channel our ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore names first woman president, raising eyebrows over election process
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore named a former speaker of parliament as the multicultural city-state’s first woman president on Wednesday while critics expressed dismay that other candidates were disqualified and the election went uncontested. Aiming to ... ( read original story ...)
A*STAR provides Singapore manufacturers access to latest technologies
Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) on Friday (8 September 2017) launched its Tech Access initiative, which aims to provide local manufacturing companies and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with access to its research ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered : makes another statement hire in APAC
Standard Chartered has appointed Deutsche Banks securities services head in Singapore, Ying-Ying Tan, to its rapidly growing Asia-Pacific custody team. Under the leadership of Margaret Harwood-Jones, Standard Chartered has been actively adding experienced ... ( read original story ...)