ROBERT Kuok's Allgreen Properties has scooped up land parcels in Singapore for the first time in recent years through two collective sale tenders in the upscale Bukit Timah area. It acquired Royalville for S$477.94 million and Crystal Tower for S$180.65 ... ( read original story ...)
MAS points to risks in the Singapore property market
The recent surge in collective sales poses potential risks to the stability of the local property sector. Hence, market players should proceed cautiously, according to the 2017 Financial Stability Review (FSR) published by the Monetary Authority of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Home Prices Vulnerable to Rising Supply, MAS Says
(Bloomberg) -- The rising supply of homes and slowing population growth may undermine the recent recovery in Singapore residential property prices, according to the country’s central bank. Future development projects could potentially add 20,000 private ... ( read original story ...)
StanChart Marathon participants complain of mobile app issues, ‘poor’ coordination of event
Runners relying on the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon mobile app to track their progress also reported issues during the race, saying that the app did not record their run properly. "None of the timing stations showed on the app apart from the ... ( read original story ...)
‘Rampant’ Singapore piracy prompts Hollywood lobby for crackdown
The Singapore government said it didn’t consider the devices themselves to be illegal. The boxes also can view legally available websites such as YouTube. At Sim Lim Square, an electronics market a short drive from the president’s official residence ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Hawker Uncle vs Taxi Uncle – Who’s right and who’s wrong?
A live online video of a man berating an elderly taxi driver for not knowing his way around Singapore posted by the man himself, Dominic Neo, owner of hawker stall, Liang Ji at Bedok South Hawker Centre, is going viral online and many netizens are engaged ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Market May Hand Back Friday’s Gains
(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market on Friday wrote a finish to the two-day slide in which it had fallen almost 10 points or 0.3 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 3,450-point plateau, although it's expected to head south ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore IPOs raise double the funds secured last year
19 listings in first 11 months of the year hit $4.6b, up from $2.3b for the whole of 2016 Initial public offerings (IPOs) in Singapore this year have raised twice the amount of money racked up in all of 2016. The 19 IPOs in the first 11 months of the year ... ( read original ...
‘Rampant’ Video Piracy Sparks Calls for a Singapore Crackdown
Singapore, which prides itself on being a haven for law and order, is being called a haven for pirating copyrighted programming by entertainment titans such as Walt Disney, HBO, the National Basketball Association and the English Premier League. “Within ... ( read original story ...)
Rotich and Kimutai secure Kenyan double in Singapore
It may have been one of the slowest marathons of her burgeoning career, but Pamela Rotich’s 2:38:31 triumph at the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon on Sunday (3) was her first victory at an IAAF Gold Label event. Compatriot Cosmas Kimutai made it a ... ( read original story ...)
(IAAF) Rotich and Kimutai secure Kenyan double in Singapore
IAAF Silver Label Road Races Saitama, JPN 12 NOV 2017 IAAF Newsletter 2017 NEWS 187 - October/November 2017 PDF En ... 2:38:31 triumph at the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon on Sunday (3) was her first victory at an IAAF Gold Label event. ( read original story ...)
Singapore coaches in the news
He had also lured a nine-year-old boy into performing sexual acts on him, which he recorded on his mobile phone ... assaulting his 13-year-old male student. • •In May, Singapore Athletics vice-president (competitions organising) Loh Chan Pew ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Marathon Race Results: Soh Rui Yong and Rachel See Crowned Winners of the National Championship
The Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2017 (SCSM) concluded with over 48,000 participants on Sunday Morning, 3 December 2017 at Padang, Singapore for a successful 16th edition today. All categories were sold out for the first time in the race’s history. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Morning News For December 1
As part of ongoing efforts to shore up defences against floods due to increasingly frequent extreme weather conditions, the Government plans to spend S$500 million over the next three years to improve drainage across the island. Canals and drains at 16 ... ( read original story ...)
ATF: Singapore’s Taipan Strikes Slate Deal With China’s Hua Cheng
Singapore’s Taipan Films is entering the China market with a $15 million (RMB 100 million) slate deal with the Beijing Hua Cheng Media Group. The agreement will see the production of a slate of five projects over the next three years. The deal was ... ( read original story ...)
From Singapore with love
Aside from aerobics (at 14, she was the youngest instructor in Singapore), Loa taught line dancing, yoga and also did some waitressing. Eventually, she was able establish the Queenz*8 Business Group, the umbrella organization of companies such as InQueenz ... ( read original story ...)