Month: December 2017

An exhibition and a book honouring 20 of Singapore’s leading architects under 45 years of age have just been launched at the URA Centre. Now in its third instalment, the ’20 Under 45’ series is an initiative of the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore stocks advanced on Friday, tracking positive Asian shares as U.S. stocks marked gains overnight after apparent progress on U.S. tax legislation. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.1 percent. For the week, it was 2 ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE/LAMPUNG -- On a sunny day in late July in Lampung, a rural farming town in the southern part of Indonesia's Sumatra Island, an employee of agricultural-goods trading company Olam International was busy making the rounds of cocoa farms, collecting ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - South-east Asia's current fastest marathoner Soh Rui Yong will attempt to break the 22-year-old Singapore record over 42.195km at the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon (SCSM) on Sunday (Dec 3). The 26-year-old, who won consecutive SEA Games ... ( read original story ...)

Fundraising from Singapore domestic initial public offerings so far in 2017 have doubled compared to the entire 2016. So far in 2017, 19 Singapore-focused IPOs raised S$4.6 billion. That was effectively double the S$2.3 billion raised by 16 IPOs in 2016 ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - The upgraded Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) was ratified and came into force on Friday, heralding a new era of bilateral economic relations, the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) announced. Its key benefits include updated ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The race to build microchips to meet global demand for electronic gadgets is exaggerating Singapore's economic rebound, creating a potential headache for policymakers deciding whether to tighten monetary conditions for the first time ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - South-east Asia's current fastest marathoner Soh Rui Yong will attempt to break the 22-year-old Singapore record over 42.195km at the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon (SCSM) on Sunday (Dec 3). The 26-year-old, who won consecutive SEA Games ... ( read original story ...)

A study by the Economist Intelligence Unit reports that Singapore retains its position as the globe’s priciest place to live. The city is followed by Hong Kong and Zurich. New York is ranked ninth. The South-East Asia city state has been ranked at the ... ( read original story ...)

Guess which bank had the highest income for the period. According to the Singapore Exchange (SGX), for the first three quarters of 2017, the three Singapore banks have averaged 6% YoY growth in net profit. Here's more from SGX: DBS’ total income and ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - Local stocks opened 0.4 per cent higher on Friday (Dec 1), in line with US stocks overnight, with the Straits Times Index moving up 13.62 points to 3,447.16 as at 9.12am. About 125.6 million shares worth S$280.6 million in total changed hands ... ( read original story ...)

The debut edition of the Media Investors’ Summit conference in Singapore on Thursday made morals, not money, its centerpiece. “A failure to address the lack of ethics can come back to bite us commercially,” said noted Singapore producer Chan Gin Kai ... ( read original story ...)

After taking office in January, Tan Kiat How, CEO of Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority spoke to Variety at the Singapore Media Festival. He discussed new initiatives and the performance of existing ones. Variety: What new initiatives the ... ( read original story ...)