Zero1 has already started accepting pre-registration for a mobile plan with unlimited data usage, 200 minutes of talk time and 200 free SMS messages that will cost as little as 19 Singapore dollars ($14.40) a month. Although the cost is comparable to the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore swing: pent-up demand boosts property prices
As its housing market testifies, Singapore — often hailed as the beacon of Asian free-market capitalism — is a tightly controlled economy. That the government has been able to preside over a boom in private house prices without an unaffordability ... ( read original story ...)
Subbarao cautions India on deficit, import duties
Singapore: Former RBI governor D Subbarao today cautioned against India's deficit challenge and said the country is no longer the sweet spot due to rising oil prices. He also said raising of import tariff in the Union Budget 2018-19 will hurt Make in India ... ( read original story ...)
Fourth increase in Indian palm oil import duties in 6 months to benefit domestic farmers
The effective duty on palm oil inclusive of the social welfare fund would be even higher than the government announced level at 48.4% for CPO imports and 59.4% for RBDPO, said Oscar Tjakra, palm oil analyst at Rabobank Singapore. An India-based market ... ( read original story ...)
Citibank Singapore launches IBF certified skills training for staff
will undergo training accredited by the Institute of Banking and Finance Singapore (IBF), in areas which have become increasingly important for banking professionals. The programmes will be delivered in various formats, from instructor-led to web-based ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore carbon tax to land softly on gas
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s new carbon tax aims to reduce emissions from the country’s heaviest polluters, which include its predominantly gas-fired power generation fleet. However, gas demand is unlikely to be significantly affected because generators will ... ( read original story ...)
Trump reportedly praised Singapore for executing drug dealers. Here’s how they’re killed.
President Trump has been privately praising Singapore, the small city-state once known as the world’s most active executioner per capita. This is according to Axios, which reported Sunday that the president has been telling friends for months that ... ( read original story ...)
Parliament: SingPass Mobile to be rolled out in second half of 2018
SINGAPORE - A key component of Singapore's new national digital identity will be rolled out in the second half of this year. The SingPass Mobile app will allow users to access e-government services more securely, and do away with hardware tokens and SMS ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s State Of Ecommerce
Even for mobile conversion rates, it’s 10% lower than the average for SEA countries This is not a trend seen only in Singapore but all around South East Asia. According to KPMG insights on online purchase behaviour, 57% of consumers still prefer to use ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore semiconductor growth to ease in 2018: industry group head
SINGAPORE, March 1 (Reuters) - Singapore’s semiconductor output growth in 2018 will probably moderate compared with last year’s strong expansion, amid recent signs of softening in global demand for mobile devices, the head of a local semiconductor ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore has world’s ‘most powerful’ passport alongside Japan: survey
Singapore citizens enjoy visa-free access to a record 180 destinations, making the Republic’s passport the most powerful in the world alongside Japan, according to the 2018 Henley Passport Index. The German passport fell from top spot to second with ... ( read original story ...)
Wie (67) taped up, game in shape in Singapore
Full-field scores from the HSBC Women’s World Championship Wie found her way out of the trees and on to the leaderboard, posting a 5-under-par 67 at Sentosa Golf Club’s Tanjong Course in Singapore. She is tied for second, two shots behind Jennifer Song. ( read original story ...)
Singapore is the best place to live in the world, according to expats
Sunny Singapore topped the charts for the third year in a row in HSBC’s annual expat survey (pdf), just beating out Norway, which climbed four spots from last year to come in a close second. Three quarters of expats surveyed in Singapore were ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong has better job offers than Singapore, says expats
More expats in Hong Kong (24%) think the city offers fantastic job opportunities for them compared to expats in Singapore (19%), HSBC revealed in its Expat Explorers Survey. Both fared slightly lower than the global average (25%). According to the report ... ( read original story ...)
LPGA Moves to Singapore for Week Four
The LPGA’s Spring Asia Swing moves to Singapore this week, as the tour visits the Tanjong Course at Sentosa Golf Club and the 2018 HSBC Women’s World Championship. The 2017 tournament saw Park shoot a final-round 8-under 64, setting a course and ... ( read original story ...)
LPGA.com Panel Makes Picks for HSBC Women’s Championship
It’s an impossible task: pick four golfers that have the best chance of winning the HSBC Women’s World Championship this week in Singapore. With the depth of talent on Tour growing each year, winning becomes tougher. Each week, LPGA.com will enlist a p ... ( read original story ...)