Malaysia’s general election on Wednesday, which has highlighted political uncertainty in the country, may crimp the confidence of Chinese investors, sparking an investor flight towards Singapore property, at least in the short term, analysts said. ( read original story ...)
Singapore deports two gunrunners to Taiwan
TAIPEI: Two Taiwanese gunrunners suspected of involvement in the smuggling of more than 100 guns last week were deported from Singapore Thursday, one day after their arrest. The two were named as Liao Wei-tsang (廖緯蒼), 30, an important cadre in a ... ( read original story ...)
Here’s why Singapore was chosen to host the summit between Trump and Kim Jong Un
Singapore’s diplomatic ties with North Korea and its relative proximity made the small Southeast Asian nation a natural choice for the historic summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, analysts say. Trump announced in a ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s old shophouses a promising haven for investment
Amazon.com, for example, brought its Prime delivery service to Singapore last year ... Houses are undoubtedly safer bets. Residential property prices are on the mend after a government-engineered cooling. That, and an expensive Hong Kong home market ... ( read original story ...)
U.S.-North Korea summit is set: Trump, Kim Jong Un to meet June 12 in Singapore
WASHINGTON—Envisioning “a very special moment for world peace,” U.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday he will meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un for highly anticipated summit talks in Singapore on June 12. He set the stage for his announcement ... ( read original story ...)
Trump announces June 12 summit in Singapore with North Korean leader, U.S. prisoners released
President Trump announced Thursday that he will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12, locking in a historic, high-stakes summit aimed at curbing the rogue nation’s nuclear weapons program. Trump made the announcement on Twitter ... ( read original story ...)
Trump Says U.S.-North Korea Summit Set for June 12 in Singapore
WASHINGTON — President Trump announced on Thursday that his meeting with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, will be held on June 12 in Singapore. The announcement came in a tweet just hours after Mr. Trump met the three recently freed American ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered hires for key team in Hong Kong and Singapore
Standard Chartered has made two senior hires in Asia as it continues ... Last month, Claudia Loh joined as an executive director in Singapore and Samuel Chang came on board as a director in Hong Kong. Both now work in work in wealth transformation ... ( read original story ...)
Trump and Kim will meet in Singapore. Here’s why.
After weeks of anticipation, President Trump announced Thursday that a date and location had been set for his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un: June 12 in Singapore. The highly anticipated meeting between Kim Jong Un and myself will take place ... ( read original story ...)
Blue Wireless and Expereo partner to deliver Optimised 4G/LTE WAN Access for Global Enterprises
SINGAPORE, May 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Blue Wireless and Expereo announce a major enhancement in WAN access for enterprise customers in the Asia-Pacific region, offering accelerated network services for 4G/LTE access in Asia Pacific. In the new ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore bank OCBC’s Q1 profit at 3-1/2 year high, tad below estimates
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore’s Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd (OCBC) reported a 29 percent rise in quarterly profit, underpinned by strong growth in net interest income and wealth management, but missed market estimates, sending its shares down 3.2 ... ( read original story ...)
Ties with US, N. Korea make Singapore an optimum summit site
SINGAPORE (AP) -- With the Demilitarized Zone on the Korean Peninsula out of contention, the small nation of Singapore is a natural choice for the historic summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, analysts say. Trump ... ( read original story ...)
Trump, Kim to meet June 12 in Singapore
Pence said Thursday on NBC News, "In this moment the regime in North Korea has been dealing, as far as we can see, in good faith." Singapore had emerged as the likely host of the summit after Trump yielded to the concerns of his aides and backed off his ... ( read original story ...)
‘A very special moment’: Trump to meet Kim Jong-un on June 12 in Singapore
U.S. President Donald Trump says he will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on June 12 in Singapore for a first ever summit between the leaders of the two countries. Trump made the announcement via Twitter Thursday. The highly anticipated meeting ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore doubles-down on data literacy in Smart Nation drive
Just as Singapore is benefiting from the invisible hand of technology, we have also ushered an era of data ubiquity where anyone – from the CEO to the intern, from professor to the student – can use that data for smarter decision-making. Every day ... ( read original story ...)
Trump announces June 12 summit in Singapore with North Korean leader
President Trump announced Thursday that his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will occur June 12 in Singapore, a high-stakes step in his bid to rid the region of nuclear weapons. Trump made the announcement via Twitter just hours after welcoming ... ( read original story ...)