You could buy a landed property across the causeway at roughly the same price as an apartment in Singapore. Given the comparatively high home prices in Singapore, it is understandable that many Singaporeans have, over the years, turned their heads to ... ( read original story ...)
Foreign home buying up 20% this year
View of luxury apartments in Singapore. UOB Kay Hian believes that home purchases by foreigners, which increased by up to 20 percent in the first nine months of 2017, still has room to grow. This comes as the figure accounted for only 22 percent of this ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore baggage handler ‘swapped hundreds of tags’
A baggage handler at Singapore's international airport allegedly swapped hundreds of baggage tags, sending luggage to the wrong destination. Tay Boon Keh has been charged with 286 counts of mischief, according to the Straits Times newspaper. He swapped ... ( read original story ...)
China-Singapore relations warm during Lee’s visit
BEIJING (AP) — Just a few months ago, President Xi Jinping was welcoming leaders from around the world to discuss China's multibillion-dollar plan to build a new Silk Road trade route. Presidents and prime ministers came from Russia, Turkey and nearly ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore PM Travels to China to Smooth Over Embattled Relationship
The Prime Minister of Singapore has traveled to Beijing to try to smooth relations over between the tiny city-state and China, which have clashed in territory disputes in recent years over the South China Sea. Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong met ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Press Market Value Falls Behind New York Times
Singapore’s leading newspaper publisher had a market capitalization that was larger than that of the New York Times Co.-- until this month. Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. saw its market value fall below that of its better known U.S. peer for the first ... ( read original story ...)
Business sentiment among S’pore firms up slightly in Q3
SINGAPORE—Business optimism in Singapore rose slightly while the overall business sentiment for Asia as a whole has dropped, according to a survey by Thomson Reuters and Insead released yesterday. Singapore posted a sub-index score of 64 in the July-to ... ( read original story ...)
The Singapore Stock Market Today: CapitaLand Commercial Trust to Gobble Up Marina Bay’s Asia Square Tower 2
Hello, Fools! Here are three things about the local stock market that might interest you today. 1. The Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI), finished Thursday at 3,213.82 points, slipping 4.25 points or 0.13%. The biggest loser in the index was Jardine Matheson ... ( read original story ...)
Reconstructed OCBC building in Xiamen a symbol of enduring ties: Heng Swee Keat
XIAMEN - The opening of a reconstructed OCBC building in Xiamen on Thursday (Sept 21) morning was held up as a symbol of the longstanding and enduring ties between Singapore and China by Singapore’s Minister for Finance Heng Swee Keat. Noting that ... ( read original story ...)
Electronics industry transformation to produce 2,100 new jobs for Singaporeans
Singapore's electronics industry is expected to create over 2,100 new professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMETs) jobs by 2020 as the sector undergoes a transformation. During his speech at the opening of JTC nanoSpace@Tampines, Minister ... ( read original story ...)
2,100 jobs in electronics sector to be created by 2020
in Singapore’s electronics manufacturing sector by 2020, said Minister for Trade and Industry (Industry) S Iswaran on Wednesday (Sept 20). Speaking at the official launch of JTC nanoSpace @ Tampines, Mr Iswaran unveiled the Industry Transformation Map ... ( read original story ...)
Dru Chen Stars in HSBC in Personalized Data-Driven Campaign
JWT Singapore and HSBC have teamed up to launch a data-driven interactive campaign called “Choose What You Love” to help consumers select a credit card suited to their lifestyle and personality. “There are dozens of credit cards in the Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
Interview: Singapore needs more talent to skip public sector, start a business
... Singapore needs to change its tradition of channeling the "best and the brightest" into the public sector if it is to improve its startup ecosystem and embrace more innovation, said Piyush Gupta, CEO of retail and financial services group DBS Group ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Press Holdings’ Market Value Falls Behind New York Times
Singapore’s leading newspaper publisher had a market capitalization that was larger than that of The New York Times Co. — until this month. Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. saw its market value fall below that of its better known U.S. peer for the first ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Lee Cements China Ties With Pre-Party Congress Visit
Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University. “It shows the high-level connection between the two nations is stable and they highly regard each other in the relationship.” Singapore expects to be at the f ... ( read original story ...)
The Centre for Finance, Technology, and Entrepreneurship Partners with LATTICE80 in Singapore
The Centre for Finance, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (CFTE), a UK based education platform for the finance industry, is has partnered with LATTICE80, an international Fintech hub based in Singapore. The partnership between the two entities is designed ... ( read original story ...)