While most of the 400 guests at a dinner here last night to celebrate Singapore's National Day were based in Beijing, some had flown in specially from Singapore. One of them was business consultant Edith Cheong, who used to be based in the Chinese capital ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Orders Expulsion of American Academic
BANGKOK — Singapore has ordered the expulsion of a noted American academic for what it said was his covert effort to influence Singapore’s foreign policy on behalf of an unnamed foreign government. The academic, Huang Jing, was accused of passing ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore, six ways
Off the eastern coast of Singapore lies the island of Ubin, a haven for nature lovers. The island attracts local wildlife enthusiasts as it is home to several rare species such as the mangrove blue flycatcher and the elusive mouse deer. Chek Jawa, the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore PM’s nephew defiant as government accuses him of contempt of court
Development threatens to reignite family feud over the estate of the Lion City’s late founding father Lee Kuan Yew The nephew of Singapore's prime minister, who faces contempt of court proceedings for comments he made suggesting the city-state's courts ... ( read original story ...)
Targeting Singapore’s property market, Chinese developers leave a trail of unease
For more than a decade, a plot of land roughly the size of three football fields sat empty at the heart of Singapore’s oldest public housing estates. As property developers snatched up parcel after parcel in the Queenstown estate, named after Queen ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore expels US academic
Is it the US or China?” “My family and my home are all here. I have property in Singapore, too. How can they treat me like this? If they have evidence, they should take me to court.” According to one person close to the Lee Kuan Yew School ... ( read original story ...)
Investment philosophy and property market.
At the same time, a couple of readers shared that DBS is expecting residential property prices in Singapore to recover by up to 10% in the next two years. Here is what I have to say: I know some analysts are positive that residential property prices have ... ( read original story ...)
Nazri: Property tourism can attract foreign investments
Nazri said property in Malaysia continued to be an attractive investment opportunity for foreign investors, on par with locations in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and China. He added that property tourism accounted for a major portion of income for the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore cancels residence status of ‘U.S. citizen,’ says worked for foreign power
Is it the U.S. or China?” Huang said he would seek help from his lawyer and the U.S. embassy in Singapore. “My family and my home are all here. I have property in Singapore, too. How can they treat me like this? If they have evidence, they should take ... ( read original story ...)
Sentinels of Singapore
Old timers in Singapore nostalgically remember the kind-hearted, burly Sikh guards sitting in front of banks and offices on their charpoys. The Sikhs built a formidable reputation of being reliable protectors of life and property. The Chinese, who strongly ... ( read original story ...)
To learn digital money-making secrets, Seth swaps Singapore for Dandenong school
Eight-year-old computer prodigy Seth Yee has swapped his home in Singapore for Dandenong North ... health record storage and property transactions. Mr Nolan's students are using Blockchain to build a transparent and secure voting system. ( read original story ...)
Insure your home for peace of mind
The 38-year-old chief executive of Hong Leong Assurance Singapore was adamant that he was speaking solely ... PREVENTIVE MEASURES Being an insurance guy, I prefer the buffer that a property with a lower per sq ft will provide. So, even if the market ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Country Garden says it’s back on track in Malaysia. Is it?
The first half of 2017 has not been particularly kind to Country Garden, the Chinese property developer behind the US$100 billion metropolis being built in a special Malaysian economic zone bordering Singapore that is dubbed the “next Shenzhen”. ( read original story ...)
DBS sees P51:$1 forex in Q1 2018
MANILA, Philippines - DBS Bank Ltd of Singapore sees the peso depreciating to the 51 to $1 level in the first quarter of the year as it remains the worst performing currency in Asia this year. In its Asian currencies mid-quarter update “USD is becoming ... ( read original story ...)
Generation Next Singapore appoints Rajeev Gooneratne to head Sri Lanka operations
Generation Next Communications Pte Ltd., ( GENXT), Singapore a leading mobile & IT distributor within Asia has appointed Rajeev Gooneratne as their new Chief Executive Officer to head the operations of Generation Next Communications Sri Lanka. Rajeev has ... ( read original story ...)
Canara Bank hits overseas bond market with $ 400-mn issue
which will be drawn through its London branch and will be listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange,” merchant banking sources told PTI. The Bangalore-based bank has hit the forex debt market after a long gap. Foregin rating agency Moody’s has assigned a ... ( read original story ...)