Telephone bookings made by Australian Business Traveller staff earlier this year on Brisbane-Singapore flights attracted payments of only A$66.10 per passenger, including in business class on flight SQ246, as above: compared to the $91.86 now being quoted ... ( read original story ...)
India’s Bharti Airtel to acquire Tata’s mobile business for free
Tata's consumer mobile business operations and services will continue as normal ... rose 0.3 percent to S$3.69 on the Singapore Exchange. ( read original story ...)
Singapore c.bank keeps policy unchanged, flags slower 2018 growth
Q3 GDP +6.3 pct q/q annualised vs +3.2 pct forecast (Adds analyst comment, background) By Masayuki Kitano and Aradhana Aravindan SINGAPORE, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Singapore's central bank kept its monetary policy unchanged on Friday, even as third-quarter ... ( read original story ...)
MSR partners Singapore’s TEE to tap SE Asian solar energy mart
Head of TEE's infrastructure business, Edwin Neo, said the company has a capital ... we will actively bid for solar tender by Singapore's government as well as catering for demand by private sector,” he said. About 95 per cent of Singapore's electricity ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia’s drive to reduce oil imports a boon for producers: GSS Energy
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The appeal of Indonesia’s oil and gas sector is improving for some independent producers as the resource-rich nation scrambles to reduce its dependence on imports and fill a gap left by the exit of some producers, the head of GSS ... ( read original story ...)
REUTERS SUMMIT-Indonesia’s drive to reduce oil imports a boon for producers – GSS Energy
SINGAPORE, Oct 12 (Reuters) - The appeal of Indonesia's oil and gas sector is improving for some independent producers as the resource-rich nation scrambles to reduce its dependence on imports and fill a gap left by the exit of some producers, the head of ... ( read original story ...)
Fast Asia Open: China trade data, Singapore advance GDP
The economic calendar for Friday is right on the money (all times Hong Kong): 07.50: Japan M2 money supply 08.00: Singapore advance gross domestic product China imports, exports and trade balance data are also slated for today. ( read original story ...)
Will Singapore give up Taiwan to please Beijing?
The seizure of nine armored personnel carriers belonging to the Singaporean military by Hong Kong customs last year was an unmistakable ... seized when they were on their way back from Taiwan to Singapore after a regular military exercise under a training ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore GDP On Tap For Friday
Singapore will release an advance estimate for Q3 GDP on Friday ... China will see September results for imports, exports and trade balance. Imports are expected to climb 15.2 percent on year after rising 13.3 percent in August. Exports are called higher ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore central bank keeps policy unchanged, says growth could slow in 2018
SINGAPORE: Singapore's central bank kept its monetary policy unchanged on Friday, even as third-quarter economic growth exceeded market expectations, saying the economy could moderate next year as the global recovery enters a more mature phase. The ... ( read original story ...)
What will stop Singapore’s ports dominating in Southeast Asia
Shipping Association of Malaysia Chairman, Ooi Lean Hin, estimated that in some cases, these smaller ships would travel 600km less by loading and unloading in Singapore. One business owner also cited the Malaysian working culture as a factor in Port Klang ... ( read original story ...)
Soft skills and hard measures the future for Singapore’s HR professionals
The rapid change in the lives of business leaders, particularly for those responsible for organisations’ human resources, rages unabated. At a pace, we have seen emerging technologies, computerisation and automation that have reshaped the Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
ASEAN5 outlook up as export-led growth continues
Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand in particular received benefits from increasing exports. The 2017 forecast for Malaysia was revised up by 0.5 point to 5.4% from the previous survey. The figure was 4.2% in the December 2016 survey. Euben Paracuelles of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore central bank expected to keep policy unchanged in Oct as inflation subdued
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s central bank is expected to keep monetary policy unchanged at its semiannual review this week as inflation remains subdued, but improving economic momentum could open the way for a tightening in 2018. Twenty-four of 25 analysts in ... ( read original story ...)
Stop import of cigarettes, ban smoking completely, if possible
In the commentary, “Singapore should aim to be smoke-free, not just smoke-lite” (Oct 5), Dr Chia Kee Seng, professor and dean of Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health at National University of Singapore, suggested that more needs to be done to stop ... ( read original story ...)
China, S’pore FTAs can transform two-thirds of Sri Lanka imports: WTO
No less than two thirds of annual imports to Sri Lanka will enter the country duty free when the FTAs with China and Singapore are wrapped up, said a visiting top official from WTO in Colombo today 10 October. “At present over half of Sri Lanka’s ... ( read original story ...)