Beijing’s crackdown on capital flight is also expected to cast an impact on the gambling business in the Lion City. Singapore’s two gambling resorts, the Marina Bay Sands – owned by the Las Vegas Sands Corporation – and locally-owned Resorts World ... ( read original story ...)
How to Successfully Start a Business in Singapore
According to business strategy experts, Singapore is one of the best countries to set up either a local business or an international one which has operations in Asia and Europe. It has strong investment and trade. Also, it enjoys agreements on avoidance of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines teams up with New Zealand craft brewer Garage Project
Singapore Airlines has teamed up with Wellington craft brewer Garage Project to put its beer on all flights to and from New Zealand. The airline says that in response to growing demand for craft beer in the air, it will serve Hapi Daze throughout its ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore ranked most ‘digitally competitive’ in the world
SINGAPORE — The Republic is the most “digitally competitive” place in the world, based on an inaugural report measuring an economy’s ability to adopt and explore digital technologies leading to transformation in government practices, business ... ( read original story ...)
How Singapore exports its model for a Smart City
This tiny country has established itself as a model for smart urban development and exports its know-how to giants like India and China. Singapore is tiny, beside the giants of India and China; it nevertheless manages to play an important role where ... ( read original story ...)
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong launches new E W Barker Centre for Law and Business at NUS
But Singapore's laws cannot be static because globalisation and technology are changing how business is done, he said at the launch of the E W Barker Centre for Law and Business. "Up to date, effective but not onerous regulation has become a new source of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore REITs to be seen as growth vehicles in the long term
We opine that AREIT’s business/science park and hi-tech portfolio (48% of overall portfolio value) will position it defensively against the slowdown in Singapore from the unprecedented simultaneous supply glut across other industrial segments," UOB ... ( read original story ...)
HSR to boost trade between M’sia and S’pore
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia Singapore Business Council (MSBC) sees the upcoming KL-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) project as a strategic avenue to boost trade between the two countries. Its chairman Datuk Seri Dr Nik Norzrul Thani said the council saw ... ( read original story ...)
One in three Singapore workers prefer more ethical employers over high salary
According to EY, more than two in five (44%) in APAC and a third (33%) in Singapore say they would accept a lower salary if it meant working for an ethical employer. This was the result of 1,698 employees from large businesses in 14 Asia-Pacific ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore firms eye opportunities in Czech automotive industry
Representatives from 17 Singapore firms co-led by IE Singapore and Singapore Business Federation have completed a week-long business mission to Poland and the Czech Republic, in conjunction with President Tony Tan Keng Yam’s state visits to these countries. ( read original story ...)
Singapore flags concerns with China’s monetary conditions
It could be a downside risk to its GDP growth. In a CNBC report, Loh Khum Yean, Singapore's permanent secretary for trade and industry, said the better performance came on the back of improved growth prospects in advanced economies. However, he said rising ... ( read original story ...)
Daily Briefing: Singapore’s Q1 GDP up 2.7%; Ex-trader fined over 1MDB saga
And here's what tenants need to know about renting a house in Singapore. From CNBC via Yahoo!: Singapore's first quarter GDP rose 2.7 percent year-on-year as expected, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said on Thursday, as it affirmed the full-year ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore must be more transparent in shark fin trade: Report
The recorded export and import values of shark fin in Singapore was S$50.4 million and S$65 million, respectively, during that period, second only to Hong Kong's S$57.2 million for export and S$215.4 million for import trade, the report said. Traffic and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Sees Growth Exceeding 2% in 2017 as Exports Climb
Singapore’s government gave an upbeat outlook on the economy, saying it will probably expand more than 2 percent this year as exports continue to strengthen. The Ministry of Trade and Industry maintained its GDP growth forecast for 2017 at 1 percent to 3 ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore exports are down, but not just because of pharma
The decline was primarily driven by the downturn in China demand. Singapore's non-oil domestic exports (NODX) faced a steep decline this April 2017. Analysts argue that this was brought about by the big drop in pharmaceutical exports. The overall ... ( read original story ...)
IndiGo launches daily non-stop flight between Singapore and Bengaluru
With the launch of the daily direct flight, IndiGo offers an affordable and convenient option on two of the busiest business sectors. Kumar, said “Both Singapore and Bengaluru are strong business and tourism hubs and attract significant passenger traffic. ( read original story ...)