SINGAPORE: Singapore LNG (SLNG) has completed its first small-scale reload this week, filling the fuel tanks of the LNG bunker-supply newbuilding Cardissa. The operation took place on Jurong Island, at SLNG’s secondary jetty, which is designed for LNG ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore firms the least optimistic in Asia: Survey
SINGAPORE — Business optimism in Singapore is the lowest in the region although the overall business sentiment for Asia as a whole has risen to a three-year high, according to a survey by Thomson Reuters and INSEAD released on Wednesday (June 21). ( read original story ...)
Singapore lags in business sentiment survey of Asia firms
SINGAPORE — Business optimism in Singapore is the lowest in the region although the overall business sentiment for Asia as a whole has risen to a three-year high, according to a survey by Thomson Reuters and INSEAD released on Wednesday (June 21). ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s largest MBA programmes and largest MBA providers in 2017
Top local MBA providers in Singapore are not threatened, as they step up to the challenge by expanding international networks and strengthening partnerships with the national government. Prateek Nayak, regional head, Southeast Asia, Amity Global Business ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore visit far from being ‘junket’
THE region’s peak economic lobby group says an upcoming business delegation to Singapore will be no holiday as it lobbies for trade and investment on the back of the $2.25 billion Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Townsville Enterprise will lead the ... ( read original story ...)
Batam still one of Asia’s most lucrative investment hubs: Singapore Business Federation
Batam Indonesia Free Zone Authority (BIFZA or BP Batam) chairman Hatanto Reksodipoetro, along with representatives from the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (Kadin) Singapore committee, has just become the main speaker during a business ... ( read original story ...)
Digital economy a priority for Singapore when it takes ASEAN chair in 2018
This was highlighted as a priority on Monday (Jun 19) by Senior Minister of State of Trade and Industry Koh Poh Koon at the inaugural Digitize ASEAN Conference organised by the Singapore Business Federation. Dr Koh said that the digital economy in ASEAN ... ( read original story ...)
SMEs urged to transform their businesses to ride on digital wave
At the Singapore Business Federation’s (SBF) Digitize Asean 2017 conference yesterday, panellists said SMEs can adopt technology in a bid to prevent their businesses from being disrupted. They also suggested incubating and developing collaborative ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore signs multilateral convention to implement tax treaty
SINGAPORE: Singapore has signed the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting. The Multilateral Instrument was signed in Paris by Sim Ann, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Culture ... ( read original story ...)
China grants 22.92 mln T of oil import quotas in second batch- document
BEIJING/SINGAPORE, June 19 China has issued a second batch of oil import quotas that will allow independent refiners and some state companies to import a total of 91.73 million tonnes of crude (1.83 million barrels per day) in 2017, a document obtained by ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore property stocks may build on best rally in five years
SINGAPORE — Singapore property stocks are set for their best annual performance in five years, and strategists believe the rally is far from over. With an expected pickup in real estate following the easing of housing curbs, developers are expected to be ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore exports down 1.2% in May, second straight month of decline
SINGAPORE: Non-oil domestic exports (NODX) in Singapore fell by 1.2 per cent in May over the same time last year, according to statistics released by trade agency International Enterprise (IE) Singapore on Friday (Jun 16), continuing its slide from the ... ( read original story ...)
Company director fined for importing contraband cigarettes through parcel post
SINGAPORE: A 45-year-old company director has been fined S$28,260 for importing duty-unpaid cigarettes through parcel post and storing them at his home, said the Singapore Customs in a news release on Friday (Jun 16). Chinese national Yin Xidi had a ... ( read original story ...)
Asia Distillates-Indian diesel imports boost margins
SINGAPORE, June 16 (Reuters) - Diesel imports into India have boosted margins for gasoil in Singapore, industry sources said on Friday. - INDIA DIESEL: India's diesel imports this year may rise to the highest since at least 2011 as refiners shut down to ... ( read original story ...)
Economists lift Singapore’s full-year growth forecast to 2.5%
SINGAPORE: Private-sector economists have raised their annual growth estimate for Singapore yet again, following a better-than-expected showing by the economy in the first three months of 2017 and the strength in manufacturing, in particular. The Monetary ... ( read original story ...)
CORRECTED-Singapore May exports shrink again y/y, electronics shipments still solid
SINGAPORE, June 16 Singapore's non-oil domestic exports (NODX) slumped for a second straight month in May, likely reflecting a high base effect from the year before. Exports dropped 1.2 percent from a year earlier, data from trade agency International ... ( read original story ...)