SINGAPORE, Nov. 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Singapore Raffles Music College (SRMC), a Singapore owned institution of higher learning for music and dance education, today officially launched their new campus in Singapore. The new campus represents a 2.5 ... ( read original story ...)
‘Humans, not robots:’ Report suggests 60% of Singapore domestic workers exploited
(CNN)One woman had her pay docked for cutting tofu wrongly, while another said she was forced to sleep in front of her employer's toilet. These accounts from foreign domestic workers in Singapore feature in a new report that suggests some 60% of maids in ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Is Losing Its Home Advantage in IPOs to Hong Kong
That’s the biggest Singapore contingent in the North Asian city in at least a decade, the data show. It’s not all bad news for the Lion City: Singapore Exchange Ltd. beats HKEX in funds raised from the initial public offerings. Led by NetLink NBN Trust ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s property debt drops amid rise in real rates
Morgan Stanley believes the accumulation of debt due to property acquisitions in Singapore has eased thanks to higher real rates, reported Singapore Business Review. The firm noted that the trend in Singapore’s debt-to-GDP largely mirrored that of China ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Is Losing Home Advantage in IPO Battle With Hong Kong
It’s not all bad news for the Lion City: Singapore Exchange Ltd. beats HKEX in funds raised from the initial public offerings. Led by NetLink NBN Trust, businesses raked in a total of $2.54 billion, the data show. That compares with $677 million raised ... ( read original story ...)
UnionPay QR code payments will be available to Singapore customers this year
View original content:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/unionpay-qr-code-payments-will-be-available-to-singapore-customers-this-year-300561839.html SINGAPORE, Nov. 27, 2017 /CNW/ -- UnionPay International announced today to have cooperated with Bank ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore employees fall short in global survey on taking responsibility for upgrading their own skills
Nine in 10 global employees, or 91 per cent, say that it is their personal responsibility to keep up with the best practices through learning and development opportunities. However fewer Singapore employees felt that way (83 per cent) as compared to the ... ( read original story ...)
Picture Review Of New Singapore Airlines New First Class Suite
Singapore Airlines is introducing fantastic new First Class for their Airbus A380s. They have 5 new planes which are being delivered over the next year and these new planes will feature the new first suites and new business class that offers double beds ... ( read original story ...)
Keeping Singapore River clean ‘a relentless effort’
Forty years after Singapore embarked on a cleanup of the Singapore River, the Prime Minister says that keeping the river clean is a relentless effort and that people should help by refraining from littering. "The river cleanup is never done," said PM Lee ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore services business receipts grow 6.3% in Q3
SINGAPORE - Business receipts for the services sector in Singapore grew 6.3 per cent in the third quarter of 2017 compared to a year ago, reflecting an improved global outlook and a strengthening economy. The data released on Monday (Nov 27) by the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore considering new penalties for sex crimes targeting women, kids online: Shanmugam
SINGAPORE - Singapore is considering new penalties to address sex crimes targeting women and children on the Internet, said Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam on Monday (Nov 27). In a Facebook post, Mr Shanmugam also said he hopes to relook issues ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Army’s UAVs Deployed in Afghanistan
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) from Singapore's UAV Command have been deployed in the fight against terror in Afghanistan, Second Minister for Defence Mr Ong Ye Kung said on November 24. Speaking after visiting the UAC command base at at Murai Camp ... ( read original story ...)
Letters: Singapore’s tough approach to drugs saves lives while B.C.’s kills people
According to Tiffany Crawford’s story last week, drug abuse has produced 1,100 corpses in B.C. this year to date, meaning 2017 is on pace to more than double the carnage of 2016 which, in turn, dramatically increased the death rate for 2015. Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Press : SPH Buzz partners with Mastercard to launch new hybrid store concept
- SPH Buzz today launched a new hybrid store concept in partnership with Mastercard that includes attended and unattended retail counters. As part of the partnership, SPH Buzz has integrated Mastercard's mobile commerce platform - Vending powered by ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore workers fall short in global survey on taking responsibility for upgrading own skills
SINGAPORE - Nine in 10 global employees, or 91 per cent, feel that it is a personal responsibility to keep up with the best work practices through learning and development opportunities, according to the latest report by staffing firm Randstad. However ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore River clean-up is ‘never done’: PM Lee
Forty years after Singapore embarked on a clean-up of the Singapore River, the Prime Minister said that keeping the river clean is a relentless effort and that people should help by refraining from littering. "The river clean-up is never done," said Mr Lee ... ( read original story ...)