Singapore's transport minister has played down any indication of a V-shaped recovery of the aviation industry this year, but notes that the first shoots of recovery are starting to form and this is ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to attend Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will attend the Shangri-La Dialogue Asian security summit due to be held in Singapore next month, organisers said, after the annual meeting was cancelled last year ... ( read original story ...)
Firmenich Opens Culinary & SmartProteins® Innovation Hub in Singapore
Firmenich, the world’s largest privately owned fragrance and taste company, today announces the launch of its Culinary and SmartProteins® Innovation Center in Tuas, Singapore. The new center will ... ( read original story ...)
CapitaLand Limited appoints Standard Chartered CEO for consumer, private and business banking as director
CapitaLand Limited has appointed Judy Hsu as non-executive and independent director to its board on May 3.Hsu was also appointed a member of the group’s executive resource and compensation committee ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Singapore sees first death in weeks; Thailand reports record daily toll
Elsewhere, Nepal is suspending all domestic and international flights, and Pakistan warned its virus fight was at a ‘critical’ phase. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Property Market Index Q2 2021
Singapore property prices have risen for the fourth consecutive quarter, sparking rumours of looming cooling measures. The PropertyGuru Singapore Property Market Index Q2 2021 (PMI Q2 2021) recorded a ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s DBS Bank report record Q1 profits as LVB’s NPA shrink
DBS Bank, Southeast Asia's largest bank by assets, reported its highest-ever quarterly profit aided in part by lower NPA (non-performing assets) provided for Lakshmi Villas Bank (LVB) which DBS ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore factory activity expands in April at fastest pace since December 2018
SINGAPORE - Singapore saw its overall manufacturing activity expanding in April at the fastest pace in more than two years, aided mainly by gains in new orders, new exports, and employment.. Read more ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s manufacturing PMI rises to 50.9 in April
This is the 10th month of expansion for Singapore's overall manufacturing sector. The PMI reading this April is the highest since December 2018, when the PMI reading was 51.1. A PMI reading above 50 ... ( read original story ...)
Noodles enriched in dietary fiber by advanced technology remain tasty
NUS food scientists have demonstrated that finely ground wheat bran can be added to Asian wheat noodles by up to 20% without compromising organoleptic acceptance. This can be an effective approach to ... ( read original story ...)
Zomato leadership stand to make big cash in its IPO-run
The top 10 executives of Zomato are sitting on a cash-pile value of over $100 million, as a result of the stock options granted to them in 2014 and 2018, through the company’s ESOP policy ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore stocks fall amid Covid-19 fears
It was mostly a sea of red across the Singapore market on Monday, as investors' fears over Covid-19 grew, amid fresh community cases emerging in recent days. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore sees first death due to Covid-19 in nearly 2 months amid rise in cases
An 88-year-old Singaporean woman with a history of cancer and cardiac failure passed away on Saturday after she was treated at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, where a cluster of 37 cases has been identified ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Shows What Serious Urban Farming Looks Like
From what was once Singapore’s largest prison complex — the Queenstown Remand Prison, housing about 1,000 inmates at its peak — an 8,000 square meter urban farm, Edible Garden City (EGC), now bursts ... ( read original story ...)
Sarasin buys Bank of Montreal’s HK, Singapore private banking arms
Safra Sarasin Group has acquired Bank of Montreal's BMO.TO private banking business in Hong Kong and Singapore, the Swiss group said on Monday, giving no financial terms for the deal announced in ... ( read original story ...)
Bank loans down for 10th straight month, but recovery in sight
The 0.2% drop in March was the smallest decline recorded since the indicator turned negative in June last year. Singapore's bank loans fell for the 10th consecutive month with a 0.2% drop in ... ( read original story ...)