Economic uncertainty and a cautious approach from occupiers have caused year-to-date Asia Pacific office leasing volumes to decline 10% over the same period a year earlier, according to a study by JLL which also shows Singapore leading the weak trend. ( read original story ...)
The Hong Kong-Singapore rivalry: Forget finance and shopping, is literature next?
Hong Kong and Singapore vie for recognition as Asia’s international business and finance centre, leading shopping destination, port and air hub. While neither city wins renown for literary tradition, for 10 days this month they concurrently hosted ... ( read original story ...)
TCS extends sponsorship of Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore
Tata Consultancy Services has extended and expanded its role as IT partner to the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore. The firm will again provide a smart phone app for the event, as well as drive additional fundraising efforts to support local ... ( read original story ...)
Bursting at the seams: Singapore's cast-off clothing
SINGAPORE: Racks of brightly coloured clothes line the aisles at the Salvation Army’s Family Thrift Store in Tanglin. A mannequin sporting a black, curly wig wears a black and white printed dress, while another models a red dress with a black skinny belt ... ( read original story ...)
Coldplay's Citibank pre-sale has already sold out, Singapore fans panic
A pre-sale was set up today exclusively for Citibank members to purchase tickets for Coldplay's 2017 show in Singapore. Originally intended to last from November 17th to 19th, all tickets assigned for Citibank were sold out this morning. Not just in the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore SMEs: financing through debt crowdfunding platforms
An entrepreneur who is attempting to scale up operations or meet his firm’s working capital requirement may struggle to find a lender willing to extend finance. Fortunately, a number of debt crowdfunding platforms have been launched in Singapore in the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore is India's benchmark
In his keynote address, Dr Kumar Pratap said that in the area of urban development India has a lot to learn from Singapore. And if India was looking for a country as a benchmark in its development goal, then it has to be Singapore, he said. Dr Pratap was ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore's first Pikachu Parade held at Changi Aiport
SINGAPORE: Virtual reality game Pokemon Go may have taken Singapore and the world by storm earlier this year, but a few characters came to life at Changi Airport on Friday (Nov 18), when the airport hosted the city-state's first Pikachu Parade. The promise ... ( read original story ...)
Police probe display of Singapore, Malaysian flags at Hong Lim Park event
SINGAPORE: The display of Singapore and Malaysia flags at an event on Hong Lim Park's Speaker's Corner on Sunday is under investigation, Singapore police confirmed on Thursday (Nov 17). According to a Facebook event page, the Yellow Sit-in event was ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore trials self-driving e-scooters
Singapore - Passengers who want to go around shopping malls and airports can now do so on a driverless e-scooter. The scooter was launched on Thursday in a workshop organised by the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, hosted in the National ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s push for fintech supremacy
As the Singapore FinTech Festival comes to an end, Singapore has quite loudly announced itself as committed to long-term investment in the fintech sector. The event drew more than 10,000 participants from about 50 countries, making it the largest ever ... ( read original story ...)
Bombardier Business Aircraft’s Singapore service centre receives Icons of Aviation Award
Bombardier Business Aircraft has announced its Singapore service centre has been recognized by the Asia Business Aviation Association (AsBAA) with the prestigious Icons of Aviation, Best Maintenance Repair Organization Award. The Icons of Aviation Awards ... ( read original story ...)
Compliance specialists in demand amid tougher bank regulations
These PMETs already have experience and know the business. All we have to do is to take them through situations where compliance knowledge can be applied and they can be a quick build-up to the existing pool of compliance talents in Singapore,” she told ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore's central bank says want more rated bonds
SINGAPORE - Singapore's central bank said on Thursday it wants more bonds to be rated and would consider ways to offset the cost of ratings for existing issuers. The comments came amid a rout in Singapore's largely unrated offshore oil and gas bonds where ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to increase cooperation with Indonesia in 5 areas
SINGAPORE: At a joint press statement in Semarang, Central Java, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Long made a commitment with President Joko Widodo that Singapore and Indonesia will increase cooperation in five areas, including investment in industrial ... ( read original story ...)
FEC approves bilateral tax agreement between Nigeria, Singapore
They buy oil from us. Petroleum export to Singapore for the last five years is about $264 billion and we import about N311 billion worth of goods from them.’’ Also the Minister of State, Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, told correspondents that FEC approved ... ( read original story ...)