Singapore - The Singapore economy could expand 2.3 per cent year on year in 2017, with a further rise to 3 per cent in 2018, said Deutsche Bank in a report this week. Still, it cautioned that "such a growth increment (is) hardly any reason to cheer about ... ( read original story ...)
Median salary to rise next year
The median base salary in Singapore is expected to rise 4.7 per cent in 2017, after factoring in disinflation, higher than the 3.7 per cent increase this year, said a report by Korn Ferry Hay Group yesterday. This would be ahead of Asia's real wage growth ... ( read original story ...)
A class apart: SIA's new business class seats that feel like a mini first-class suite
“[With a] stylish combination of enhanced seat comfort, intuitive space, convenience and leading-edge innovation, the Singapore Airlines’ business class detracts from the norm,” is how David Lim, general manager India, Singapore Airlines, describes ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore employees expecting to get bonus but not a pay raise: Randstad
SINGAPORE - Singapore employees are more confident about receiving a year-end bonus this year than they are about seeing their salaries go up, the latest global Workmonitor report by recruitment firm Randstad has revealed. Despite the slowing economy and a ... ( read original story ...)
How fashion label Ong Shunmugam became a successful business
The business side of things takes up 70 per cent ... It was so cute and fit so well and I loved it. I have no time to shop in Singapore, so I was like, “Okay lah!” I didn’t even convert the price from Korean won. When I went to the cashier and ... ( read ...
More retirees seeking financial assistance
Singapore Management University law don Eugene Tan suggested that more be done to spur people to have financial literacy and plan for their retirement. Retired cleaner Tan Cheng Yan, 61, has a monthly Central Provident Fund payout of $700 but hopes to ... ( read original story ...)
Data analytics at Alexandra Health System: A new journey in healthcare
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Understanding rental yields in Singapore
Singapore’s property market is especially attractive for several reasons. The city-state has an infrastructure and facilities that are on par with the best in the world. It is a regional financial hub and many of the world’s foremost financial ... ( read original story ...)
The Big Read: Technology helps break down barriers for workers with disabilities
There is a plethora of assistive technology devices in the international marketplace. In Singapore, devices available here range from optical character recognition scanners which can read a passage of text at twice the normal reading speed of 70 to 80 ... ( read original story ...)
True Confessions of a Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore Drop-out!
It’s a quandary I never imagined facing, but my decision to skip the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2016 was predicated on sound reasoning, and a whole lot of introspection, as my journal took me from first thoughts to making my final decision. ( read original story ...)
Patriotic art wins UOB prize
Indonesia's Gatot Indrajati “brushed aside” artists from Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore to win the grand prize in the UOB Southeast Asian Painting of the Year Awards in Singapore last Wednesday. His colourful mixed-media-and-acrylic “Right or Wrong ... ( read original story ...)
Crowdfunding start-up OurCrowd opens office in Singapore
The move comes after the start-up received its Capital Market Services licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore in August. In March, United Overseas Bank (UOB) announced its US$10 million (S$14.3 million) investment in the start-up for an ... ( read original story ...)
OurCrowd : Opens Singapore Office, Appoints Denes Ban Managing Partner Asia
Denes Ban said: “We are excited to be operating in Singapore, which is fast becoming a leading global fintech center. We look forward to strengthening our winning team of UOB and the Sassoon family by adding new Singapore partners, investors, and ... ( read original story ...)
January 2017 Singapore Savings Bonds SSB gives you 2.18% interest per year over 10 years
You can apply through ATM or Internet Banking via the three banks (UOB,OCBC, DBS) $10,000 will grow to $12,228 in 10 years. This bond is backed by the Singapore Government and its available to Singaporeans. You can find out more information about the SSB here. ( read original story ...)
Singapore's 3Q private spending slowest in four quarters
UOB notes that this is possibly a result of the weaker real wage growth and less-tight labour market, and evident in the contraction in Singapore’s retail sales numbers over the past year. "Faced with the onset of poorer economic prospects and job market ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore shares flat ahead of ECB meeting
Profit-taking on DBS Group, Genting Singapore, Wilmar International and Global Logistic ... Strong buying interest in UOB Group and Singtel helped bolster the market. UOB rose 0.9 per cent or 18 cents to $21.01, while the telco climbed 0.3 per cent or ... ( read original story ...)