SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singapore court charged a citizen and a North Korean man with supplying prohibited luxury items to North Korea, the Straits Times newspaper said on Thursday, the latest example ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Cracks Down on ‘Shoe-Box’ Units in Blow to Developers
(Bloomberg) -- Singapore has cracked down on the number of “shoe-box sized” apartments developers can build, in another blow to profitability. New guidelines on unit size effectively cut the maximum n... ( read original story ...)
News: HSBC Singapore gets its new chairman and MD
To replace Guy Harvey-Samuel, the bank has elevated an HSBC veteran to lead the Singapore arm. As the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation seeks to capture ASEAN business and deepen Singapore's r... ( read original story ...)
Which Singapore Bank Share Is A Better Dividend Investment?
Right now, Singapore’s three major bank shares – DBS Group Holdings Ltd (SGX: D05), Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited (SGX: O39), and United Overseas Bank Ltd (SGX: U11) – have pretty attrac... ( read original story ...)
HSBC Singapore names banking veteran Mukhtar Hussain as chairman and director
SINGAPORE - HSBC Bank (Singapore) has appointed Mukhtar Hussain as its chairman and director effective Oct 17, as the locally incorporated arm of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation seeks to ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered is quietly building up this powerful team in Singapore
Standard Chartered in Singapore has been staffing up its operational excellence (OE) team, which is tasked with streamlining, automating and standardising internal processes across the bank ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Bourse May Find Traction On Wednesday
The Singapore stock market has moved lower in two straight sessions, sliding nearly 40 points or 1.3 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 3,035-point plateau altho... ( read original story ...)
Can property prices in Singapore really rise 10 per cent by 2019?
Morgan Stanley recently put out another report, claiming property prices in Singapore can rise 10 per cent by 2019. In fact, they are predicting that housing prices can double by 2030 or, in a bear sc... ( read original story ...)
Review: Singapore Airlines Boeing 787 Business Class Bali to Singapore
Wednesday newsletters always feature a hotel or flight review. Last summer, I enjoyed a wonderful holiday in Singapore and the Indonesian islands of Java & Bali. You can read my reviews here: Since SQ ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore e-wallet NetsPay in talks with Tencent’s WeChat Pay for cross-border payments
Singapore electronic payments provider Nets is in talks with Tencent Holdings’ WeChat Pay to allow users of its NetsPay digital wallet to make mobile payments in mainland China, according to people fa... ( read original story ...)
Singapore travellers may soon be able to use NETS for mobile payments in China
People residing in Singapore who use the payments service NETS — which is practically everybody — could shortly be able to take the system abroad and use it for mobile payments in China, according to ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore witnesses decline in electronics exports in 10th straight month
SINGAPORE, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's domestic exports of electronic products decreased by 0.9 percent year-on-year in September, following a 1.5-percent decrease in August. This is the tenth str... ( read original story ...)
Singapore revises rules to counter ‘shoebox apartment’ problem
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore on Wednesday announced stricter guidelines on the maximum number of units in new blocks of private flats and condominiums in a move to tackle what authorities have call... ( read original story ...)
Israel’s Bourse Joins Stream of IPO Delays Amid Market Rout
“I can guarantee that the IPO will not take place in 2018.” The TASE chief was visiting Singapore several months after the Israeli bourse partnered with Singapore Exchange Ltd. to allow Israeli techno... ( read original story ...)
Young people in Singapore have “no clue” about jobs in banking technology
Students at Singaporean universities often have “no clue” about banking technology jobs, and this lack of awareness is exacerbating wider tech talent shortages in the finance sector, according ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore exports show shifting trade patterns
SINGAPORE (Nikkei Markets) -- Singapore's exports rose at a faster pace in September from a year ago but the outlook remained murky as shipments of electronics continued to decline. The latest ... ( read original story ...)