Singapore may have bitten more than it can chew when it comes to tourist accommodations as total hotel room stock increased 4.3% in 2016, which was more than the 2.2% increase in visitor days, according to OCBC. On top of this, OCBC believes that a weak ... ( read original story ...)
Facebook Singapore’s country director on the tech industry and new jobs
Sandhya Devanathan left a banking career after 15 years to enter the tech industry. Having held top managerial roles in Standard Chartered Singapore and Citibank in the United States, she transited to Facebook Singapore in January 2016 and now runs the ... ( read original story ...)
Economists upgrade Singapore's 2017 growth forecast from 1.5% to 2.3%
Stronger than expected fourth quarter growth in Singapore driven by improved global demand led economists to upgrade their 2017 projections for the Southeast Asian city state, an official survey of forecasters showed Wednesday. The 23 economists surveyed ... ( read original story ...)
February exports exceed expectations
Singapore's export recovery has grown even stronger ... Healthier manufacturing growth could spill over into financial and business services this quarter as domestic business loan growth and regional financing start to increase. Electronics Nodx surged ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore's Ezra Holdings files for U.S. bankruptcy
Ezra is one of several Singapore offshore and marine services firms that have ... in low competitive charter rates compounded the financial difficulties of Ezra's business divisions," said Robin Chiu, the company's chief restructuring officer, in a court ... ( read original story ...)
The tech industry and new jobs: Facebook Singapore’s country director
It’s not a good-to-have, it’s a must-have if you want to build a sustainable business for the future,” she added. Singapore has very visible role models of women helming top positions and with its support systems in place, Singapore is actually more ... ( read original story ...)
Commentary: Can farming be a success story for Singapore?
First, are farmers able to adopt technology, and why or why not? The trouble is that agricultural technologies have not taken off in Singapore because of underlying business factors. High risks, lack of financing and limited farm tenures hold us back. ( read original story ...)
Growing demand for mobile payment services across Asia
mobile payments soared from the same base to 38.6 trillion yuan, a jump of more than 200 per cent, said Beijing-based BigData Research. China's embrace of fintech has put even Singapore to shame: 40 per cent of Chinese consumers are today using new payment ... ( read original story ...)
Make America Singapore
I HAVE been devoting this space to deliberately implausible ideas lately, and the time has come to turn to an issue that our politicians are actually debating: health care reform. Though “debating” might be a strong word, since the politicians I’m ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore February Non-Oil Export Growth Exceeds Expectations
SINGAPORE--Singapore's February exports rose faster than expected, as shipments of electronics and non-electronics goods rose. Exports of goods made in Singapore rose 21.5% in February compared with a year earlier, after rising 8.6% in January, trade ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore has lessons for Zuma, not Zille
Andrew Donaldson was more taken with Helen Zille's tweets about Singapore than the ones about colonialism that had everyone dismayed. Thank heavens for Helen Zille. Here we all were, poised yet again at the abyss - in this case, the “self-made” social ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Exchange : Q&M joins smartphone healthcare booking platform
SINGAPORE Exchange-listed Q&M Dental Group has joined healthcare booking platform BookDoc, which connects patients to medical professionals, said BookDoc on Friday morning. "One can now easily search and locate all of Q&M clinics in Singapore and Malaysia ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore passport top in Asia for visa-free access
Against a global trend of decreased travel freedom, the Singapore passport continues to be widely accepted, reaching its highest ranking of No. 4 in this year's Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index. The Singapore passport broke a tie with fifth-placed ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore rebuts Economist report on free speech for misrepresenting protesters
On Saturday, Reuters news agency wrote that six people "were charged with creating a public nuisance while protesting against a compulsory tax savings scheme". Read also: Singapore says Reuters report on water price protest misleading But the police ... ( read original story ...)
Innovation key to SME growth
SINGAPORE — As Singapore exports continue to surge, primarily propelled by shipments to China, the Republic’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) should accelerate the pace of their business transformation through innovation to grab business ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s small size a barrier for global innovators?
SINGAPORE is too small a base for global-minded businesses to experiment and refine innovative ideas. At least that’s the view of tech entrepreneur Mr Tan Min-Liang and venture capitalist Mr Isaac Ho, reported the Business Times (BT) on Monday (Mar 13). ( read original story ...)