In short, it is fundamental to how we shape and change our societies and environments. Recent announcements and developments in the UK and Singapore has focused on the importance of science and innovation in the drive towards growth and prosperity. ( read original story ...)
Singapore's unemployment rate: How much higher could it rise?
SINGAPORE: As Singapore wrestles with slower economic growth and disruptive technological changes, challenges have emerged in the local labour market. In his annual May Day speech, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong noted that unemployment increased last year ... ( read original story ...)
Asean Morning News For May 5
Stay up to Date With The AEC News Today Mobile App Download the AEC News Today mobile app from Google play or the App stores by clicking the icons below. Four banks in Singapore are participating in a pilot that aims to explore ways to simplify online ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore shares jump on DBS Bank earnings; Malaysia stocks hit two-year high
SINGAPORE (Nikkei Markets) -- Singapore shares climbed to a 21-month high on Tuesday as banking stocks rallied after the nation's largest lender DBS Group Holdings reported better-than-expected earnings. Malaysia stocks rose to the highest in almost two ... ( read original story ...)
POSB e-payment trial to track maids' pay
POSB is waiving the minimum sum during the pilot programme. Association of Employment Agencies (Singapore) president K. Jayaprema said e-payments will help empower maids to manage their own money. Best Home Employment Agency, a participant in the trial ... ( read original story ...)
Circles.Life says cheaper mobile data in Singapore means embracing disruption
Abhishek Gupta, shared why he considers the solely digital telecommunications company, Circles.Life, an industry disruptor in Singapore's telecommunications space, and likely to other countries in Southeast Asia in the future. The co-founder of the company ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore March bank lending up 6.33 percent y/y to S$627.9 billion
SINGAPORE Singapore's total bank lending rose 6.33 percent in March from a year earlier, on the back of increased lending to general commerce and professional and private individuals, central bank data showed on Friday. Loans and advances by domestic ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered Marathon Runner’s Death Due to Natural Causes: Coroner
A 28-year-old Briton runner who collapsed during the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore (SCMS) last December had suffered a sudden cardiac death due to natural causes, a Coroner’s Court found on Thursday (4 May). Mr John Ying Wah Gibson a British ... ( read original story ...)
Pool D: Australia make changes for Paris
Australia head coach Andy Friend will enter the penultimate round of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2016-17 in Paris with three changes to his 13-man squad that finished fourth in Singapore last month. Alex Gibbon, Boyd Killingworth and Dylan Pietsch ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to be LNG bunker-ready by 2020
SINGAPORE: Singapore has emerged as the preferred Asian liquefied natural gas (LNG) trading hub, according to a survey firm Deloitte. A poll of senior energy sector leaders found that four out of five voted Singapore as the country most likely to become ... ( read original story ...)
Wanted Thai Red Bull heir Vorayuth 'not in Singapore'
These are external links and will open in a new window Singapore authorities say the Thai heir to the Red Bull empire Vorayuth Yoovidhaya, who is wanted in Thailand, is not in the city-state. Thai police said he had travelled to Singapore from Bangkok last ... ( read original story ...)
Is The Singapore Stock Market Expensive Or Cheap Right Now?
Singapore’s stock market benchmark, the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI), ended April at 3,175 points. That was a whisker away from the 52-week high of 3,188 back then. With this as a backdrop, many of you may be wondering if stocks in Singapore are cheap ... ( read original story ...)
To Singapore: Another Awesome Apple Pay Promotion for May 2017
2 half-boiled eggs and medium size Kopi/Teh at all Toast Box Singapore outlets, excluding Marina Bay Sands, Resort World Sentosa and Tea Loft at Suntec City. Apple Pay POSB/DBS Promotion: Toastbox Receipt showing 90 cents only Each Qualified Cardmember is ... ( read original story ...)
Iraq's fuel oil exports soar despite OPEC supply cut
Refiners in Singapore, U.S. among end-users of the fuel By Roslan Khasawneh DUBAI, May 3 (Reuters) - Iraqi fuel oil exports have soared since January despite a reduction in the country's crude production in line with OPEC supply cuts, industry sources said ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore March exports up 16.5% in strongest growth streak since 2011
SINGAPORE —Posting the strongest growth streak in more than six years, non-oil domestic exports (Nodx) grew for the fifth straight month in March, expanding by 16.5 per cent compared to the same period last year. The better-than-expected showing ... ( read original story ...)
Asian jet fuel profits plunge on record China, India exports
SINGAPORE The Asian jet fuel margin dived to its lowest level in nearly nine months as the supply of the aviation fuel outpaced demand in the region, multiple trade sources said on Tuesday. Record exports from China and India are pressuring the margins ... ( read original story ...)