MULTINATIONAL corporations (MNCs) already thriving in both Singapore and Johor are reaping the rewards of Malaysia’s plentiful land, lower costs, and prime location for manufacturing, warehousing and ...
Malaysia and Singapore agree to launch a special economic zone in a rare move to attract investors
Malaysia and Singapore leaders have signed an agreement to create a special economic zone to attract global investment and ease the cross-border flow of goods and people.
Power firm backed by Indonesian billionaire Anthoni Salim to build $700M hydropower plant in Singapore
PacificLight Power, backed by Indonesian billionaire Anthoni Salim, has won a contract to build a SGD1 billion (US$733 million) hydropower plant in Singapore.
CytoMed, a Singapore Biotech, Revolutionizes Cancer Treatment Using Donor Immune Cells
Instead, we're recruiting healthy soldiers from disease-free, well donors and equipping them with special targeting systems to hunt down cancer cells." This "targeting system" is an artificial protein ...
Malaysia-Singapore Leaders’ Retreat: New Johor SEZ deal guns for global investments, 20,000 skilled jobs in 5 years
The signed Special Economic Zone agreement was exchanged at the retreat in Putrajaya, witnessed by Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.
Johor-Singapore special economic zone agreement signed at leaders’ retreat
PUTRAJAYA] The new Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) is not just about enabling Singapore businesses to go to Johor, but rather it is the zone’s “greater potential” in having both ...
Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone agreement signed by S’pore and M’sian leaders in KL; nine flagship zones set up
The Singapore government will fund Singaporean companies expanding into the JS-SEZ, while Malaysia’s fund will target infrastructure build in Johor.
Malaysia, Singapore announce deal on Johor economic zone
Malaysia and Singapore announced on Tuesday an agreement on a special economic zone in the southern Malaysian state of Johor, aiming to support investment and free up movement of goods and people ...
Best Bank Offers in Singapore (Jan 2025): Win a Porsche Taycan, 6-Day UK Sightseeing Tour, Flights from $70, and More
Everybody loves credit card sign-up promotions, but not many of us realise the promotions don’t end with a welcome gift. Banks actually shower us with tons of lifestyle deals and perks just for owning ... ( read original story ...)
DBS upgrades PropNex and APAC Realty to ‘buy’ amid strong pipeline of new launches in 2025
Analysts Derek Tan and Tabitha Foo have increased their target price estimates for both PropNex and APAC Realty to $1.15 and 50 cents respectively.
Terminated KL-Singapore high-speed rail project can happen only with ‘full participation’ from private sector: Anwar
MALAYSIA is waiting for some “promising and positive” contributions by the private sector as it seeks to revive the terminated high-speed rail project linking Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, said Prime ...
Singapore and Malaysia to finalise deal creating vast economic zone
Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will officiate a ceremony on Tuesday for the economic zone in Malaysia's southern state of Johor ...
New Bill introduced to consolidate, strengthen Singapore govt’s powers to maintain racial harmony
SINGAPORE: A new Bill that seeks to consolidate and strengthen the Government’s powers to maintain racial harmony in Singapore was introduced in Parliament on Tueday (Jan 7).
OCBC launches tokenised bonds customised to client’s desired tenor and yield
Local peers DBS Bank and UOB have also made headway in tokenised bonds and other assets. DBS in May 2021 issued a tokenised bond as its digital exchange’s first security token offering, while UOB in ...
Appetite for Bitcoin in Singapore and beyond surges after 2024’s launch of such ETFs, US election
Investor interest in the world’s largest cryptocurrency Bitcoin in Singapore and elsewhere rose last year, driven by factors such as the introduction of such exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the ...
Singapore, Malaysia to Finalize Deal Creating Vast Economic Zone
The leaders of Malaysia and Singapore are set to formalize an agreement establishing a special economic zone linking their two nations’ border region, but the prospects for immediate economic benefits ...