Higher and higher local unemployment but still insisting importing towards 10M. Despite causing many locals to be severity affected, there is no sign of let down. This Singapore is no longer recognisable, the country is no longer the same. And to talk ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore launches plan to become global maritime hub
MPA, Singapore Customs and the Singapore Shipping Association will therefore be jointly looking at the digitalisation of trade and maritime documentation in the industry to co-develop cross-sector solutions, such as the development and adoption of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Boosts Maritime Digitalization
Along with the launch of the ITM, several MOU were signed between MPA and partners on Friday. An MOU signed between Singapore Customs, Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) and MPA covers the digitalization of trade and maritime documents such as a bill of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore sets out ambitious innovation plan to grow maritime sector’s value-add by $3.4bn
MPA also signed an MoU with Singapore Customs and the Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) to joint look into the digitisation of trade and maritime documentation including an electronic Bill of Lading. “The shipping industry is currently very paper ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s New Suites and Double Bed Business Class Coming to London and Hong Kong
Singapore Airlines is introducing fantastic new products for their Airbus A380s. They have 5 new planes replacing 5 that are being returned to their lessor, and those are being delivered over the next year. They’ll be introduced into service with the new ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore December exports seen rising year-on-year, but at slower pace
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore’s exports are expected to have risen in December albeit at a slower pace than the previous month, according to a Reuters poll of analysts. Non-oil domestic exports in December were expected to have climbed 8.7 percent from ... ( read original story ...)
One in four Singapore firms still lagging in business transformation
While 33 percent of Singapore organisations have pushed harder for business transformation, 25 percent are lagging behind and yet to apply any significant transformation. Singapore needs mindset change for smart nation success Technology innovation and ... ( read original story ...)
Queensland mining: Record export figures ‘prove greens wrong’, industry says
LNG exports from Queensland in 2017 totalled 20.2 million tonnes ... Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam; 16 in Europe: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Connection
But Leow explained that the cycling business—he owns the only bicycle shop called Bike X Singapore that is located in a mall (Tampines Sports Hub) in Singapore—is his way of giving back to the sport he loves most. “I have been running the shop for ... ( read original story ...)
Cathay Pacific, Singapore Air need to look beyond their planes
Over time, the premium differentiation enjoyed by Cathay and Singapore Airlines has been eroded too as other airlines have worked to catch up. The carriers have framed their business options as a competitive battle to carry passengers from A to B ... ( read original story ...)
REC Group bags Made in Singapore Award for Energy & Power
Their half-cut solar panel product delivers more power at lower cost. Singapore Business Review lauded the most exceptional products in that prove to be industry game changers in the recently concluded Made in Singapore and Designed in Singapore Awards. ( read original story ...)
Singapore dollar trades below RM3 for the first time in 14 months
The ringgit appreciated against the Singapore dollar to 2.9976 on Monday, touching the highest level since October 2016. Last week, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry announced that Malaysia’s exports increased by 14.4 per cent to RM83.5 ... ( read original story ...)
Ringgit touches 2.9962 mark vs Singapore dollar
Prior to that, the local note opened at 2.9823/9837 against the Singapore dollar on Oct 26, 2016 and closed at 2.9936/9983 on the same day. Oanda Corp Head of Trading for Asia Pacific, Stephen Innes, told Bernama Malaysia's strong export performance ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore import rebar prices rise on higher bids
SINGAPORE: Import prices for rebar in Singapore have increased following end-users’ return to the spot market after the year-end holiday season. Metal Bulletin’s price assessment for Southeast Asian rebar imports which mainly looks at cargoes sold into ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore dollar soars to levels last seen 3 years ago
SINGAPORE: THE Singapore dollar (SGD) continues to fly and is at levels last seen three years ago as global investors snap up local assets. The SGD was quoted at 1.3256 on Monday morning, unchanged from last Friday, levels last seen in May 2015, according ... ( read original story ...)
Tracking Singapore’s transformation
Instead, Singapore would import from world markets and focus on producing food and services where it had competitive advantages. Farmers who retired were compensated. Those who continued had to keep pollution within strict standards. This policy reduced ... ( read original story ...)