So, the rumors are indeed on-point: Amazon is now officially in Southeast Asia with Singapore being its first ever market in this region. That being said, it seems that the e-commerce giant is taking one step at a time by opening the access to Prime Now ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore exports bounce back strongly in June
Singapore (VNA) – Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports (NODX) increased by 8.2 percent in June from a year earlier thanks to a surge in electronic and non-electronic exports, according to a recent report of the International Enterprise (IE) Singapore. ( read original story ...)
Singapore: Non-oil domestic exports accelerate, up 8.2% in June
After two months of registering flat growth, Singapore's non-oil domestic exports (NODX) regained momentum and gained an 8.2 percent growth in the month of June. According to the International Enterprise (IE) Singapore, the year-on-year (YoY) improvement ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore F1 Grand Prix circuit guide
4 Drivers who have won in Singapore: Nico Rosberg, Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel. Vettel is the most successful, with four wins 3.3 G Average deceleration at the Marina Bay Street Circuit (source: Brembo Brakes) 5.1 G Maximum ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore, S. Australia ink pact on food innovation
The MOU between trade agency Spring Singapore and Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (Pirsa) was inked during a South Australian business mission to Singapore yesterday. "We are looking forward to a fruitful partnership with Pirsa to build ... ( read original story ...)
New Singapore air terminal automates departures with face recognition
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - When a new terminal opens in 2017 at Singapore's Changi Airport, the world's best for five years straight according to a survey, passengers will be able to, in theory, go through check-in to boarding without speaking to another person ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines’ LCC arm Scoot to fly to Honolulu via Osaka
SINGAPORE -- Singapore Airlines' low-cost arm Scoot announced on Tuesday that it will fly a new route, to Honolulu via Osaka. The route will give a new low-cost option for Japanese travelers to popular holiday destinations Hawaii and Singapore. It also ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines shifts routes to budget arm Scoot amid strategic review
said it would transfer to Scoot its services from Singapore to Kuching, Malaysia and from the city-state to Palembang, Indonesia from October and November, respectively. "There are sometimes opportunities whereby the budget side of the business can do a ... ( read original story ...)
Waning medical tourism forces rethink in Singapore
SINGAPORE -- The Mount Elizabeth Novena hospital is a sprawling, modern complex just north of Singapore's central business district. Inside, it is packed with small, specialist clinics -- a high-class mega-mall for medicine that serves the local market and ... ( read original story ...)
Business at Teochew porridge stall not affected by brawls: Eatery manager
SINGAPORE - Fights may have erupted twice at the Heng Long Teochew Porridge shop along Upper Serangoon Road but they have not been bad for business. A manager of the eatery, who declined to be named, said the brawls have brought publicity for the porridge ... ( read original story ...)
Access over 600 million consumers by doing business in Singapore
Singapore is the de-facto launch-pad into ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations); a collection of nation states home to over 600 million consumers with increasing spending power. It’s for this reason that Enterprise Nation’s third trade ... ( read original story ...)
Over 8,300 SMEs to benefit from industry-led projects: Spring, IE Singapore
... to aggregate the needs of the industry and source for suitable solutions to help SMEs strengthen business capabilities," said Spring Singapore chief executive Poon Hong Yuen. Of the 28 industry development and internationalisation projects supported ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore celebrates National Day at Astana Expo 2017
Both countries recently concluded negotiations on a Bilateral Investment Treaty which will open up more business and investment opportunities for Singapore and Kazakhstan businesses. There are about 100 Kazakhstan companies registered in Singapore to date ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore, South Australia ink partnership for closer collaboration in food innovation
The MOU between trade agency Spring Singapore and Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA) was inked during a South Australian business mission to Singapore on Monday (July 24). "We are looking forward to a fruitful partnership with PIRSA to ... ( read original story ...)
Debate on import laws in Terrex trial could have ‘major implications’ for shipping firms
The nine Terrex armoured troop carriers were intercepted while en route to Singapore from the Taiwanese port of Kaohsiung after a military training exercise. The vehicles were released and returned on January 27, after Hong Kong’s customs chief Roy Tang ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore CPI falls
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s consumer price index fell to 0.5% in June, from 1.4% in the prior month, due to sharply lower housing maintenance and repairs inflation, the ministry of trade and industry and the Monetary Authority of Singapore said on Monday ... ( read original story ...)