A proposal for Singapore to use the Ohakea airbase near Palmerston North as a training facility for its jet pilots is being seen as a logical next step in defence relations between the two countries. The government has confirmed a feasibility study is ... ( read original story ...)
NZ could host Singapore's fighter jets at Ohakea
Singapore is eying Ohakea air base in Manawatu as a potential base for one of its own Air Force squadrons of F15 fighter jets. Up to 500 people would be stationed in or near the base in the region. Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee confirmed that the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore rattles sharing economy change
SINGAPORE: Singapore, a keen early adopter of the sharing economy, has fired a warning shot across the bow of Airbnb and Uber with tighter rules that could shake up their business models and growth ambitions in Asia. The rules, some say, are a sign that ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore's manufacturing output up 2.2% in January
SINGAPORE: Singapore's manufacturing output in January rose 2.2 per cent from a year ago, on the back of strong growth in the precision engineering and electronics clusters. Excluding the more volatile biomedical manufacturing, output grew 7 per cent ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Morning News Roundup For February 24
Welcome to the Singapore morning news roundup by AEC News Today, your one stop for Singapore news on matters of governance and policies affecting Asean business communities. Disrupting the disruptors: Singapore rattles sharing economy with rule change ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore dollar hits all-time high against Malaysian ringgit
SINGAPORE: The Singapore dollar hovered at an all-time high against the Malaysian ringgit on Friday (Feb 24), peaking at 3.1687 earlier in the day before easing back to 3.1643 in afternoon trade. An outperformance of the Singapore currency, rather than a ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore stocks end down 0.65 pct
SINGAPORE, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Singapore shares closed 0.65 percent lower on Friday. Singapore's benchmark Straits Times Index fell 20.54 points to 3,117.03 points. Trading volume was 3.19 billion shares worth 1.43 billion Singapore dollars. Decliners ... ( read original story ...)
CPF ACTIVIST HAN HUI HUI MOCKED BY POLICE OFFICERS WHO ESCORTED HER TO PRISON
On 27 Jun 2016, Singapore’s state court Judge CHAY YUEN FATT made judgement against me as follows: 1. SGD$2,500 fine because “She rallied her Facebook readers”. 2. SGD$600 fine because I “made vitriolic speeches to denounce the government and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore carbon tax to hit Shell, ExxonMobil margins: Analyst
Oil majors Royal Dutch Shell and ExxonMobil could see a 10 to 15 per cent hit to profit margins at their Singapore refineries when the city state imposes a carbon tax in 2019, one analyst told CNBC. On Monday, Singapore announced its intention to introduce ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore inflation up 0.6%
It reflected higher oil-related item prices and higher services inflation. Consumer prices in Singapore is on a steady increase leading to January, as CPI-All Items inflation and MAS Core Inflation rose to 0.6% and 1.5% respectively, from 0.2% and 1.2% in ... ( read original story ...)
Disrupting the disruptors: Singapore rattles sharing economy with rule change
SINGAPORE Singapore, a keen early adopter of the sharing economy, has fired a warning shot across the bow of Airbnb and Uber with tighter rules that could shake up their business models and growth ambitions in Asia. The rules, some say, are a sign that ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore budget: Lack of 'goodies' to attract foreign investors
Singapore, a Southeast Asian city state whose early economic progress was closely tied to investments from foreign multinationals, presented a budget on Monday that has few incentives to draw more of such investors, one tax expert said. Speaking to CNBC's ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to levy SE Asia's first carbon tax
Singapore plans to implement Southeast Asia’s first carbon tax by 2019, a move that would raise energy costs in the island nation and require more than 30 big polluters such as power plants to pay the levy. The proposal would charge between S$10 (US$7 ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Morning News Roundup For February 22
Welcome to the Singapore morning news roundup by AEC News Today, your one stop for Singapore news on matters of governance and policies affecting Asean business communities. According to the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), Singapore’s business events ... ( read original story ...)
Extremely rare 'fire rainbow' that makes the sky look like it's burning is spotted in Singapore
The incredible ball of multi-coloured light formed 'out of nowhere' behind a cloud on Monday afternoon in North-East District, Singapore. It was so bright ... And meteorologist Justin Lock told 14 News that a strict set of conditions are required for ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to raise water rates by 30 per cent
Singapore's finance minister has announced a rise in domestic water prices of 30 per cent over the next two years, citing the cost of desalination and water reuse. “We have priced water to reflect the higher costs of desalination and NEWater production ... ( read original story ...)