International companies are increasingly avoiding Hong Kong as a jurisdiction for settling disputes through arbitration, one of the clearest signs yet that China’s tightening grip on the financial hub ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore requests future F-35 training location also host its F-16 jets
Singapore has told the U.S. Air Force it wants to co-locate its Arizona-based F-16 training detachment with its future F-35 training unit, with five locations in the U.S. shortlisted as potential ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC seeks court-led supervision of Lim family’s shipping unit Xihe Holdings – sources
Singapore bank OCBC is seeking a court-appointed supervisor to manage shipping firm Xihe Holdings Pte Ltd and four of its subsidiaries, four sources with knowledge of the court filing said. ( read original story ...)
‘Strong distrust’ behind OCBC move to bring Xihe under judicial management
SINGAPORE -The Lim family-run Xihe Holdings and four of its vessel-owning units are being brought under "urgent" judicial management by creditor OCBC Bank, which "strongly distrusts (their) current ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC seeks court-appointed supervisor to manage shipping firm Xihe Holdings and four subsidiaries
SINGAPORE: Singapore bank OCBC is seeking a court-appointed supervisor to manage shipping firm Xihe Holdings Pte Ltd and four of its subsidiaries, ... ( read original story ...)
NTU Singapore and Google Cloud develop rapid-response chatbot to address freshmen queries
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has rolled out a new virtual assistant powered by Google Cloud to help some 6,000 incoming freshmen transition to university life on the NTU ... ( read original story ...)
Five importers fined a total of S$28,000 for illegally importing food products
SINGAPORE: Five importers were fined a total of S$28,000 on Wednesday (Jul 22) for illegally importing more than 2,500kg of fresh produce and more than 900kg of processed food from Malaysia. The ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Insider bags $32m in series C money
Singapore-based Insider, a marketing software-as-a-service ... Ultimately, the company claims its technology can help marketers drive growth across the funnel, from acquisition to activation, ... ( read original story ...)
YCP Solidiance’s New Report on Singapore’s Community Eldercare: Opportunities for Telemedicine and Assistive Technology
Singapore will have the highest percentage of elderly in Southeast Asia at 22.5%, with nearly 83,000 seniors expected to be living alone. To accommodate this, the Singapore government has introduced ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore seeks local boost for tourism sector facing existential crisis
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore’s tourism sector is facing an existential crisis, its tourism board chief said on Wednesday, laying out plans to boost local demand after a collapse in visitor arrivals ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Courts Locals With Spas, Sailing to Save Tourism
Singapore is appealing to its travel-hungry residents to support a battered hospitality sector in a bid to limit job losses. ( read original story ...)
Singapore banks’ upcoming dividends may be cut amid capital review: Analyst
Dividend cuts by Singapore banks may happen "as early as" the upcoming payout to be announced in the second quarter, with the regulator reviewing banks' capital plans amid prolonged economic ... ( read original story ...)
S$45 million tourism campaign launched urging locals to explore Singapore
Residents of Singapore are being encouraged to take a local holiday – dubbed a “Singapoliday” - and rediscover their home country while ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore greenlights clinical trials for vaccine candidate developed by Arcturus and Duke-NUS Medical School
Singapore's Health Sciences Authority has approved clinical trials for a coronavirus vaccine candidate being developed by Arcturus Therapeutics and Duke-NUS Medical school. Arcturus, a San Diego, ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19 risk management framework to be trialed on 2 pilot business events: STB
A risk management framework for business events of up to 50 attendees has been developed by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), and it ... ( read original story ...)
Naver transfers Hong Kong backup data to Singapore
South Korea's Naver said on its official blog page that it has moved user backup data that was stored in Hong Kong to Singapore. The data in Hong Kong was destroyed between July 6 ... ( read original story ...)