Hong Kong and Singapore have similar history and economic conditions. Both are small, open economies with no natural resources. Both have developed from British colonies and evolved their industrial s... ( read original story ...)
Singapore is ranked the best place in the world for expats, and after visiting I can understand why
If you had told me six months ago that Singapore was ranked the number one place in the world for expats to move, as HSBC Expat did in its annual report released last week, I would have laughed in you... ( read original story ...)
Check out the special $317 million Airbus jet that Singapore Airlines uses on the longest flight in the world
Last week, Singapore Airlines relaunched the longest flight in the world— a 10,000-mile non-stop service between its home base at Changi Airport in Singapore and Newark Liberty International Airport j... ( read original story ...)
Watches and wine: Singapore files more charges over North Korea sanctions breaches
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore charged a citizen, a North Korean and three companies in court on Thursday with supplying prohibited luxury items to North Korea, the latest example of sanctions breach... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s hospitality learning platform Boost raises funding from Swiss hotelier school
Singapore’s hospitality learning platform Boost has raised ... and utilise EHL’s expertise. Using mobile technology, Boost provides team management system with mobile learning, messaging, communicatio... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Hyflux to sell majority stake to Indonesia’s Salim Group, Medco Group
SINGAPORE, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Singapore water treatment firm Hyflux Ltd, which is undergoing a court-supervised reorganisation, said Indonesia’s Salim Group and Medco Group had agreed to acquire 60 pe... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Singapore’s Keppel Q3 profit falls on investments, property units
SINGAPORE, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Singaporean conglomerate Keppel Corp on Thursday posted a 15 percent fall in third-quarter net profit, hurt by lower contributions from its investments and property divis... ( read original story ...)
Singapore charges men, firms over North Korea luxury goods sanctions breaches
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore charged a citizen, a North Korean and three companies in court on Thursday with supplying prohibited luxury items to North Korea, the latest example of sanctions breach... ( read original story ...)
Singapore charges individuals, firms over breaches of North Korea luxury goods sanctions
Reuters could not immediately reach Chong, Li or officials of the companies to seek comment. Thursday's news comes after a Singapore company official, Ng Kheng Wah, was charged for supplying luxury go... ( read original story ...)
UOB opens Singapore lab to improve digital banking experience
United Overseas Bank (UOB) has opened a lab in Singapore to identify ways to better personalise engagement with digital customers and is planning open similar facilities across its Asean network. Thes... ( read original story ...)
UOB sets up Southeast Asia’s first Engagement Lab to meet the banking needs of the region’s booming digital generation
Bank growing its team of specialists to pioneer the new Digital Bank model in ASEAN SINGAPORE, Oct. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- United Overseas Bank (UOB) today announced the launch of its pan ... ( read original story ...)
UOB launches Engagement Lab to meet banking needs of Asean’s booming digital generation
SINGAPORE (Oct 18): United Overseas Bank (UOB) today launched its pan-regional Engagement Lab (eLab), which enables it to personalise the way it converses and serves its Digital Bank customers. The UO... ( read original story ...)
Singapore charges two over North Korea luxury goods sanctions: paper
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singapore court charged a citizen and a North Korean man with supplying prohibited luxury items to North Korea, the Straits Times newspaper said on Thursday, the latest example ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Cracks Down on ‘Shoe-Box’ Units in Blow to Developers
(Bloomberg) -- Singapore has cracked down on the number of “shoe-box sized” apartments developers can build, in another blow to profitability. New guidelines on unit size effectively cut the maximum n... ( read original story ...)
News: HSBC Singapore gets its new chairman and MD
To replace Guy Harvey-Samuel, the bank has elevated an HSBC veteran to lead the Singapore arm. As the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation seeks to capture ASEAN business and deepen Singapore's r... ( read original story ...)
Which Singapore Bank Share Is A Better Dividend Investment?
Right now, Singapore’s three major bank shares – DBS Group Holdings Ltd (SGX: D05), Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited (SGX: O39), and United Overseas Bank Ltd (SGX: U11) – have pretty attrac... ( read original story ...)