Examples of ‘pow chiak’ businesses include supermarket monopoly NTUC unFairprice, POSB (before lelong sale to DBS without even consulting reserves jaga President Ong Teng Cheong), PSA, CapitaLand, SingTel, Changi Airport Group, Singapore Power ... ( read original story ...)
MAN ARRESTED FOR IMPORTING 318 FAKE BAGS, WITH VALUE OF $11,680
A man has been arrested after a six hour operation by Singapore Customs and CID officers for his suspected involvement in importing counterfeit bags for trading. Singapore Customs had inspected the consignment of goods suspected to be fakes, and brand ... ( read original story ...)
20 Nature & Hiking Trails in Singapore To Discover on Your Weekends
The biggest nature park in town, Chestnut Nature Park, has three trails for you to choose from. The park itself is divided into two sections, the North and the South, with two trails that run on the Northern part of the park and another that traverses the ... ( read original story ...)
Commentary: Singapore’s case for space
The Singapore Space and Technology Association held its 9th annual Global Space and Technology Convention in February, where ST Electronics announced that it would build the second Singapore-made earth observation satellite. (Photo: SSTA) The budding space ... ( read original story ...)
Loanshark runner drove off with one cop hanging on to car door; jailed 10 months and fined $90,000
SINGAPORE - A 36-year-old man was helping a loan shark collect ... When the informant could not pay his debt, Larry told him to hand over his POSB ATM card, which he agreed to. But he tipped the police off about this and agreed to cooperate to help ... ( read original story ...)
What Makes Singapore’s Health Care So Cheap?
Singapore’s health care system is distinctive, and not just because of the improbability that it’s admired by many on both the American left and the right. It spends less of its economy on health care than any country that was included in our recent ... ( read original story ...)
Belying Duterte claim, DBS Bank says accounts can’t be closed online
MANILA, Philippines — A spokesman for DBS Bank in Singapore on Monday said that the closure of accounts could not be done online, effectively belying the claim of President Rodrigo Duterte that Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV shut his alleged account through ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore September factory activity growth fastest in more than six years
The PMI for the electronics sector also rose the to its highest in more than six years, hitting 53.6 in September from 53.2 in the previous month. This comes after Singapore’s factory output growth remained solid at 19.1 percent in August, on the back of ... ( read original story ...)
PCI Ltd: Electronics manufacturing made simple
Through a transformation program taking things “back to basics”, PCI has positioned itself to ride the oncoming wave of digitisation PCI Limited (PCI) is an Electronics Manufacturing Serviced (EMS) company headquartered in Singapore. The company offers ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore PMI Readings at Highest in More Than Six Years
SINGAPORE – Singapore's manufacturing activity likely accelerated ... sustained growth for the manufacturing economy since August last year." The PMI for electronics rose to 53.6 in September from 53.2 in August, the data showed. ( read original story ...)
Cromwell eyes Singapore IPO after Europe float stalls
Cromwell Property Group is understood to have resurrected plans for its initial public offering in Singapore after the deal to float the group’s real estate platform in Europe was reportedly called off. Chief executive Paul Weightman told DataRoom at the ... ( read original story ...)
Upcoming IPO: Switch IPO expected to raise $469m this week
The Switch IPO is scheduled for Thursday. The US IPO calendar meanwhile also includes Singapore entertainment platform Sea which recently unveiled plans to float in New York, and will reportedly be looking to raise $1 billion. ( read original story ...)
September 2017 fundings, acquisitions and IPOs
And Restoration Robotics’ IPO will start being listed on NASDAQ early in October ... Drive CEO Sameep Tandon said: “We look at Singapore as a technological juggernaut. When innovations happen in the region, basically they start in Singapore and ... ( read original story ...)
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American Express, Capital One, Chase, Citibank and US Bank are Million Mile Secrets advertising ... Or transfer points directly to airline and hotel partners like Hilton or Singapore Airlines to book award travel. Using Citi ThankYou points for travel ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore ‘assures’ Taiwan that military training agreement will stay, Taipei says
Taiwan said on Monday that it had been assured by Singapore that a long-term military agreement between the two sides would remain in place. “[Singapore said] everything would be the same as usual,” Taiwan’s Foreign Minister David Lee said in ... ( read original story ...)
COMMENT: Is Singapore ready for the cashless payment revolution?
One of the sectors to benefit the most from the new industry is information technology, as more jobs will be created ... institutions charge for existing cashless payment platforms in Singapore compared with other countries. However, if users can bite ... ( read original story ...)