She joined the company in September 2014, where she was previously talent acquisition lead for senior hiring across global functions for HSBC, including marketing ... a newly-created role. Based in Singapore, his remit includes leading business operations ... ( read original story ...)
Slow start, but future remains bright for ASEAN Economic Community: Analysts
But one year on from its inception, about 74 per cent of Singapore companies polled in a recent Singapore Business Federation (SBF) survey said they do not think the AEC has benefited them. Associate Professor Simon Tay, chairman of the Singapore Institute ... ( read original story ...)
Video Maker Who Tested Singapore’s Limits Seeks U.S. Asylum
Mr. Yee absorbed the news differently, posting a video on YouTube titled ... after Mr. Yee’s most recent conviction. In Singapore, “people are extremely sensitive,” said Melissa Chen, a Singaporean human rights activist who is now a legal permanent ... ( read original story ...)
Businesses not satisfied with policies
Transformation of the economy was the keystone of Budget 2016. But many local businesses are not taking steps to change, the latest National Business Survey released by the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) yesterday showed. About six in 10 of small- and ... ( read original story ...)
Mortgage rates rise for a record 9th week in a row
Mortgage rates have gone up nine weeks in a row -- something that's happened only one other time in the last 31 years. But that doesn't tell the whole story. Mortgage rates have risen 12 of the last 13 weeks. Guess what happened that one week when they ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore defaults a bellwether for Asia
Analysts are predicting potential defaults on bond issuances by property developers. Singapore saw five companies, including oil services firms Swiber Holdings and Swissco Holdings, default on nearly S$1 billion of bonds this year, revealed a Bloomberg report. ( read original story ...)
India and Singapore to hold talks on tax treaty amendments
Finance minister Arun Jaitley will hold talks with Singapore's deputy prime minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam to conclude the protocol to amend DTAA to modify capital gains tax exemption. At present, Singapore-based companies could take advantage of this ... ( read original story ...)
Controversial Singapore teen blogger seeks US asylum
Amos Yee, 18, a filmmaker turned activist who has been repeatedly jailed in Singapore for his controversial videos, has been detained by US authorities since he arrived at Chicago's airport early December. "Soon his case will be referred to an immigration ... ( read original story ...)
Trade agreement with Singapore to ‘put Tasmania on world stage’
TASMANIANS will be able to sell goods and services into Singapore more easily following changes to Australia’s trade agreement with the global finance hub. The amended Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement will allow a range of service providers and ... ( read original story ...)
Breaking Singapore's record streak of negative inflation: 5 key questions
SINGAPORE: After a record 24 straight months of negative readings, consumer prices in Singapore have finally stopped falling. Data released last Friday (Dec 23) showed the consumer price index (CPI), a measure of headline inflation, flat at zero per cent ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore authority on high alert
SINGAPORE: The naughty list for Singapore financiers has rarely been so long. From the 1Malaysia Development Bhd-linked scandal to a 333-count front-running case and the largest market-manipulation prosecution in Singapore’s history, this year’s ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore's tech strategy chief talks about the future of research
The Nikkei sat down with Lim Chuan Poh, chairman of Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research -- or A*STAR, for short -- to talk about recent bilateral collaboration and the city-state's strategy for science and tech development. How will A ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore dollar to weaken further in uncertain 2017
SINGAPORE: The Singapore dollar may have recovered some lost ground after hitting multi-year lows against the greenback last week, but this momentum is unlikely to be sustainable when the new year comes around, analysts told Channel NewsAsia. Alongside ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to record iris scans of citizens
It is convenient, contactless and non-intrusive and can be completed in seconds," he said. He added that iris scan technology augmented Singapore's use of photographs and fingerprints as identity verification methods, noting that fingerprints could wear ... ( read original story ...)
India, Singapore DTAA amendment to modify capital gains tax exemption on cards
NEW DELHI: India and Singapore would hold key dialogue here on Thursday and Friday to conclude protocol to amend bilateral Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement or DTAA which will modify capital gains tax exemption. India-Singapore DTAA came into force in ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s year of misbehaving moneymen puts financial watchdog on high alert
Ravi Menon, the head of Singapore’s central bank, summed up the city’s mood as the 1MDB-related cases escalated in July: “We can do better.” “2016 was the year of significant crackdown in Singapore,” said Hamidul Haq, a lawyer at Rajah & Tann ... ( read original story ...)