Following a review of the Tripartite Cluster for Cleaners Report (TCC) for the cleaning sector, the Singapore government has accepted the recommendations contained in the report detailing enhancements to the Progressive Wage Model (PWM). Stated in the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore employees uncertain on job security due to lack of digital skills
According to a study by Randstad, the shift to digital has changed consumers' purchasing habits, as well as organisations' strategies to grow their business. "This seems to have hit the confidence of employees in Singapore, with many stating that in order ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore will also prosper if Iskandar Malaysia region succeeds: PM Lee
Singapore will prosper if the neighbouring Iskandar Malaysia region in the state of Johor does well, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday. Mr Lee, who was in Putrajaya to attend the annual leaders' retreat with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines Will Fly The A350 To Houston Starting In 2017
On top of that, the A350 features Singapore’s newest business class product, and also features wifi. This is Singapore’s second A350 route to the U.S., after their nonstop flight from San Francisco to Singapore, which launched a couple of months ago. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Companies Lay Off 13,730 Workers Due To Redundancy in Manufacturing And Services Sectors, Industries' Activity Slowdown Also To Blame
Manufacturing, construction and services sectors report huge lay-offs due to redundancy and technological replacement harming Singapore's unemployment rates. (Photo : WRA Pool/ Pool via Getty Images) Recent statistics in Singapore's employment figures ... ( read original story ...)
UOB customers can now use their smartphones as a digital security token
Credit: UOB.com.sg UOB Singapore has launched Mighty Secure, a digital security feature which allows users to use their mobile phone as a security token for safe authentication while using the UOB Mighty app. According to the bank, more than 9,000 UOB ... ( read original story ...)
Economists slash Singapore GDP, exports growth expectations further
Economists have slashed their forecast for the growth of Singapore economy in 2016 and 2017 in line with the weak global fundamentals and a sustained downward shift in GDP and export expansion in the trade-reliant country. According to the latest survey by ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia, Singapore Sign Pact to Build High-Speed Railway
Malaysia and Singapore signed an agreement Tuesday to build a high-speed ... The rail line will "transform the way we interact, socialize and do businesses," Lee said at a news conference. "It is a complex project and we are making long-term commitments ... ( read original story ...)
New global electronics connections
SINGAPORE’S largest electronics incubator with links to thousands of local members and companies is looking to invest in South Australia’s growing industry after meeting with industry members at the World Electronics Forum. The agreement between ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore unemployment rises 2.1% as total jobs contract in Q3
It was in 1Q15 when employment last suffered contraction. Singapore unemployment rate has seen a 0.1 percentage point increase to 2.1% in September, as total employment contracted for the first time since the 1Q15, slumping by 2,700 jobs. According to the ... ( read original story ...)
Willas Array Electronics : Overseas Regulatory Announcement – Other
Please refer to the following pages for the document which has been published by Willas-Array Electronics (Holdings) Limited (the "Company") on the website of Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited on December 13, 2016. As at the date of this ... ( read original story ...)
Bloomberg: Singapore’s Tourists Abandon Casinos For Shopping Malls
Shopping has overtaken gambling as the biggest earner in Singapore’s tourism industry for the first time since 2012, surging 44 percent in the six months through June from a year ago, official data show. It is most likely thanks to first-time Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore's Fringe Festival to explore "Art & Skin"
For its 13th edition, the Singapore Fringe Festival (January 5 -14) has chosen the theme of "Art & Skin", a "creative exploration and dialogue into matters of identity, beauty, intimacy, sensitivity, pleasure, pain and shame," the last time the festival ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore business confidence slumps
The quarterly Business Optimism Index (BOI) fell to negative 1.22 percentage points for the first quarter of next year from plus 2.87 percentage points in the fourth quarter of this year, the Singapore Commercial Credit Bureau (SCCB), which compiled the ... ( read original story ...)
UOB Turns Smartphone Into a Digital Security Token For Consumers
UOB is the first bank in Singapore to enable customers to use their mobile phone as their security token. UOB Mighty Secure ensures the necessary additional layer of security traditionally provided by physical tokens for conducting certain banking ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Nov exports seen falling y/y for 3rd month on slack global demand
Singapore's exports in November are expected to have fallen for a third straight month, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday, reinforcing the headwinds buffeting the trade-reliant economy in the face of sluggish global demand. Non-oil domestic exports (NODX ... ( read original story ...)