Singapore has been ranked as the fifth most expensive city for expats in Mercer’s annual Cost of Living Survey, reported Singapore Business Review. Emerging as the most expensive city in Asia, Hong Kong was surpassed by Luanda to take on the second place ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines to serve local dishes like chicken rice, nasi lemak in July
in collaboration with the Singapore Tourism Board, the airline said in a news release. The dishes were chosen through voting by customers in an online poll conducted on the carrier's website. Passengers travelling in suites, first class and business ... ( read original story ...)
Blockchain Technology Regulations: What US Can Learn From Singapore
Hundreds of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, bitcoin collectors and blockchain aficionados crowded into the New York University auditorium last week for the first Token Summit. Outside, the world was damp, smothered by low-hanging clouds. Behind the ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines, Singapore push open banking system
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines is set to pursue an agreement with Singapore as part of efforts to open up the banking industry aimed at greater financial integration and economic development among members of the Association of Southeast Asian ... ( read original story ...)
J.P. Morgan Singapore MD: New recruits must be like Jamie Dimon
http://news.efinancialcareers.com/sg-en/280206/rohit-chatterji-jpmorgan/ J.P. Morgan’s is adding client-facing staff to its Asian private bank this year and it wants them in the mould of CEO Jamie Dimon, says a Singapore-based managing director. ( read original story ...)
China risk has DBS rethinking mainland exposure
HONG KONG -- Like its peers here, the Hong Kong arm of Singapore's DBS Group Holdings has reaped increasing benefits from its mainland China-related business in the past several years. However, Hong Kong banks' rising reliance on the second largest economy ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore is falling behind Hong Kong, just do the math
Yet, despite benefiting from the world’s biggest market in terms of population size as its hinterland, the gap between Hong Kong’s GDP per capita and that of Singapore has widened, and is predicted to be about US$30,000 this year.-- Letters to the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Stock Market Likely Rangebound On Tuesday
(RTTNews.com) - Ahead of Monday's holiday for Eid-ul-Fitr, the Singapore stock market has turned lower again - one session after it had ended the two-day losing streak in which it had surrendered more than 45 points or 1.4 percent. The Straits Times Index ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC launches global social network for businesses
The hub will also give users access to HSBC data and reports. UK businesses that join the hub will be able to connect with organisations in Singapore, Canada, China, Hong Kong, India, Mexico, and the US. More countries will be added in the future. ( read original story ...)
1MDB: What Next for Scandal Bankers?
Sturzenegger, the only Swiss banker thus far to be charged over 1MDB, now faces the daunting task of restoring his reputation in Switzerland, where 1MDB rocked the banking sector nearly as much as in Singapore. The few remaining staff that Falcon maintains ... ( read original story ...)
SINGAPORE, LEG 3 ON THE SUMMER TOUR
MILAN - Singapore is the third leg on the 2017 Summer Tour. After the friendly against Schalke 04 in Changzhou and the International Champions Cup China in Nanjing, the Nerazzurri will head to the city-state in South-East Asia. Singapore has its own ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Technologies Engineering : ST Engineering’s Electronics Arm Completes Acquisition of SP Telecommunications Pte Ltd
SINGAPORE, May 2-- Singapore Technologies Engineering issued the following news release: Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) today announced that further to its announcement dated 18 January 2017, its electronics arm Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Technologies Engineering : ST Electronics Unveils Latest Suite of Smart City Solutions at CommunicAsia 2017
SINGAPORE, May 23-- Singapore Technologies Engineering issued the following news release: Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited (ST Electronics) announced today at CommunicAsia 2017 its new suite of smart solutions that paves the way for developing ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s construction sector urged to adopt new technologies
Singapore's Second Minister for National Development and Home Affairs Desmond Lee urged local construction firms, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), to get in step with the times. He said the push for technology in the building and ... ( read original story ...)
LGBT Rights Falter in Singapore, Flourish in Socialist Vietnam
“How gay-friendly or trans-friendly Singapore is, depends on who you are and what you ... country advancing on a number of fronts in the last decade, leading NBC News to say in January 2015, “On gay rights, Vietnam is now more progressive than America." ( read original story ...)
Lee Hsien Yang, estranged brother of Singapore PM, seen at Hong Kong airport
Lee Hsien Yang, the estranged brother of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, flew to Hong Kong over the weekend as a highly publicised family feud between the siblings continues to unfold in the city state. Lee Hsien Yang and wife, Lim Suet Fern ... ( read original story ...)