SINGAPORE -- The Mount Elizabeth Novena hospital is a sprawling, modern complex just north of Singapore's central business district. Inside, it is packed with small, specialist clinics -- a high-class mega-mall for medicine that serves the local market and ... ( read original story ...)
Business at Teochew porridge stall not affected by brawls: Eatery manager
SINGAPORE - Fights may have erupted twice at the Heng Long Teochew Porridge shop along Upper Serangoon Road but they have not been bad for business. A manager of the eatery, who declined to be named, said the brawls have brought publicity for the porridge ... ( read original story ...)
Access over 600 million consumers by doing business in Singapore
Singapore is the de-facto launch-pad into ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations); a collection of nation states home to over 600 million consumers with increasing spending power. It’s for this reason that Enterprise Nation’s third trade ... ( read original story ...)
Over 8,300 SMEs to benefit from industry-led projects: Spring, IE Singapore
... to aggregate the needs of the industry and source for suitable solutions to help SMEs strengthen business capabilities," said Spring Singapore chief executive Poon Hong Yuen. Of the 28 industry development and internationalisation projects supported ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore celebrates National Day at Astana Expo 2017
Both countries recently concluded negotiations on a Bilateral Investment Treaty which will open up more business and investment opportunities for Singapore and Kazakhstan businesses. There are about 100 Kazakhstan companies registered in Singapore to date ... ( read original story ...)
McDonald’s Singapore’s new ‘Nasi Lemak’ Burger irks some, completely sells out anyway
McDonald’s Singapore released its newest burger in mid-July, and it’s simultaneously the most popular and most controversial item on the menu. The chain’s new “Nasi Lemak” Burger, which is a take on one of the country’s popular dishes ... ( read original story ...)
After disapproval, award-winning Singapore cartoonist gets official congrats
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore officials on Monday congratulated the cartoonist who swept the international comic industry's "Oscars", having withdrawn his grant two years ago for portraying the country's history in a very different way to the version ... ( read original story ...)
New DBS online portal to set up a business in one day
SINGAPORE - DBS has launched an online portal to help entrepreneurs set up their business within a day. The DBS Get Set portal lets small business owners appoint a company secretary to help them incorporate their business with the Accounting and Corporate ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore, South Australia ink partnership for closer collaboration in food innovation
The MOU between trade agency Spring Singapore and Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA) was inked during a South Australian business mission to Singapore on Monday (July 24). "We are looking forward to a fruitful partnership with PIRSA to ... ( read original story ...)
In Singapore, an entire street dedicated to satay
(CNN) — Every night at 7 p.m., Singapore's Boon Tat Street channels the spirit of the 1950s -- before the city state's skyscrapers stole the show -- and magically transforms into a street food lover's paradise. As the sun goes down, streetlights cast a glow. ( read original story ...)
3 Things You Need to Know About the Singapore Stock Market Today
Great Tuesday evening! Here are three things about the local stock market and investing in general that you might be interested in today. Also, like us on Facebook to follow our latest hot articles. The information provided is for general information ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore stocks advance; OCBC, DBS gain
Singapore stocks rose on Tuesday, led by gains in lenders such as OCBC Bank and DBS Group Holdings. At 0533 GMT, the Straits Times Index rose 0.44 percent or 15 points to 3,325. It ended 0.1 percent lower on Monday, taking the year-to-date gains to 15 percent. ( read original story ...)
Debate on import laws in Terrex trial could have ‘major implications’ for shipping firms
The nine Terrex armoured troop carriers were intercepted while en route to Singapore from the Taiwanese port of Kaohsiung after a military training exercise. The vehicles were released and returned on January 27, after Hong Kong’s customs chief Roy Tang ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore CPI falls
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s consumer price index fell to 0.5% in June, from 1.4% in the prior month, due to sharply lower housing maintenance and repairs inflation, the ministry of trade and industry and the Monetary Authority of Singapore said on Monday ... ( read original story ...)
Asia’s serial interns: why students work for seven banks before they even graduate
Pressure mounts on students in Singapore and Hong Kong to do more and more internships ... He did seven internships – including at HSBC, EY and Guosen Securities – before landing a graduate job at HSBC’s global banking and markets division in ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC names Thu Nguyen VP of youth segment marketing
OCBC Bank Singapore has appointed Thu Nguyen as its vice president, youth segment marketing. She reports to Genevieve Gay, head of youth segment, advertising and brand (CFS) at OCBC Bank. She will also be part of the team which handles FRANK, OCBC’s sub ... ( read original story ...)