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Hong Kong retained its title as Asia’s most expensive rental city for expatriates, while Singapore fell further down the ranking due to a slower economy and fewer relocations, according to consultancy firm ECA International. Hong Kong sat atop the list ... ( read original story ...)

What’s not to like about Singapore’s property market? Sales in 2017 touched a four-year high. Developers paid homeowners S$8.5 billion ($6.4 billion) — the most since 2007 — to vacate their homes so new apartment complexes could be built. ( read original story ...)

Lodge a Complaint with the Consumers Association of Singapore You may lodge a complaint against the seller with the Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE), a non-governmental organisation which advocates fair and ethical trade practices. If you do so ... ( read original story ...)

In Malaysia, the InfraCo will be Prasarana Malaysia Berhad, while LTA will be Singapore’s InfraCo. Both governments will also jointly appoint an operating company (OpCo) to own, design, build, finance, operate, maintain and renew the RTS Link’s ... ( read original story ...)

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 16): Malaysia and Singapore have firmed several key bilateral agreements after leaders from the two neighbouring countries met at the 8th Singapore-Malaysia Leaders’ Retreat in Singapore today. According to a joint statement ... ( read original story ...)

(Jan 16): Singapore was recently ranked second on the Economist Intelligence Unit's Safe Cities Index for 2017, coming in just behind Tokyo. In 2016, the island nation's police reported 135 total days without any crimes including snatch-theft, house break ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Jan 16): Malaysia and Singapore signed a bilateral agreement on the 4-km Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link between Johor Bahru and Singapore at the 8th Singapore-Malaysia Leaders’ Retreat today. The cross-border MRT system, first announced in ... ( read original story ...)

Two Airbnb hosts charged in Singapore with unauthorized short-term letting of four apartments are expected to plead guilty next month, their lawyer said on Tuesday. The two men face four charges under the city-state's Planning Act for renting out four ... ( read original story ...)

According to a recent report by Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX: S68), this is the strongest annual price performance for the Singapore stock market since 2012, when the STI rose 19.7%. With dividends added to the fray, the year-to-date total returns would ... ( read original story ...)

We can see this from previous years' wedding banquet price list. From November 2016 to 2017, consumer prices in Singapore increased by only 0.6%. MAS’s Core Inflation Measure for the same period was 1.5% (core inflation excludes price changes in certain ... ( read original story ...)

Last week, a Singapore Member of Parliament, Foo Mee Har, posed some questions to the Singapore Prime Minister regarding enforcement of anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing and Bitcoin utilization where “conventional oversight ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore and Toronto are attractive markets to raise capital. The plan still requires the approval of the finance minister and parliament's finance committee. (Reporting by Steven Scheer; Editing by Tova Cohen) ( read original story ...)

The value of construction projects in Singapore is expected to grow to between S$25 billion ... Finally, the impact of Brexit has been felt in London’s finance industry. According to Bloomberg, job vacancies in the industry fell 52% in December. ( read original story ...)

Online shoppers in Singapore generally aren’t taxed for their purchases if they don’t exceed S$400 ($300), Indranee Rajah, senior minister of state for law and finance, said in a November interview. Given how quickly online vendors are changing the way ... ( read original story ...)

About XinFin FinTech Pte. Ltd XinFin is a Singapore-based blockchain technology company focused on international trade and finance across the globe. XinFin's XDC protocol is a hybrid blockchain that allows peer-to-peer contracts over regulated payment ... ( read original story ...)

KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The leaders of Malaysia and Singapore ... A joint tender for the company that would build, operate and finance the trains and the rail assets closes on June 29, and a decision is expected by the end of the year. ( read original story ...)