Singapore Exchange (SGX) announced a new organisation to better capitalise on emerging Asian opportunities in the fast-changing global financial markets. Starting from 1 July, there will be 10 Business Units and 7 Support Units to provide sharper focus on key products and customer segments. Risk Management & Regulation continues to provide the regulatory balance and manage risk for the organisation. Full Story
"Singapore has already won," independent gaming and leisure analyst Jonathan Galaviz declared, and he'd get no argument from the hundreds attending the gala opening or from the hundreds of thousands who have visited the two IRs so far.
Singapore, June 30 (CNA) Taipei is the most popular Asian city among backpacker tourists from Singapore, according to the results of a survey published Wednesday in Singapore's Chinese-language daily Lianhe Zaobao.
SINGAPORE--Businesses operating out of Singapore are "excellent" among their global counterparts in terms of repaying their loans on time. This has helped push the Republic's credit rating back up to the top-tier category in the latest country risk assessment, alongside Japan, according to a global credit insurer. Full Story
SINGAPORE, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The Singapore government said on Wednesday that six water companies will each receive about 1 million Singapore dollars (0.72 million U.S. dollars) worth of research funds to carry out research and development to improve their product offerings to the global water industry.
June 30 (Reuters) - Mapletree Investments, a real estate firm wholly owned by Singapore state investor Temasek [TEM.UL], on Wednesday unveiled plans to list two real estate investment trusts, including an industrial REIT with S$1.73 billion ($1.23 billion) in assets.
(RTTNews) - Singapore bank lending increased for the seventh consecutive month in May, data from the Monetary Authority of Singapore showed Wednesday. Total bank lending rose 1.5% month-on-month in May to S$292.49 billion.
SINGAPORE — Asia is in the grip of a water crisis that could set back the region's robust economic growth if left unresolved, according to a top Asian Development Bank (ADB) official.
June 29 (Bloomberg) -- Singapore won’t be able to become energy-independent because of its lack of natural resources, said Lee Kuan Yew, the country’s minister mentor.
June 30 (Bloomberg) -- CapitaLand Ltd., Southeast Asia’s biggest developer, may expand its Raffles City brand in China by renaming two developments it acquired this year in Shanghai and the port city of Tianjin.
SINGAPORE - Uneasy about relying on water imported from Malaysia and determined to sustain its booming growth, Singapore devotes much effort to innovative water planning. The Singapore River has become a giant reservoir, rainstorm runoff is carefully collected, used water is treated and recycled, and the island nation's five million residents are expected to be stingy in their water consumption. Full Story
Ashlander John Flynn, graduate of OSU, ex-Peace Corps Volunteer, now based in Ulaanbaatar, shared the story of Sarantuya. Flynn works for the Human Security Policy Studies Center (HSPSC), a non-governmental agency, focused on counter-human trafficking. His NGO is funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.
KOTA KINABALU: The Borneo Heritage Foundation (BHF) and the Common Interest Group Malaysia (CigMa), two non-profit entities, will jointly organise a one-day forum themed 'Formation of Malaysia Revisited' at Beverly’s Hotel here on July 31.
Singapore India has become the second largest tourist market for Singapore, with the arrival of a record 116,000 Indian visitors in the city state in May.
Jerusalem, June 29, 2010 -- The National Research Foundation (NRF) of Singapore has announced that the Hebrew University of Jerusalem will join other leading world universities that have been selected to participate in research centers in Singapore under the CREATE (Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise) program.
June 29 (Bloomberg) -- Singapore Airlines Ltd. plans to raise S$500 million ($358 million) from a sale of 10-year, 3.22 percent bonds, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore on Tuesday launched the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games (Singapore 2010) Commemorative Coins.
A British woman who was celebrating England's World Cup victory over Slovenia with friends in Singapore has died after plunging from a balcony.
SINGAPORE - When Singapore said it would not renew a water-supply pact with Malaysia the news hardly caused a ripple in a nation where technology is now flowing through the taps.
A FORMER St Andrews woman whose son died defending the family’s Mullers Rd home on Black Saturday will lead a class action against a power company accused of causing the Kilmore East fire.
SHAH ALAM: Was Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak “coerced” by Singapore’s secret service into agreeing to the Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd (KTMB) land swap deal?
PETALING JAYA: There is no evidence that the sand received by Singapore’s Housing and Develop-ment Board (HDB) had been smuggled out of Malaysia, the republic’s National Development Ministry said.
Singapore’s solar energy research is continuing its growth with a S$13m ($9.4m) research grant awarded to five research teams to improve solar cell efficiency and storage systems developed for renewable energy.
SINGAPORE // Singaporean construction companies plan to step up their presence in the Gulf as they capitalise on gaps left unfilled by their more cautious Japanese counterparts.
SINGAPORE, June 28 (Bernama) -- Singapore plans to triple the current reclaimed water (NEWater) capacity to meet 50 per cent of its demand by 2060.
SINGAPORE -- Rents for office space in Singapore are finally on the way up after six consecutive quarters of decline.
A study report released on Sunday by the Asia Pacific Carriers’ Coalition (APCC) showed Hong Kong provides the most economical local broadband access services in the Asia Pacific region, according to the Information Service Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR)’s government.
SINGAPORE -(Dow Jones)- Courts Asia has withdrawn its prospectus for a planned initial public offering, according to a filing made to the Monetary Authority of Singapore Monday. The prospectus was withdrawn Friday. No reason for the withdrawal was offered. Full Story
MELBOURNE, June 28 (Bernama) - Singapore-owned low-cost carrier Tiger Airways announced Monday a A$10 charge will apply to passengers who choose to check-in at the airport from July 1.
BEIJING June 28 (Reuters) - A Singapore-registered ship with 19 Chinese sailors onboard was seized on Monday by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, where Somali pirates have menaced ocean traffic, the Chinese Ministry of Transport.
June 28 (Reuters) - Singapore's Neptune Orient Lines (NEPS.SI), the world's fifth largest container shipper, said on Monday it has set up a $1.5 billion medium term notes programme from which it will issue debt from time to time. Full Story
June 28 (Reuters) - Singapore welcomed 30.3 percent more visitors in May than the same month a year ago as the city-state's two new casinos helped draw in tourists.
B K Modi, founder of telecom major Spice Group, bought a penthouse in the prime Marina Bay business area in downtown Singapore, for about $10.5 million. That was in 2008, when the island nation’s real estate market was struggling to cope with the ripples of the subprime crisis in the US.
"Singapore is in danger of appearing hypocritical as it promotes its commitment to sustainability while simultaneously driving demand in an industry that is wreaking havoc on Cambodia's coastal ecosystems," said George Boden of Global Witness. "Global Witness has repeatedly asked Singapore to regulate its sand trade to prevent an ecological disaster. We hoped to see action ahead of the summit, but nothing appears to have changed."
June 28 (Bloomberg) -- China ITS (Holdings) Co., part-owned by Temasek Holdings Pte and Intel Capital, and shareholders may raise as much as HK$923.7 million ($119 million) from a Hong Kong initial public offering, according to a share sale document sent to fund managers today.
More than 100,000 employers, who employ about 1.4 million local workers, will receive about $230 million in the second extension of the Jobs Credit on 30 June 2010.
SINGAPORE--The communist leaders of the world's most populous nation are taking lessons from the small city state of Singapore on how to develop an economy under one-party rule.
NEW DELHI: Singapore has sought a more liberal tax regime from India on the lines of the one it has with Mauritius, as the India-Singapore trade and investment pact comes up for review. This demand comes even as India is pitching for a review of the tax treaty it has with Mauritius to plug loopholes to avoid treaty misuse.
Senior US politicians unveiled legislation on Tuesday to shield US journalists, authors and publishers from "libel tourists" who file suit in countries where they expect to get the most favourable ruling.
Member of Parliament (MP) Supriya Sule may have to answer for the whispers that she is a citizen of Singapore.
SINGAPORE, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said on Friday evening that Singapore needs to develop a more advanced bond market.
The World Cup is one of those sporting tournaments that makes you feel keenly what you are — and what you are not.
S new generations in Singapore and Malaysia work for a closer partnership, a bit of the past history has popped up to baffle some old-timers here. It involved the question of who in Singapore really made the decision for the break-up with Malaysia in 1965.
SINGAPORE, June 25 (Reuters) - Singapore could do better with two instead of three local banks so they could expand overseas in a more meaningful manner, the city-state's senior statesman Lee Kuan Yew said on Friday.
SINGAPORE — A Singaporean court sentenced a Swiss man to five months in jail and three strokes of a cane Friday for breaking into a metro depot and spray-painting a train, a punishment that could scar him for life.June 25 (Reuters) - There is no "bubble" yet in Singapore's residential market and the government is taking steps to ensure the sector does not overheat, the city-state's senior statesman Lee Kuan Yew said on Friday.Singapore office rents are picking up after sliding for six consecutive quarters, local media reported on Friday.
NEW DELHI, June 25 (Reuters) - Indian hospital operator Fortis Healthcare (FOHE.BO) said the Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) had decided to defer a preferential investment but the sovereign wealth fund will evaluate participating in broader fund raising by Fortis.
