Category: Singapore
More property cooling measures announced
The Singapore government on Friday announced additional measures to cool the property market. The measures, which will take effect on January 12, include higher buyer’s [...]
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Singapore goes green with Lunar New Year red packets
Clean and green Singapore is going even greener this Chinese New Year, recycling S$2 bills for red packets of money alongside the printing of new ones. Giving out the little [...]
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Singapore firms cautiously optimistic
Food and beverage chain Thai Express Concepts had over $100 million in sales last year, but increasing rental and labour costs have been making it harder for the chain to [...]
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Blogger takes down post, comments over town councils’ deal
Blogger Alex Au has taken down the blog post and 21 accompanying comments over a computer systems deal involving the ruling People’s Action Party for being defamatory [...]
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HSBC scraps sales commission for some bankers here
In what is a bold move in the banking industry, HSBC has become the first bank here to scrap sales commission for some of its bankers, switching to paying out bonuses for [...]
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PM calls by-election earlier than many expected
They had predicted that a by-election in Punggol East, if called, would be held in March or April, after the annual Budget debate. But political observers and residents of [...]
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Singapore ruling party in poll test amid growing discontent
Singapore’s governing party faces a poll test this month to fill the seat of the ex-parliamentary Speaker who quit over an affair, officials said Wednesday, at a time [...]
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Singapore to get first woman Speaker after scandal
A Muslim woman will replace the former Speaker of Singapore’s parliament, who was forced to step down in a sex scandal, it was announced Tuesday. Prime minister Lee [...]
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Singapore free-trade pact may be inked soon: MOEA
Taiwanese and Singaporean authorities are likely to conclude talks on a free-trade agreement within months, after both sides reached consensuses on the main components of the [...]
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Singapore stays attractive but rising costs, labour shortages bite
The Republic remains an attractive investment destination for multinational companies, but its role as a host for corporate regional headquarters is increasingly being [...]
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WP needs S$1m to buy own headquarters
The Workers’ Party (WP) is hoping to raise S$1 million through public donations to buy its own headquarters because it finds its current rented office along Syed Alwi [...]
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Key personnel leave APB after Heineken takeover
SINGAPORE: A spate of resignations among top personnel has hit Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) following its complete takeover by Heineken of the Netherlands, the world’s [...]
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Singapore’s CapitaLand realigns into four main businesses
CapitaLand Ltd (CAPL), Southeast Asia’s biggest developer, said it will organise the company’s structure into four main units to help focus on its key markets. [...]
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Runaway brides in Singapore: Janice’s story (part 1)
Amid falling birth rates and higher rates of divorce in Singapore comes another worrying new trend – that of young engaged couples calling off their big day right at [...]
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Private property prices hit record high in fourth quarter of 2012
Prices of private residential property hit a record high in the fourth quarter of last year as low borrowing costs continued to sustain demand, but a slowing pace of increase [...]
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