Category: Singapore
Singapore to spend S$3.5b to expand Pasir Panjang port
PSA Singapore Terminals, the country’s container-port operator, plans to invest S$3.5 billion ($2.9 billion) to develop Phases 3 and 4 of its Pasir Panjang terminal, it [...]
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Singapore’s Q3 private home prices rise 0.5pct
Private home prices inched up 0.5 per cent in the three months to September to a new record high, according to preliminary estimates released by the Urban Redevelopment [...]
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Singapore may slow foreign-labour inflow
Singapore may impose stricter controls on the inflow of foreign workers to help boost citizens’ wages and douse the rise of antiforeigner sentiment here, even as the [...]
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Singapore manufacturers worry about recession as orders drop
For manufacturing firm Apex Technologies, the past few months have been among the most trying since the financial crisis in 2008. The firm’s boss, Alex Hoong, has seen [...]
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Singapore continues investment in maritime sector
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), which is continuing its investment to develop the island as an international maritime centre, is expected to benefit from [...]
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Singapore will reassess Gulf of Aden involvement
Singapore will reassess its involvement in subsequent multinational anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden. Defence minister Ng Eng Hen said if piracy attacks become less [...]
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Temasek raises $1bn from SingTel stake sale
Temasek, the Singapore government investment fund, has raised S$1.28bn ($1bn) from the sale of a stake in Singapore Telecommunications as it cuts back on its largest single [...]
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S’pore officials to visit Laos to boost agricultural cooperation
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for National Development and Defence, Dr Mohamad Maliki Osman, will visit Vientiane in Laos from Wednesday to Friday. During his stay, Dr [...]
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Foreign manpower helped build up key sectors: MTI
Foreign manpower has played a central role in helping Singapore develop key industries such as the biomedical science and the marine and offshore sectors, which were cited by [...]
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Russia, Singapore to work together, share expertise
Russia dwarfs Singapore in terms of size and population but the country’s leaders think there is much to learn here in areas from public housing to infocomm technology. [...]
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Singapore inflation up at slower pace in August
Singapore’s consumer prices rose at a slower pace last month, as costs of accommodation and services moderated. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 3.9 per cent from a [...]
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Singapore and Cape Verde sign Open Skies Agreement
Singapore has concluded a new Open Skies Agreement (OSA) with the island country of Cape Verde, which lies off the west coast of Africa. Under the OSA, the airlines of [...]
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Temasek reconsiders StanChart stake
Singapore investment fund Temasek has sounded out potential buyers for its GBP 6bn stake in Standard Chartered, potentially reigniting talk of a takeover of the emerging [...]
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Bumi’s disclosures deepen opacity
Bumi Plc’s announcements that it has uncovered alleged irregularities in the development funds of its Indonesian assets, particularly of Bumi Resources, and the [...]
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Iran, Singapore trade hits $2b
The value of annual trade between Iran and Singapore amounts to around $2 billion, but the two sides have the potential to further raise the figure. Last year, Iran’s [...]
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