Category: Singapore
‘As many A380s as we can’ – Singapore to beef up Australia flights
Singapore Airlines has singled out Australia as one of two markets it is targeting for growth in flights this year, in yet another ominous sign for Qantas’ loss-making [...]
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CapitaLand CEO to retire
CapitaLand’s President and CEO Liew Mun Leong is set to step down next June 2013 and could announce a successor in as soon as three months. Looking back at his 16 years [...]
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Singapore’s Changi invests in Russian airports via JV?
Singapore’s Changi Airport said on Friday it has teamed up with Russia’s Sberbank and Basic Element Group to invest in Russian airports. Russian tycoon Oleg [...]
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Temasek expects lower investment returns
Singapore investment company Temasek Holdings expects smaller returns for the asset management industry on anticipation that the outlook will be difficult for years, said [...]
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Senior MFA official under probe over expense claims
A senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) official is being investigated by the police, the latest high-ranking public servant to face allegations of misconduct. Lim Cheng [...]
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Second tourist in a month falls to death at Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands casino
The police have identified the body found outside the Rise Restaurant at the lobby of the Marina Bay Sands (MBS) Hotel as that of a 32-year-old man. The man was an Indonesian [...]
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Philippines property market is best in 20 years: CBRE
The Philippine economy is expected to accelerate to a growth of seven percent in the second quarter of the year and hit a full-year growth of six percent to seven percent, [...]
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Human trafficking report: US keeps Singapore in Tier 2
Singapore still falls short of international standards to fight human trafficking, going by an annual US State Department report. It has again been put in ‘Tier [...]
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Singaporean dwellers battle over durian fruit tree
A durian tree in Moulmein Road, Singapore, became a thorn in relations among residents of a HDB block of flats nearby when fights ensued over who could claim the fruits. The [...]
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Philippines’ SM Investments seeks $355m via bond offer
SM Investments Corp, one of the Philippines’ biggest conglomerates, said on Wednesday it was seeking to raise up to 15 billion pesos ($355 million) via the sale of [...]
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Philippines economy seen growing 7pct in Q2
The Philippine economy is expected to accelerate to a growth of seven percent in the second quarter of the year and hit a full-year growth of six percent to seven percent, [...]
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Lend Lease launches Singapore shopping-mall fund
Australia-based property and development concern Lend Lease Corp. said Wednesday it has launched a 1 billion Singapore dollars (US$790 million) fund called Parkway Parade [...]
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Genting lifts stake in Australian casino operator with $106m buy
Singapore gaming operator Genting said it has lifted its stake in Australian casino operator Echo Entertainment with the purchase of 19.26 million shares worth A$82.6 million [...]
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Private home sales in May decline to lowest this year
Sales of new private homes fell 32 per cent last month to its lowest level this year as the Europe crisis damped demand, but analysts expect the decline to be short-lived. [...]
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Unemployment rate for over-30s creeps up
As Singapore’s labour market shows signs of softening, minister of State for Manpower Tan Chuan-Jin yesterday flagged an area of concern: The long-term unemployment [...]
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