Singapore
Hotel DC rates largely unchanged for the next six months: URA
This follows a 45.6% hike on the revision last March.
SembMarine bags contracts worth $400m
This includes building jacket foundations for Taiwan's largest offshore wind farm.
BreadTalk buys food court operator FoodJunction for $80m
It will be paid in cash.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.8%
DBS led the gains amongst top active stocks with a 1.2% climb.
Chart of the Day: Business parks' vacancy rate eases to 14% in Q2
This was due to stable demand and lack of new supply.
Retail space supply to drop sharply after 2019
The total amount of future private retail supply from 2020-2022 is estimated at 0.39 million sqft.
Daily Briefing: Two strata-retail units for sale at $13.5m; New VC launched to invest in agri-food startups
And Clearbridge Health acquires nine dental clinics for $3.3m.
Data protection penalties in Singapore hits over a million dollars so far in 2019
Singapore has seen a 47% increase in the number of data investigations since 2017 handing out over one and a half million dollars in fines, affecting companies from almost every industry
MyRepublic launches all-unlimited mobile plan for $48 monthly
It comes with unlimited data, local SMS and talktime.
Supporting nurses by bridging the knowledge divide with evidence-based technology
Nurses are the backbone of Singapore’s healthcare system and they play an important role in transforming the healthcare industry. President Halimah Yacob highlighted the significance of nurses during the International Council of Nurses’ biennial congress that was held earlier in June. It is essential that we introduce measures to support the unsung heroes of our healthcare system through the adoption of technology. This will help grow and develop the nursing workforce to address challenges in the healthcare system.
Sun Venture secures $455m loan to buy 71 Robinson Road
It will also be used for investments to improve its environmental footprint.
Major incidents in ports down to 0.12 per 100,000 vessel movements in the past ten years
Building on this, MPA made three partnerships to further enhance maritime safety.
Choa Chu Kang Waterworks equips world's largest ceramic membrane
The membrane can treat up to 40 million gallons of raw water per day.
62% of customer experience interactions failed to be productive: report
A “wow” remains elusive from hard-to-please Singaporeans.
Five highest-yielding stocks hit average dividend yield of 7.1%
Hutchison Port Holdings Trust has the highest dividend yield at 9.6%.
UOB to issue 1.625% covered bonds for $694.76m
The covered bonds will be issued as the seventh series of the US$8b Global Covered Bond Programme.