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.

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.

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.