Singapore

The survey notes that the SAR does not have sufficient travel and outdoor activities.

Over 2 in 5 businesses said interruption would have the most impact on their revenues.

Its retail tenant sales also jumped 19% YoY to $2,566.95.

The growth of new orders, new exports and factory output slowed down.

Deadline to confirm participation is on 26 April.

Projects in the pipeline include the Thomson-East Coast Line, Changi Terminal 5, and the new Tuas Mega Port.

It also offers wage offsets to employers with older workers. Reuters reported that Singapore’s ‘job-redesign’ grant which is geared to uplift companies with older staff have benefitted more than 650 firms that have used up to $300,000 grant since 2016. The government is also offering wage offsets to employers of older workers and a grant to adopt progressive age management practices. “Governments need to look after the needs of their ageing population, and enable older workers to work longer and stay productive,” finance minister Heng Swee Keat said. In most countries, it is left to the private sector to try to keep the experienced workers they need, although Asia’s two other rapidly ageing nations - Japan and South Korea - do provide grants and subsidies to firms for their older workers.

DBS led the gains as it rose 0.46%.

And 200,000 childcare places await young families by 2023.

CapitaLand Commercial Trust recorded a return of 9.1% in January YTD.

Incentives were cut from $35-310 to $10-210 as Go-Jek burned through $300m in incentives in a year.

Such levels are higher than banks in Indonesia and the Philippines.

Kuek will serve as the bank’s divisional vice-chairman by18 February.

Around 13% even believe that fintechs deserve more trust than old-guard lenders.

An executive in Singapore reportedly used forged contracts for suspicious transactions.

Maybank approved the further extension from 31 January to 28 February.