Singapore

Perennial's net profit tumbles 25.6% to $594,000

On back of the absence of a one-off gain.

F&N’s net profit surges 43% to $127.2m

But its scrapped brewery dragged profit after taxation by 29%.

Yangzijiang’s net profit sinks by 60% to $83.8m in 2Q

It didn’t have a one-off gain to bank on for this quarter.

Ascendas Hospitality Trust’s Q1 profits inch up 5.5% YoY to $22.6m

Thanks to robust contribution from its Japan property.

UOL’s net profit plummets 55% to $68.8m in 2Q16

Blame it on fair value losses on investment properties.

Meet the man who brought HK’s premium grill house Wooloomooloo to Singapore

His colleagues describe him as a ‘manager in a waiter’s apron’. A manager is often perceived as someone in his best suit giving orders to his subordinates but not Noel Emmanuel, the general manager and director of operations for the Wooloomooloo Group in Singapore. Come down to any of the three outlets of the Hong Kong chain restaurant and you might be lucky to find him working on the floor in a waiter’s apron and serving guests.