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Daily Briefing: Landed home sold for $1m; Differences between HDB and bank loans
And check out free activities during school holidays.
Daily Briefing: Landed home sold for $1m; Differences between HDB and bank loans
And check out free activities during school holidays.
Tech-savvy Singapore bids jurassic 2G services goodbye
2G networks will be closed starting April 2017.
Consumption headwinds on the rise even as retail sales tick up
It’s not benefitting from steady wage growth and low inflation.
Linc Energy appoints Ong Tiong Soon as director
He is currently the CEO of the Energy Division of the Genting Berhad Group.
Global Premium Hotels names Mark Khoo Chee Meng as executive director and COO
His extensive experience in hotel management and operations earned him the job.
JES International names Wu Wei as vice CEO
The board believes his extensive business network will benefit the company.
Singapore Exchange names Loh Boon Chye as CEO
He was deputy president and head of global markets for Asia Pacific; as well as country executive of Singapore and South East Asia for Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Advance SCT appoints Ng Siew Hoong as director
The board believes his training and exposure as a lawyer is valuable to them.
Massive industrial site in Jurong Island put up for sale as Teijin Polycarbonate exits
It's closing down its Singapore plant.
Adventus Holdings pours $58.7m into Vietnam residential project
It will reap the property’s commercial benefits.
Lippo Malls Indonesia Retail Trust bags $260m loan to refinance bonds due July
From BNP Paribas and StanChart.
New condo sales down 45% to 643 units in May
Due to a dearth of new launches.
Retail sales up 5% in April, propped up by motor vehicle transactions
Sales decreased 0.7% excluding car deals.
Manufacturing jobs down by almost 7,000 in Q1 on back of oil downcycle
Many workers were temporarily laid off.
IDA dead-set on breaking telco oligopoly with entry of fourth operator
To spur competition in the market.
CSE Global sells subsidiary for $15.5m
It will focus on its core business.
Mapletree Greater China Trust snaps up Sandhill Plaza in Shanghai for $412m
This is its maiden acquisition.