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1 in 2 Singapore professionals prefer learning new skills over getting higher salaries: report
Invest more in staff training, bosses told.
1 in 2 Singapore professionals prefer learning new skills over getting higher salaries: report
Invest more in staff training, bosses told.
Tourists to Singapore attracted to twins
Singapore is looking down the barrel of the first overall decline in tourist numbers since 2008—the dawn of the Global Financial Crisis. In fairness, 2014 has been a bad year. Tragic travel disasters and regional instability have both hurt tourist numbers - most obviously from China, though other markets have also been impacted. What is clear though is that an incident in one country in our region can have an impact on all of South East Asia.
Bucking the trend: Bungalow prices climb 6.7% in 1H14
The most expensive unit fetched $31.8m.
Singapore’s 8 hot new restaurants in August
Get a taste of an aromatic broken rice dish without MSG.
Bukit Merah is the only town where HDB resale prices jumped in August: SRX
Meanwhile, Bukit Panjang posted the biggest decline in prices.
Midas holdings poised to clinch more contracts with China Railway Corp
CRC is set to release $14b worth of contracts this year.
1 in 2 Singaporean professionals intend to switch jobs within the year: survey
It’s well below the global average.
COE prices mixed in September's first open bidding exercise
Only 1,886 out of 2,918 bids were successful.
The Postman strikes back: SingPost hikes rates on back of plunging mail volume and surging costs
Labor and fuel costs have risen 30% since 2008.
Yet another pullback: HDB resale prices hit 31-month low in August
But 5-room flats and ECs bucked the trend.
Technology for livability: 10 research projects awarded $30.8m in funding
They were chosen from among 78 proposals.
EOC launches $254m share sale for Singapore listing: Reuters
It’s the company’s secondary listing.
Only 14% of Singapore firms exceeded performance expectations: UOB
August's financials are the exact opposite of July’s stellar performance.
SGX securities market volume plunges 27% in August
But four new listings raised $1.4b last month.
New Lease Buyback Scheme to benefit 75% of elderly households: MND
The income ceiling has also been raised.
Chart of the Day: See the unprecedented growth in restaurants at the CBD
Offices can’t get enough of meals and entertainment.
Sheng Siong to release 120m new shares at $0.67 each
Proceeds will be used to acquire new outlets.
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