Singapore

Even with some caution in the region driven by continued global economic instability, Singapore’s labour market continues to be characterised by critical skills-shortages, particularly in industries such as oil & gas, engineering, financial services and infrastructure.

As a small city state Singapore has managed to build an excellent reputation, it is perceived by the entire world as clean, safe and efficient, most cities can only dream of such an image. Some may say this conveys a boring persona for the city yet Singapore has overcome this and is obviously perceived as must see tourist destination with over 12 million tourists visiting the city last year.

The tendered price was $301,000,000.

Although Pinterest is taking the rest of the world by storm today, we have a take a modest stance when it comes to Singapore.

New economy thinking dictates that almost anything that is manufactured or offered as a service can now be replicated. So rather than focusing upon the core product or service, businesses have to focus upon the peripheral features.

Sales are likely to drop significantly in the second half of 2013, says Savills.

Industry observers said the property at Margate Road is overpriced at $2000 to $2300 psf.

All Hail the New World! The concept of telework, telecommuting or virtual work (different names for the same phenomenon) has been around for some time. In fact, ‘telework’ was nominated in the 2010 Word of the Year list published by the American Dialect Society. According to a recent study by MRI China Group, 47.7% Singapore based professionals stated flexible work hours as the highest priority over other factors such as benefits, personal development, etc. in their choice of employer. Several changes, both in the physical and in the digital world, are accelerating the adoption of this concept by organisations. The demand side changes include organisations’ need for multi-cultural experiences, war for talent and rising urban real-estate prices. On the digital side, ubiquitous connectivity, proliferation of connected, ‘smart’ portable devices and emergence of new collaborative tools under the Web 2.0 moniker are enabling employees and organisations to seriously consider virtual work environments.

Major MICE events in April saw more tourists checking in Singapore hotels.

He is also a Member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees.

Lam Nai Man was designated to the post 1 September 2009.

During Dr Zhang's assignment as the General Manager of Jabung Block, the production more than double from 23,000 boe/d in 2003 to 58,000 boe/d in 2011.

She will take hold of the Group's financial functions, tax and financial reporting.

New launches are unable to sell more than 50% of their units in the initial launch phase.

Big movers were Hong Kong and Taiwan markets, followed by Thailand.

She will be incharge of business development and project management role of the company.