Singapore

OCBC earnings boom is unsustainable

Its1Q12 earnings wowed the markets but on closer inspection it is composed mainly of one-off investment gains.

Genting Singapore betting big on Universal Studios, junket licenses

The two will prove to be solid moneymakers in the long run, and will receive extra attention from the resorts conglomerate.

Which telco gained the most subscribers in 1Q12?

SingTel beat its two rivals in mobile subscriber acquisitions for the first quarter of the year.

Singapore Airlines faces tough year ahead

Lower passenger yields, higher fuel prices and long-recovering air freight demand will blunt its whole-year prospects, says OCBC.

Farrer Drive residential site gets tender greenlight

Tender was triggered when the land parcel received a developer bid of not less than $88,888,000.

Welspun Corporation names Braja K. Mishra as Managing Director

He is expected to improve the Company's performance.

New Toyo International Holdings' Chief Financial Officer resigns

Sundraj Naidu was tasked to supervise the Group's corporate finance activities, investor relations, and all aspects of treasury, financial and accounting functions.

Shanghai Zhuo Kai names Hsu Yuan Ming as Vice General Manager

Hsu Yuan Ming will be in charge of sales and marketing as well as production of the company.

Bund Center Investment's Director Muktar Widjaja resigns

Muktar Widjaja served the company for about 3 years.

RH Petrogas appoints Peter Ng Choong Joo as Executive Director

He will be assigned strategic oversight of the Group's financial functions, including oversight of capital, finance and treasury.

Sinopipe Holdings appoints Soh Beng Tiong as Director

Mr Soh is currently a Director for Development of a real estate resort company operates a 36-hole golf course, hotel, residential and commercial property development.

Hutchison Port Holdings Trust appoints Yim Lui Fai, Gerry as Managing Director

He will be in charge as head of Hongkong International Terminals.

The pursuit of organizational happiness

In the movie, The Pursuit of Happiness, we see this moving scene where Will Smith, together with his son, had to spend the night locked-up and sleeping in a public toilet.

Reflecting on 20 years of Singapore free trade agreements

In 1992, Singapore signed its first free trade agreement (FTA), the Common Effective Preferential Tariff scheme with its ASEAN neighbors. Twenty years and 18 FTAs later, it is an appropriate time to reflect on how these FTAs have affected Singapore’s economy.

City Developments' PATMI spirals down by 44.5%

Lack of gains from the disposal of the Corporate Office caused the steep decline in City Development's profit after tax and minority interests.

What to do with Singapore's throw away culture

The disposable age, as we know it, gathered momentum in the 1950’s and 1960’s along with the rise of convenience as a lifestyle benefit, with TV dinners, disposable diapers, disposable cutlery, plates, and just about anything that could be used once and thrown away rather than reused became desirable for the sake of convenience.