Singapore
Black & Veatch appoints George Currie as Managing Director in Asia Pacific
He brings nearly 30 years of experience working outside his native UK across power, water and transport engineering projects.
Black & Veatch appoints George Currie as Managing Director in Asia Pacific
He brings nearly 30 years of experience working outside his native UK across power, water and transport engineering projects.
ST Engineering corruption probe claims another scalp
On Friday, the company announced that Patrick Lee Swee Ching, CFO of Vision Technologies Systems has taken leave of absence pending the CPIB investigation.
Build-to-suit industrial development at Alexandra Road up for sale
Interested buyers have until 20 October 2011 before the tender closes.
Standard Chartered Bank helps lure more Indian companies to Singapore
Over the past nine years, the number of Indian companies in Singapore has grown to over 4,000.
SingTel: Showing strength on winning digital home
The telco claims to have 22% of Singapore households subscribed to their bundled broadband.
61% of Internet users in Southeast Asia to get access via mobile phones
And one third intend to access the Internet via other handheld multimedia devices within the next 12 months.
Hurrah!: More than 51,000 employers to receive Special Employment Credit
The Government will be giving a total of $17 million in SEC by 30 September 2011.
Olam acquires sugar milling facility in India for US$73.8m
The company plans to invest a further US$6.6m to expand the facility's capacity from 3,500‐tonnes/day to 5,000 tonnes/day.
Tiger Airways asks for halt in trading
This follows Thai Airways' move to sever ties with the budget carrier.
Tiger Airways caught off guard by Thai Airway's Chairman’s remarks on scrapping JV
Tiger issued a statement saying that Thai's management will continue their joint venture, despite the Chairman of Thai Airways saying it will discontinue the joint venture.
Singapore Airlines finally discovers social media, so what’s next?
It surely has a lot of catching up to do to make the most of a Facebook fan page including integrating a search and booking engine.
Hong Konger found guilty of tourist refund fraud
Mr Hung Yat Sing, a 46-year-old from Hong Kong, was found guilty of making false Goods and Services Tax claims of $5,481.
SingPost to set up joint venture in Hong Kong
The company will be taking up a 50% stake in the JV called vPOST Hong Kong.
Singapore’s inflation may have dropped to 4.7% in August
DBS expects the country’s inflation to be on a sticky downward grind in the coming months.
Tiger won’t have Thai blood
Thai-Tiger will no longer be set up as Thai Airways now has its budget carrier.
Singapore to hear less ka-ching!
Amidst negative global sentiment, spending attitudes are forecast to be precautionary.
Tighter financing still impacting home purchases
This leaves the secondary market more subdued while outlook for the land market remains cautious.