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Hedges Park Launches on Saturday with 6 more due in April

EXCLUSIVE: Hong Leong Group’s Hedges Park at Changi North Road will open on Saturday, April 16 while six others are lined up to launch this month before government’s cooling measures take its toll, according to experts.

Hedges Park Launches on Saturday with 6 more due in April

EXCLUSIVE: Hong Leong Group’s Hedges Park at Changi North Road will open on Saturday, April 16 while six others are lined up to launch this month before government’s cooling measures take its toll, according to experts.

Inflation has likely peaked

CPI inflation is expected to moderate from now on, said Minister Lim Hng Kiang.

KU DÉ TA appoints 3 new members to management team

Michael Farquhar, Dolores Tay and Michael Venezuela have been appointed as Corporate F&B Director, Director of PR & Marketing and Entertainment Manager respectively.

Crisis in Japan, Middle East have low impact on Singapore economy

Although the recent increase in oil prices is likely to have affected global economic activities to some extent, the impact has been small, said Minister Lim Hng Kiang.

Yangzijiang bagged US$214mn worth of contracts in March 2011

The six new contracts are orders for two units of 82,000DWT bulk carriers, two units of 10,000DWT bulk carriers and two units of 4,900TEU container ships, said DMG.

Tiger Airways earnings to be resilient as passengers opt for budget over full service carriers

Tiger will be increasing its base ticket fares to absorb rising jet fuel costs, said DMG.

Over $2.3mn will be given to new programme for seafarers

The Certificate of Competency (Special Limits) will help seafarers secure placement with potential employers even before they embark on training.

Yale, NUS open first liberal arts college in Singapore

The success of the Yale-NUS College is also a success for Singapore, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

Tata Chemicals to acquire 25.1% stake in Olam worth US$290mn

Risk on project execution is significantly reduced as the two companies brings critical expertise in project management, production, operations and maintenance, and sales and marketing of fertilisers.

Tiger Airways March passenger volume up 23% to 6mn

Load factor from April 2010 to March 2011 averaged 86%, compared to 85% in the previous 12 months.

Higher interest rates dampen hopes for more affordable houses

Every 50bp change in interest rates will lift average mortgage payments by 7% per cent, says CIMB.

Singapore election will have little impact on stock market

Unlike regional countries where election results have investment implications for politically-linked stocks, the investment implications in Singapore are more spurious, says CIMB.

Hill & Knowlton appoints Sara Gourlay as Executive Director

She will lead the technology practice for Singapore, following the departure of David Chin.

Turmoil in Middle East and Japan spooked investors: Ernst & Young

It slowed down the pace of new issuances in March including those in Singapore and Asia.

MAS expected to revalue currency

The Monetary Authority of Singapore is also expected to steepen the band.

Only 6% of Singaporean companies have funding needs

About one-third of companies in Morgan Stanley Research's list have a funding position to meet by either debt, equity or better-than-forecasted cash generation.

SGX is not an ugly duckling despite rejection by Swan:Phillip Securities

Efforts at organic growh are showing as trading volume for both securities and derivatives recover.