Singapore

Utico asks SIAS and Hyflux to hold a PNP vote for option 1 or 2 within 3 weeks.

The proposed terms of the investment has not yet been revealed.

Affected SME clients can defer their premium payments for up to three months.

The new concession will be provided from 1 March to 31 August.

The study will look into the most suitable cities and routes to deploy air taxis.

DRC has been lowered to 15% for the construction, marine shipyard, and process sectors.

It has not yet conducted trials for 5G use cases in Singapore.

Kahina van Dyke will join the bank’s CCIB division in Singapore.

Submission of entries is until 22 May, Friday.

This could cause prices of nearby older homes to stagnate.

Singapore has $20-$24b of building projects in the pipeline.

Property tax rebates of 30% will be given to hotels, serviced apartments and MICE venues.

Improved performance was attributed to improved palm oil prices at the end of 2019.

In the weeks leading up to Budget 2020, the Singapore Government made no secret of the sudden rush to incorporate stability measures for sectors affected by the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak across Asia.

At the core of businesses' IT strategies today sits a familiar and fundamental building block: the cloud. Adroit Research from 2018 estimates that cloud computing revenue for Southeast Asia could reach US$40.32b by 2025, with Singapore leading the way.

From Sasa to once-popular departmental stores such as Metro and Isetan, a number of retailers have left Singapore shores or announced plans to do so over the last decade. However, while it is true that there have been some troubling signs such as store closings and an increase in the number of retailers filing for bankruptcy, they don’t quite tell the whole story. Here in Singapore, over 90% of retail sales are still spent at a physical location, with e-commerce making up only 5.6% of all shopping. Physical retail is far from dead. However, staid retail experiences that are boring, unimaginative and disengaging is making its way out.