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Chart of the Day: Singaporeans’ preferences towards travel

Half of the travellers are staying in five-star hotels.

Two SG companies enter Top 500 Family Businesses

All of them generate a combined $10.72t in revenue.

Alipay+ accessible in 11,000 SG Hawker Centre stalls

Users of the platform and partner e-wallets can pay through the SGQR.

Precious metals seen as conservative trade in volatile economic environment

Expert suggests 10%-25% allocation in precious metals as volatility in macroeconomic situations calls for diversifying investment portfolios.

MPA extends partnership with SMU to support maritime talent exchange

The extension will help the industry's transformation towards digitalisation and decarbonisation.

Parkway Life REIT’s NPI up 23.5% YoY in Q1

The real estate firm’s net property income (NPI) grew to $35.2m.

Ascott wants to open 70 properties worldwide

It wants to leverage travellers’ appetite for new experiences.

Singapore, LA, Long Beach ports ink agreement to establish green, digital shipping corridor

The partnership aims to support the decarbonisation transition for ships and identify digital shipping solutions.

Singapore allows more foreigners to enter through automated lanes 

They do not need to have prior enrolment to use the lanes.

Singaporeans may apply for a nearly 3-month e-Visa for Japan travel

Residents may apply for short-term visa with tourism purposes for 90 days.

First REIT net property income up 2.7% YoY to $25.8m in Q1 2023

This is supported by the full quarter contribution of its Japanese nursing homes.

Singapore, Shanghai strengthen ties with 15 new agreements

These cover the areas of financial services and the digital economy, amongst others.

HSBC Singapore, MSIG enter 15-year bancassurance partnership

MSIG will distribute commercial and personal insurance solutions to HSBC’s SG customers.

CapitaLand China Trust retail occupancy soars 96.4% in Q1

But its gross revenue declined by 2.9% to $91.8m.

Three reasons behind commercial property growth in Q1

According to Savills, the investment sales went up 229.6% QoQ.