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Startups boost HR tech momentum in Singapore

Startups boost HR tech momentum in Singapore

Will you hire bots to interview potential employees?

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Property curbs may push Singaporeans to seek New Zealand homes

It is a secondary investment destination for Singaporeans and the countries are bound by good bilateral trade relations.

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Singapore remains at risk from high-profile hackers

The Lion City could look into increasing secure server capacity as a preventive measure.

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Unsustainable growth in manufacturing could hit Singapore's GDP

The boost from the manufacturing sector could ease in H2 as Chinese import demand cools down.

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Prime office tenants flee new buildings as landlords hold onto rising renewal rates

This bolstered net office take-up to 879,000 sqft, the highest since 2011.

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Supply crunch to boost Grade A office rents by 10% in 2018

Around 800,00 sqft of Grade A office space is expected to be completed by 2018 from 2.25m sq ft last year.

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Success rate of en bloc deals dips below 2016-2017 levels

But spending in the market at $9.84b has breached 2017's total of $8.24b.

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Could banks be the saving grace of Singapore's rattled equities market?

The Big 3 have posted a healthy set of results in Q2 despite bleak market conditions.

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Climbing office rents could turn off tenants: CBRE

Singapore had the fourth strongest premier rental growth across Asia at over 4.1%.

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Fee hikes to launch Changi Airport into the top of Asia's tax podium by 2023

Users will shoulder the increases, and airlines are not resisting.

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Investors embrace industrial and commercial market as cooling measures hammer home sector

The $9.78b achieved in the collective sales market for H1 2018 is unlikely to be repeated in H2.

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Is the worst over for embattled Singapore retail REITs?

Rents have been in a protracted three-year slump but analysts foresee a mild recovery in the coming months.

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Cooling measures to curb demand for landed homes

Buyers wait on the sidelines as new curbs could boost home prices above $3m.

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Is branch banking still relevant as lenders migrate their services online?

Overall, there will be lower demand for office space allocated for bank branches, according to an analyst.

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Were the government's cooling measures premature?

A mere 9.1% price rebound flag concerns that such an intervention may have been uncalled for.

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Shop ‘til it drops: Half of Singaporeans are ready for drone deliveries

Singapore is developing its air traffic control system for drones.

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MAS warns stolen SingHealth data could be used in bank fraud

Financial institutions are discouraged from relying on the stolen information for customer verification.

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