Singapore
Attention passengers! Waiting time for Grab rides up to 3 minutes only
Attention passengers! Waiting time for Grab rides up to 3 minutes only
Customers will pay $3 per five-minute waiting block.
SG warns against travel to Sri Lanka
Travellers were advised to purchase comprehensive travel insurance.
LIA Singapore launches extended panel initiative for IP policyholders
This allows policyholders access to over 1,000 private specialists.
Chart of the day: Almost 2 in 5 Gen Z S’poreans have a digital bank account
Older Singaporeans are less likely to have a digital bank account.
How Singapore banks are closing the gender gap
Most banks have already exceeded the 2021 regional average of 18.5% employed women per firm.
SG throned top international shipping centre for the 9th time
The Lion City bested 42 other maritime locations.
Dangerous workplace incidents doubled in H12022
The MoM recorded 9,000 violations of the Workplace Safety and Health Act.
30% of Singaporeans to have digital bank accounts by 2023
In 2022, the percentage of adults who have a digital bank account climbed to 21%.
SGX RegCo to investigate Eneco Energy Limited over listing rules breaches
Amongst these breaches is the non-disclosure of exploration permit expiry.
SGX RegCo cautions against investing in Sevens Atelier
The share price rose by $0.222 or 252.3% despite a broad market decline.
Why is Grab lagging behind its super-app competitors?
Grab's share price has fallen 78% since 3Q 21.
Prestige landed homes sales down to $1.16b in H1
There were 60 recorded transactions in the first half of 2022.
Good Class Bungalow sales hit $624.5m in H122
The top deal for H122 was the sale of a property at Chancery Lane for $66.1m.
Top Excel director pays $70,000 fine for unlicensed money-changing businesses
He violated the Money-changing and Remittance Businesses Act.
Singapore’s credit, charge card payment market to grow 6.5% through 2025
The value of debit card payments will grow by 7.2% in 2022.
Industrial property market leasing declines 34.1% QoQ in Q2
The total number of leases for the quarter was 2,077.
Chart of the day: Industrial property sales declines 30.2% in Q2
Multiple user factories remain the most popular for being affordable.
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