Singapore
Which are the go-to e-commerce sites for Singaporeans?
Which are the go-to e-commerce sites for Singaporeans?
It’s a battle between Lazada and Qoo10 with Shopee on the side, a study found. Alibaba Group’s Lazada is the most preferred e-commerce site for Singaporeans in terms of monthly active users (MAU), a study by Malaysia-based shopping aggregator iPrice revealed. Lazada also leads in MAU in the Philippines, Malaysia, and Thailand, whilst it was ranked second and fourth in Vietnam and Indonesia, respectively.
URA holds firm on short-term stay status quo
The minimum stay duration for private residential properties will stay at three months.
Singapore ranked as fourth costliest Asian city to build in
The construction sector shrank by 3.4% in 2018 due to a slowdown in public sector construction activities.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.87%
Don’t expect gains today.
Chart of the day: Check out which estates saw the highest resale transactions in Q1
All locations saw more than a hundred transactions in Q1.
Daily Briefing: Five-room HDB flat in Boon Tiong Road sold for record $1.2m; Allianz Real Estate invests US$600m into GLP
And about 164,000 Singaporeans living in private properties have not declared their income.
UOB gives SMEs the digital leg-up in Shopmatic partnership
Small firms can now build customised websites within 15 minutes.
Grab eyes spinning off financial business: report
Sources claim that Grab is aiming to raise less than US$500m in the process.
COE prices closed with mixed results in latest May exercise
Category A vehicles saw the highest premium increase of $3,505.
SingPost's turnaround may take up to three years: analyst
Its underperforming US e-commerce units will continue to weigh on performance.
St. Francis Court up for en-bloc at $95m guide price
The 34,111.12 sqft site comprises a single 11-storey apartment block with 71 units.
Financial comparison startup GoBear unveils $108.96m in funding
The proceeds will be used to enhance the platform’s search and match functionality and finance hiring.
Singapore's top healthcare firm returns hit 14.7% YTD
The sector’s market cap ballooned thirteen-fold and stands at over $40b.
Hyflux thrown short lifeline as Court denies bank efforts to place it under judicial management
Its debt moratorium was extended to 29 May.
Keppel O&M-Aibel consortium clinches 900MW converter station contract
Keppel FELS’s share of the contract is worth about $560m.
Funan's office blocks secure 98% pre-leasing commitment
Tenants include the Singapore Department of Statistics, adidas and WeWork.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.67%
Don’t expect gains today.
Commentary
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When Singapore's agentic AI ‘chefs’ arrive, will the kitchen be ready for them?
What Singapore’s app store rules reveal about the future of online trust
Faster hiring alone will not fix construction’s productivity problem
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Solving the production problem behind Singapore’s ‘pilot purgatory’
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