Singapore

Guess what irks Singaporeans the most?

According to a survey, ‘people not taking ownership for their actions’ is the top office pet peeve for Singaporean professionals.

Guess what irks Singaporeans the most?

According to a survey, ‘people not taking ownership for their actions’ is the top office pet peeve for Singaporean professionals.

LiuGong opens AsiaPac headquarters in Singapore

Its Asia Pacific headquarters is expected to generate more than US$50m in revenues in its first year of operations.

Qantas to heat up competition with Singapore Airlines

As Qantas is seeking to get a slice of the booming Asian aviation pie.

Is Singapore hospitality heading to a pit stop?

The industry outlook for 2012 appears uncertain as travel demand may be affected by the weak economic environment.

We cannot eliminate fraud: MAS Managing Director

Mr Ravi Menon said no regulator can totally prevent misconduct but stressed MAS “will leave no stone unturned to take rigorous action” against lawbreakers.

Public cloud services market in Asia Pac to amount a whopping US$12b in 2016

And the market is expected to reach US$2.89b by the end of 2011.

Shell's Singapore plant burns

The fire at the company’s largest refinery continues on Thursday but is under control.

Health services receipts jump 9.2% to $8.9b in 2010

Western clinics accounted for a significant 59.3% of the health services industry in 2010.

Government launches productivity roadmap for precision engineering

This aims to raise the industry’s productivity level to that of advanced economies such as Germany, Japan and the USA.

Singapore’s population grows to 5.18m

This is a 2.1% increase from 2010 due to increased number of citizens and non-residents.

LMIR Trust obtains S$200mn term loan facility

Facility secured at a competitive interest margin of 4% per annum is aimed to refinance existing term loan of S$125mn and for future asset acquisitions.

SGX lists GH Financials to derivatives market

The listing enables access to a wide range of Asian equity index derivatives from early in the Asian morning to late European hours each day.

Singapore Medical Group appoints Wong Sian Jing as Chief Financial Officer

Wong worked as an Asiasons WFG Financial executive and PricewaterhouseCoopers manager.

Economic ties between Singapore and Vietnam strengthens

Bilateral business linkages include an MOU to explore a new Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) in Central Vietnam.

ISDN Holdings appoints Ngai kok Hong as Chief Financial Officer

Ngai’s appointment coincided with Lim Bee Teng’s resignation as VP – Finance.

HI-P International’s Chief Technology Officer quits

Chen Jan-Hsien left the company less than month after his appointment as COO.