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MOH to restrict travel from Italy, France, Spain and Germany

MOH to restrict travel from Italy, France, Spain and Germany

Residents who recently travelled to these countries will have to self-quarantine for 14 days.

Passenger movements in Changi down 32.8% in February

Traffic to major travel markets declined across the board including China (-92%).

M1 cuts staff as company ramps up digitalisation

Employees leaving the company represent 1.6% of the headcount.

SIAEC's senior management to get pay cuts

CEO’s and executive VP’s salaries will be down by 12% and 10%, respectively.

GuocoLand subsidiary launches new China unit

The new unit will takeover the subsdiary's land parcels.

Unemployment rate widened to 2.3% in 2019

The ratio of job vacancies to unemployed persons declined to 0.84 in December 2019.

SIA announces more flight cancellations

Some flight cancellations are extended until July.

Lendlease floats tenant support package

It includes up to 0.2 months rent abatement per month for April and May.

United Hampshire US REIT debuts at $1.02 on SGX

This is 10% lower than its IPO of $1.12 per unit.

Sasseur REIT reopens Chongqing and Bishan outlet malls

Its China malls were temporarily shuttered seven weeks ago due to the outbreak.

SIAS to hold independent briefings to Hyflux P&P holders

Details on the upcoming sessions will commence from 23 March.

Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 3.77%

OCBC Bank saw the sharpest decline amongst top active stocks with a 4.11% contraction.

Chart of the Day: Gen Z prefers physical stores despite being big online spenders

Gen Z view physical stores as more trustworthy than online sales.

Daily Briefing: Cashback app ShopBack raises $105.9m in Series B funding; SPH Ventures backs US-based influence.co

And IMDA has suspended virtual telco Zero Mobile’s licence over billing disputes.

A third of SGC members expect over 10% revenue loss in H1 2020

Two-thirds saw a moderately disruptive impact on their business due to the outbreak.

COVID-19 could drive DBS and OCBC's dividends to over 6%

But net profit forecasts had been cut by 5.8% and 3.7%, respectively.

Market Update: STI down 3.41%

The big three banks have fallen more than 3% each.