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Singapore hopeful for China-backed Asia trade pact this year

The trade minister said he was hopeful that the trade pact could be sealed by the end of 2019.

Singapore gets first guilty plea in $8b penny stock scheme

Key accomplice Goh Hin Calm was sentenced to 36 months imprisonment by Singapore’s High Court.

MAS develops in-house tool to detect rogue trading behaviour early

It predicts the likelihood that market manipulation has occurred based on trade analysis and past cases.

Vietnamese ride-hailing firm FastGo to launch in Singapore in April

Driver-partners can register on 1 April, whilst customers can book rides on 30 April.

CapitaLand inks services agreement with Temasek's Jurong Consultants India

Jurong Consultants India will provide due diligence services for India properties as part of an acquisition. CapitaLand has entered into a services agreement with Temasek Holdings-owned Jurong Consultants (India), which will provide due diligence services related to properties in India.

Challenger Technologies to delist with $0.56 exit offer price

It cited weak retail sentiment and industry disruption amongst its reasons for delisting.

Frasers Property unit secures $785m green club loan

The net proceeds of the five-year term loan will be used to refinance the development of its Northpoint City South Wing mall.

ST Engineering inks deal to expand its autonomous bus platforms

Its AV kit will be integrated onto EV manufacturer BYD’s buses.

COE prices close mostly higher in latest bidding exercise

Open vehicles under Category E saw the highest increase of $3,380.

Chart Of The Day: PMETs account for 52.7% of job vacancies in 2018

Overall, one in three vacancies were unfilled for six months or more.This chart from the Ministry of Manpower shows that professionals, managers, executives & technicians’ (PMET) share of all job vacancies trended higher in 2018 at 52.7% in 2018 from 48.5% in 2017.