Singapore morning news for January 17
Google in talks for 400,000 sq ft space at Alexandra Technopark GOOGLE is planning to expand in Singapore, going by market talk that it plans to boost its real estate footprint on the island. — […]
Singapore morning news for January 16
Office market’s takeup rate hit 1.59 million sqft in 2018 In 2018, the office market outperformed expectations despite a relatively lacklustre performance in Q4 as CBRE Research noted that annual take up rate hit 1.59 […]
Singapore morning news for January 15
Parliament Briefs : CAAS to develop system to monitor drones The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) plans to develop a system to monitor unmanned aircraft systems. — Straits Times 32 O-level additional mathematics Paper […]
Singapore morning news for January 14
Singapore protests ‘provocative’ visit by Johor’s chief minister to Malaysian vessel in its territorial waters The Republic has sent a diplomatic note to Malaysia to protest against the visit by Johor’s chief minister to a […]
Singapore morning news for January 11
Property cooling measures had more bite than expected: DBS chief DBS bank’s property loans segment shrunk by 40 to 50 per cent after last July’s cooling measures, with the lender’s chief executive officer Piyush Gupta […]
Singapore morning news for January 10
Probe report on SingHealth data breach points to basic failings Staff who fell prey to phishing attacks. Weak administrator passwords. Not applying a patch that could have stopped the hacking. And an IT cyber-security team […]
Singapore morning news for January 9
Singapore’s greenhouse gas emissions top 50m tonnes: Report Singapore generated more than 50 million tonnes of greenhouse gases in 2014, the bulk of it from the burning of fossil fuels to generate energy for industries, […]
Singapore morning news for January 8
Blockchain incubator programme launches in Singapore A crypto-currency wallet that works with smart contracts, a digital marketplace to trade renewable energy certificates and an online protocol that uses biometrics to authenticate identities are some of […]
Singapore morning news for January 7
Singapore supplies additional treated water to Malaysia at Johor’s request Singapore’s water agency PUB said on Sunday (Jan 6) that it supplied additional treated water to Malaysia this week after pollution disrupted production at Johor’s […]
Singapore morning news for January 4
Singapore GDP ends 2018 on a weaker note – ING Robert Carnell, chief economist at ING, explains that in what was a remarkably steady year for Singapore’s economic growth, final quarter of GDP growth printed […]
Singapore morning news for January 3
Braced for economic headwinds this year Last year was a better-than-expected year for the Singapore economy, but given the uncertainties that lie ahead, projections for 2019 are more circumspect, and for good reason. — Straits […]
Singapore morning news for January 2
Spore’s 2018 economic growth above expectations, but major uncertainties lie ahead: PM Lee Singapore’s economy could grow at a slower pace in 2019 amid global uncertainties, but the Republic enters its bicentennial year with “renewed […]