Singapore
Tender for Sengkang Square received 9 bids
Tender for Sengkang Square received 9 bids
Keppel Land Realty emerged as highest bidder with the bid of $286,790,000 or $5,400.94 psm.
Raffles Hotel Singapore appoints Laurent Branover as hotel manager
Mr Branover will be overall responsible for all the Hotel's operating departments.
57% of Asian acquisitions done in Singapore
Singapore-listed Ascott REIT expanded to the Pacific and Europe respectively as they looked to diversify their portfolios and income sources.
More Singaporeans invest in London residential property
OCBC's volume of London home loans more than doubled in the last quarter of 2010.
Singapore Airlines passenger load factor slipped 4.8% in February 2011
The passenger load factor declined to 75.1 per cent due to a decline in systemwide passenger carriage and increase in capacity.
Impact of Japan quake on Singapore's food supply expected to be minimal
In 2010, seafood imported from Japan constitutes less than 2% of Singapore's total seafood imports by quantity.
Keppel secured contract worth US$210mn
Japan Drilling Company awarded Keppel a contract to build a KFELS Super B Class jackup rig.
Private home sales likely to hover around 800-1,000 unit level in March 2011
Developers are expected to continue to push out their projects in March 2011 amid mounting global uncertainties, said Colliers International.
Singaporeans and tourists are scaling up spending:HSBC
The January retail sales numbers was one of the surprises Singapore has delivered over the past few months.
Only 35% of organisations in Singapore are currently recruiting
But over 90% of businesses have retained their staff, according to Antal Global Snapshot.
Private residential units sales volume fell by 9% month-on-month in February 2011
The URA monthly sales volume fell to 1,101 units last month.
Tiger Airways passengers up 11% in February 2011
484,000 passengers were carried by Tiger Airways for the month of February 2011.
Seasonally adjusted retail sales decreased 2.9% in January 2011
However, January still showed strong retail sales in nominal terms with an increase of 2.9 per cent compared to January 2010.
Total employment grew 3.9% in 2010
The total employment growth of 115,900 far exceeded the 37,600 or 1.3% in 2009.
Retail sales may have expanded 2.5% in January 2011
The January retails sales is due later today, said OCBC.
URA to launch tender for second sale site in Jurong Lake District
The Urban Redevelopment Authority announced that it has accepted an application from a developer to put up the second sale site in Jurong Lake District for sale via public tender.
Prime retail rentals remain unchanged in Q1 2011:DTZ
Rental values for prime first-storey retail space islandwide were unchanged as the industry continues to grapple with the demand-supply dynamics that have yet to settle.
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