News
HDB scraps 15-month wait-out period amidst easing resale prices
Private property owners can now buy non-subsidised resale flats without the cooling-era restriction.
Unmanaged AI raises patient risks in Singapore hospitals
Providers need governed tools and hybrid infrastructure as clinical demand outpaces IT controls.
Sanli Environmental secures $60.1m in new infrastructure contracts
Public sector accounted for $57.7m of the total with July deals adding $27.1m.
Frasers Centrepoint Trust's retail occupancy eases to 99.6%
Cost of debt fell to 3.0% as shopper traffic rose 2.4% in Q3.
Keppel divests six rigs to Apollo-backed fund for $1.2b
The group expects $611m in cash proceeds from the transaction.
Shophouse sales hit $193.7m in Q2 even as activity stalls
Deal volume hit a 28-year low in H1 amidst buyer-seller price mismatch.
AI demand shields growth from Middle East oil shock: MAS
Electronics output rose 38% as exports surged 79% in April–May.
Endeavor opens first Asia-Pacific hub in Singapore
It connects founders with more than 3,000 entrepreneurs across its global network.
KIT distributable income falls 15.3% to $101.1m in H1
Excluding a one-off divestment gain a year earlier, DI rose 1.2%.
Souper Tang returns to Singapore with Raffles City outlet
The outlet will also offer limited-time Singapore-exclusive dishes.
ESR-REIT H1 DPU up 2.4% on higher core earnings
Net property income fell 2.2% to $162.7m.
Manufacturing output rises 7.2% in June on electronics gains
However, chemicals and biomedical manufacturing contracted.
Portfolio assets climb 10.7% to $3.04t on equity gains
Equity and fund holdings rose 14.6%, whilst long-term debt securities gained 7.3%.
Singtel named Singapore’s best mobile network: Opensignal
StarHub led overall download and upload speeds, whilst M1 shared the 5G download-speed award.
Auction listings reach five-year high in H1
Mortgagee sales accounted for 74% of the 292 properties offered during the period.
KPay clinches in-principle approval for MPI licence in Singapore
The company serves over 95,000 merchants in the APAC region.
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