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Singapore moves to switch bank lending rate benchmarks
SINGAPORE (Aug 30): Singapore’s banking body on Friday said it would shift away from using Singapore dollar swap offer rates (SOR) as a key lending benchmark due to likely discontinuation of the London Interbank Offered Rate, which heavily influences SO
August 30, 2019
Sustainability
Singapore says Musk's electric cars are about 'lifestyle', not climate
SINGAPORE (Aug 22): Singapore has a message for Elon Musk: Taking mass transit is a better climate-change solution than tooling around in one of his Tesla Inc's electric vehicles.
August 22, 2019
Singapore economy
Singapore goes all in with private sector in infrastructure push
SINGAPORE (Aug 20): Singapore has been moving forward on its aim to be the lead broker of infrastructure projects in Southeast Asia, and is intent on getting the private sector more involved.
August 20, 2019
SE Asian economies
Goldman cuts growth forecasts for Asia’s four 'tiger' economies
(Aug 16): Goldman Sachs Group Inc slashed growth forecasts for the “Asian Tigers” as their exposure to the world economy -- once one of their greatest strengths -- is now backfiring as global growth slows amid trade tensions.
August 16, 2019
Property
Singapore July private home sales drop 32% on year
SINGAPORE (Aug 15): Sales of private homes by developers in Singapore dived 31.2% in July from a year earlier, government data showed on Thursday.
August 15, 2019
Inequality
Making sense of data: Household income and expenditure, basic needs and inequality
When the lowest income households have higher expenditure than income, what does this imply about inequality and unmet needs? How do we put trends of mobile phone and aircon ownership in perspective? Ng Kok Hoe and Teo You Yenn offer insight into the late
August 13, 2019
Singapore economy
Singapore's ordinary folk spend faster than the rich
(Aug 5): Singapore is Asia’s Monte Carlo, a playground of the wealthy. The city-state has two casinos, an annual Formula One race, and the third-highest concentration of ultra-rich individuals after Monaco and Geneva. It’s home not just to the “Craz
August 05, 2019
Property
Singapore’s historic Raffles Hotel reopens after two-year restoration
(Aug 1): An icon of Singapore’s history has been restored and is now open again.
August 01, 2019
Property
Singapore's hot-again housing market paying dividends for DBS
(July 30): Singapore’s newly buoyant housing market is proving a boon for its biggest bank.
July 30, 2019
Healthcare
Prevention more critical as Singaporeans live longer with chronic diseases: Prudential
SINGAPORE (July 23): Eight in 10 medical practitioners say Singapore’s healthcare system should focus more on disease prevention as Singaporeans live longer and are predisposed to chronic diseases at an earlier age.
July 23, 2019