Singapore, China ink deals on trade, Belt and Road projects
BEIJING, Apr 29, 2019, The Straits Times. Singapore and China signed five agreements on Monday…
Singapore
Singapore is an economy of 5.6 million people and a founding member of APEC. When the forum was founded in 1989, Singapore’s real GDP was USD 61 billion, while its real per capita GDP was USD 21,000. By 2016, Singapore’s GDP grew fivefold at USD 295 billion, and its per capita GDP more than doubled at USD 53,000.
Upgrade of the Penang Airport will be led by the Singaporean consortium
GEORGE TOWN, Apr 29, 2019, FMT. The long-awaited expansion and upgrade of the Penang International…
PM Lee Hsien Loong suggests ways for Belt and Road Initiative to maximise long-term benefits
BEIJING, Apr 28, 2019, The Straits Times. China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a…
Grab takes strategic stake in Ninja Van
SINGAPORE, Apr 25, 2019, The Business Times. RIDE-hailing unicorn Grab has made a strategic investment…
Singapore’s finance minister Heng named deputy PM
SINGAPORE, Apr 23, 2019, Reuters. Singapore Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat was promoted to deputy…
Foreigners leaving Singapore no longer need passports stamped from April 22
SINGAPORE, Apr 17, 2019, The Straits Times. Foreigners leaving Singapore will no longer need to…
[Analytics] Will Changi Airport’s Jewel draw international and Indian visitors?
The big news at Singapore’s Changi Airport this week was not that debt-laden Jet Airways…
[Analytics] Industry’s bright spark: Adding bite to additive manufacturing
Singapore is a leading adopter of the technology in R&D, yet lags behind in industrial…
[Analytics] Making sense of sub-regionalism and regionalism in Southeast Asia
How to make sense of the varied relationships between sub-regional projects and the larger Southeast…
Singapore tops list of world maritime capitals for fourth consecutive time
SINGAPORE, Apr 10, 2019, The Straits Times. Singapore has again clinched the top spot in…
[Analytics] Chinese tourists win, poor Cambodians lose with US$4 billion Hong Kong-backed casino in Phnom Penh
Tenants turfed out of Phnom Penh’s iconic low-income housing block, the White Building, were told…
Singapore, Malaysia to start talks on maritime boundary delimitation within a month
PUTRAJAYA, Apr 9, 2019, The Straits Times. Singapore and Malaysia will begin negotiations to delimit…