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Singapore Land group GM Vito Koh quits
Posted on 9 Mar 2010 at 2:30 pm
SINGAPORE Land group general manager Vito Koh Leong Huat will leave his post from end-May to pursue his personal interests.
Lian Beng wins $144m condo contractPosted on 9 Mar 2010 at 2:30 pm
LIAN Beng Group has bagged a $144 million building contract for a condominium development at Dakota Crescent.
OSIM to triple stores in China over 5 yearsPosted on 9 Mar 2010 at 2:30 pm
OSIM International Ltd, Asia's biggest maker of massage chairs outside Japan, will add as many as 80 stores annually in China over the next three to five yea...
Rules on short selling must be calibratedPosted on 9 Mar 2010 at 2:30 pm
SHORT-SELLING, or the selling of stock not owned with a view to buying back later after prices have fallen, has suddenly sprung into regulatory focus in many...
Judge orders Airocean trio to answer chargesPosted on 9 Mar 2010 at 2:30 pm
THE subordinate court said yesterday that it is satisfied that the prosecution's evidence has established grounds for charges against three former directors ...
Del Monte unveils overhaul movePosted on 9 Mar 2010 at 2:30 pm
PINEAPPLE plantation group Del Monte Pacific Limited (DMPL) has embarked on a major move to streamline and update its operations.
JurTech gets extension of time, staves off delistingPosted on 9 Mar 2010 at 2:30 pm
JURONG Technologies Industrial Corp (JurTech) has managed to stave off an impending delisting from the stock exchange - scoring an extension of time for it t...
UPP's slow shuffle to Peter Lim's tunePosted on 9 Mar 2010 at 2:30 pm
STOCK prices used to dance to the tune of ex-remisier king Peter Lim's moves in the past, but his latest corporate move received a muted response in the market.
Ex-staff of Deutsche Bank planning hedge fundPosted on 9 Mar 2010 at 2:30 pm
(HONG KONG) The ex-Asia head of Deutsche Bank AG's Saba proprietary trading desk is planning a hedge fund seeking to profit from mispricing of securities in ...
Yong Xin shares dive on news of CEO's deathPosted on 9 Mar 2010 at 2:30 pm
THE sudden death of Yong Xin International Holdings' executive chairman and chief executive officer Pu Dexing, described as a brilliant entrepreneur, sent th...
Avoiding maps of contention
Posted on 9 Mar 2010 at 2:30 pm
MUTUAL insurer International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) says there has been an increase in the number of professional indemnity claims made against professional service providers who are its members.
Asia holds the key to future of shipping marketsPosted on 9 Mar 2010 at 2:30 pm
IN these days of electronic communication, shipping very much stands out as a business where personal relationships and face-to-face contact remain extremely important. This is not to say that email, instant messaging and the like are not popular in shipping, as they surely are, but the personal one-to-one interaction is still king.
Array of ship protection devices crops upPosted on 9 Mar 2010 at 2:30 pm
(NAIROBI) Somali pirates raked in an estimated US$60 million in 2009 but the Indian Ocean's ransom hunters have also spurred a much larger industry of ship protection devices.
Mid-East VLCC surplus halvesPosted on 9 Mar 2010 at 2:30 pm
(LONDON) The supply of supertankers competing for two million barrel shipments of Middle East crude more than halved as demand gained and owners sent empty vessels to West Africa for higher returns.
IE Singapore touts Busan port as N-E Asia hubPosted on 9 Mar 2010 at 2:30 pm
SINGAPORE companies keen to get into the North- east Asian market and that want a good base to hub from were given an introduction to the advantages that South Korea's Port of Busan can offer at a seminar organised by IE Singapore yesterday.
HDB releases Hougang residential site for condo devt
Posted on 9 Mar 2010 at 2:30 pm
THE Housing & Development Board (HDB) yesterday released a residential site at Hougang Avenue 7 for application by interested developers.
How SMEs can get that bank loanPosted on 9 Mar 2010 at 2:30 pm
SMALL and medium enterprises (SMEs) that want to borrow from banks must show they are committed to their core business and have day-to-day control over it, a banker says.
Elector list exhibition endsPosted on 9 Mar 2010 at 2:30 pm
Concerns over brain drain and worker training
Posted on 9 Mar 2010 at 2:30 pm
ONE of the concerns raised at the Enterprise 50 Executive Briefing yesterday is the issue that the growing focus on employee training could lead to a further brain drain of local talent, who could be poached by other competitors in regional economies after Singapore invests in their training.
What the beasts can teach us about family bondsPosted on 9 Mar 2010 at 2:30 pm
HEALTH Minister Khaw Boon Wan peppered his first speech yesterday with touching stories on animal observation and the recent passing of the people he knew.
Ministry beefing up healthcare manpower for ageing populacePosted on 9 Mar 2010 at 2:30 pm
THE Ministry of Health will be spending significant resources on expanding and strengthening healthcare manpower, in anticipation of a growing and ageing population, according to Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan.
MOH to raise medisave withdrawal limitsPosted on 9 Mar 2010 at 2:30 pm
MEDISAVE withdrawal limits will be raised to make it easier for patients to adjust to community care - both in the hospital and rehabilitation setting.
SIT to start courses earlier, in AugustPosted on 9 Mar 2010 at 2:30 pm
THE Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) will launch courses this August - a year ahead of schedule - with an initial 500 places for polytechnic graduates upgrading to industry-relevant degrees.
Brokers' Take
Posted on 9 Mar 2010 at 2:30 pm
KEPLAND's positioning in superior prime offices and township developments in China forms its strongest value proposition.
HK bourse strategic plan a wake-up call for SGXPosted on 9 Mar 2010 at 2:30 pm
WITH reference to the Hock Lock Siew column, 'SGX can't trade on the status quo' (BT, March 9), I couldn't agree more with the writer Wong Wei Kong.
Why did Pru prefer HK?Posted on 9 Mar 2010 at 2:30 pm
I REFER to your column, 'SGX can't trade on the status quo' (BT, March 9), which compares the Hong Kong stock exchange (HKEx) with the Singapore Exchange (SGX), and in particular the number and value of IPOs launched last year with the former having more in both number and value.
Paying lawyers what they're worthPosted on 9 Mar 2010 at 2:30 pm
LAW firms in Singapore are becoming increasingly concerned about the liberalisation in the market and the changes that may bring about in terms of both competition for clients and competition for talent.
Wall St economists divided on futurePosted on 9 Mar 2010 at 2:30 pm
IF YOU'RE confused about the outlook for the US economy and stocks one year after the market hit bottom, then you've got good company - the Wall Street economists and strategists who are supposed to have this all figured out. Rarely have the experts seemed so divided about the future.
Beijing must lower Taipei's sense of vulnerabilityPosted on 9 Mar 2010 at 2:30 pm
CHINA'S Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has denied that his country is being unnecessarily 'tough' with the United States, insisting that it is Washington that has damaged bilateral ties by selling arms to Taiwan and by receiving the Dalai Lama.
Boosting citizen safety with a smarter planetPosted on 9 Mar 2010 at 2:30 pm
DID you know the Singapore Police Force (SPF) is on Facebook? Since April 2009, if you've missed an episode of Crime Watch, you can catch it on this official SPF site with a mere click on a video link.
Hatoyama deserves more timePosted on 9 Mar 2010 at 2:30 pm
JAPAN'S hapless government is being pilloried almost daily and from many different quarters for alleged 'weakness and indecision' after only six months in office.
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