News about Singapore

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 29): Selangor Dredging Bhd (SDB) will be unveiling a high-rise development in Singapore called Myra by the end of this year, said SDB managing director Teh Lip Kim during the company’s virtual annual general meeting today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 25): Singapore-listed Starhill Global REIT is exercising financial prudence amid the headwinds arising from the Covid-19 pandemic by delaying non-essential capital expenditure and implementing cost-savings measures.

In diversifying their property investment portfolios, Singapore has been one of the top choices for Malaysian investors for its proximity and robust economic growth.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 23): Malaysia-based coworking space operator WORQ has secured RM10 million in funding from seven follow-on investors that include the Singapore independent fund management company Phillip Capital Management.

SINGAPORE (Sept 14): An elderly woman whose rubbish bins were pushed away from her home during Chinese New Year thought that a visitor had done this.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 11): Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group announced yesterday that about 2,400 SIA staff will be affected by job cuts owing to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

SINGAPORE (Aug 25): The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) has ordered that work be stopped at 13 out of 20 worksites linked to a Covid-19 resurgence at Sungei Tengah Lodge dormitory, Straits Time Singapore reported today.

PETALING JAYA (Aug 22): Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) president Abdul Halim Mansor wants the government to “enforce a ratio of locals to foreigners that’s 10-1” in the work force, FMT reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 12): The residential project Avenue South Residences in Singapore will boast the tallest prefabricated buildings in the world and Malaysia’s claim to fame will be that their “modules” are made in a factory in Senai, Johor.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 5): The Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday said it is “pioneering Asia’s first international real estate investment trust (REIT) futures” based on indices tracking REITs listed in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Thailand, reported The Edge Singapore.