Follow The Singapore Business Times, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/businesstimes Wed, 22 Sep 2021 02:07:52 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaF-xV4ZRoNuIqCY3L745TL_ WHILE travel is on hold, multi-currency wallet operator YouTrip is not standing still. The Singapore-based startup plans to expand its travel wallet into a broader digital payments app, while also entering the business-to-business (B2B) space.]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 23:50:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaF-xV4ZRoNuIqCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaGK3lVkxsKEdezdsCmHakzH SHANGHAI-BASED Keenon Robotics is turning to Singapore to kick off its international ambitions, with the help of its latest investor, SoftBank's Vision Fund 2, and the Japanese conglomerate's robotics arm.]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 23:50:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaGK3lVkxsKEdezdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaF-xV4ZRoNuIilmFkX7M1Jw MARKET watchers were mostly surprised with the outcome of Tuesday's tender closing for a white site along Marina View earmarked largely for private residences and hotel use.]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 23:50:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaF-xV4ZRoNuIilmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaF-xV4ZRoNuIuT5HJgy6HUf THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) has seen a flurry of privatisation offers this year - at a rate of more than one a month - in what market watchers say is part of a global trend amid the Covid-19 pandemic.]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 23:50:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaF-xV4ZRoNuIuT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaF-xV4ZRoNuIiejEQ2Mq9rY THE Singapore Business Federation (SBF) is launching a Singapore Women Entrepreneurs Network (SG-WEN); the latter will be Singapore's official representative at the Asean Women Entrepreneurs Network (AWEN)]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 23:50:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaF-xV4ZRoNuIiejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaGK3lVkxsKEdV1cWWor9YPv DANA Penjana Nasional - the Malaysian government's venture capital investment fund - has invested in another unicorn, Indonesian payments start-up Xendit, said Malaysia's Finance Minister Zafrul Abdul Aziz on Tuesday.]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 23:50:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaGK3lVkxsKEdV1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaGK3lVkxsKEdSejEQ2Mq9rY AS INDONESIA continues to see a downward trend in the number of new Covid-19 infections, the government is pressing on with its efforts to reopen parts of the economy, with Bali high on its list of priorities.]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 23:50:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaGK3lVkxsKEdSejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaEDt3QVdysBP-zdsCmHakzH SINGAPORE ranked second in the Asia-Pacific in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2021, losing its top spot to South Korea after holding on to the ranking for seven consecutive years.]]> Mon, 20 Sep 2021 23:50:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaEDt3QVdysBP-zdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaEDt3QVdysBP3n9ye8UNv30 THE Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is nervous about a "bubble" in funds that specialise in environment social and governance (ESG) stocks and bonds.]]> Mon, 20 Sep 2021 23:50:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaEDt3QVdysBP3n9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaGs4s5lHLjmxiejEQ2Mq9rY EVEN before investors can enjoy any reprieve from an escalating liquidity crisis at developer China Evergrande, Hong Kong property stocks plunged to their lowest in five years on fears that China's regulatory tentacles may soon be felt in the special administrative region as Beijing seeks to address the stratospheric housing prices it blames for the 2019 social unrest.]]> Mon, 20 Sep 2021 23:50:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaGs4s5lHLjmxiejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaEDt3QVdysBPyejEQ2Mq9rY WITH more than 52 million students, five million teachers and 560,000 schools, Indonesia's education system ranks as the fourth largest in the world.]]> Mon, 20 Sep 2021 23:50:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaEDt3QVdysBPyejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaEdEQpANIjzhKCY3L745TL_ THE Singapore government does not want housing in prime locations to be restricted only to the affluent. It seeks to avoid having racially and socioeconomically segregated neighbourhoods, which would weaken social cohesion and community bonds.]]> Mon, 20 Sep 2021 23:50:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaEdEQpANIjzhKCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaEdEQpANIjzhClmFkX7M1Jw THE prospect of the Singapore Airshow resuming next year is still up in the air, even as the Republic is hoping to stage the biennial aviation event that was last held in 2020, said Minister for Transport S Iswaran.]]> Mon, 20 Sep 2021 23:50:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaEdEQpANIjzhClmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaEdEQpANIjzhJs0ohxaO6Yr THE ongoing shake-up in China's real estate sector levels the playing field and could throw up interesting opportunities for foreign property players such as CapitaLand, said group chief executive of CapitaLand Investment (CLI) Lee Chee Koon.]]> Mon, 20 Sep 2021 23:50:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaEdEQpANIjzhJs0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaEdEQpANIjzhF1cWWor9YPv THE Ministry of Manpower (MOM) will extend the waiver of foreign worker levies for all S Pass and work permit holders, including migrant domestic workers, for the duration of their stay-home notice (SHN) until December this year.]]> Mon, 20 Sep 2021 23:50:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaEdEQpANIjzhF1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaGD9oqfan-SvyejEQ2Mq9rY HONGKONG-LISTED Far East Consortium International Limited (FEC) announced on Friday night that it has entered into a sale and purchase agreement to sell 21 Anderson, a 10-storey freehold condominium block of 34 units, for S$213 million.]]> Sun, 19 Sep 2021 23:50:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaGD9oqfan-SvyejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaGD9oqfan-Sv6CY3L745TL_ SPECIAL purpose acquisition companies or SPACs could find their way onto the Singapore Exchange (SGX) mainboard as early as this year, and several local private companies have told The Business Times that they are open to the possibility of merging with SGX-listed SPACs to go public.]]> Sun, 19 Sep 2021 23:50:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaGD9oqfan-Sv6CY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaGD9oqfan-Sv5VjH6qdYdAk THE ongoing semiconductor shortage may be putting the brakes on car production around the world, but many in the motor trade in Singapore say that business is only minimally affected for now.]]> Sun, 19 Sep 2021 23:50:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaGD9oqfan-Sv5VjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaGSQAYahLyfi5s0ohxaO6Yr AS THE war for tech talent in South-east Asia intensifies, startups are starting to implement employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) at earlier stages as a way of retaining staff. The phenomenon has spurred the emergence of a new pocket industry in corporate services - including the management of such equity plans - for startups.]]> Sun, 19 Sep 2021 23:50:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaGSQAYahLyfi5s0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaGD9oqfan-SvylmFkX7M1Jw THE big initiatives unveiled last week to steer innovative growth-oriented companies towards going public in Singapore were a clear admission by the government that the local market is indeed struggling to attract high quality listing aspirants.]]> Sun, 19 Sep 2021 23:50:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaGD9oqfan-SvylmFkX7M1Jw