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 Sat, 09 Dec 2023 21:17:59 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaG6grhsZHzd4OT5HJgy6HUf BANYAN Tree will go separate ways with the subsidiaries of China’s second-largest developer by sales, China Vanke, with both parties buying out each other’s stakes in their joint ventures (JVs).]]> Fri, 08 Dec 2023 18:14:40 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaG6grhsZHzd4OT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaFIsRGBm5FIh8b1naedg1wr SINGAPORE’S integrated real estate and healthcare company Perennial Holdings has launched its eldercare, medical and hotel brands in its S$1 billion, first “one-stop” healthcare-centric transit-oriented development in Tianjin.]]> Fri, 08 Dec 2023 15:15:29 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaFIsRGBm5FIh8b1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaG57cE6Kf4VO11cWWor9YPv CAPITALAND Investment expects to report a “significant” decrease in net profit for FY2023 compared to last year.]]> Fri, 08 Dec 2023 12:49:55 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaG57cE6Kf4VO11cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaHnGB1rGSNtTXn9ye8UNv30 Stories you might have missed]]> Fri, 08 Dec 2023 12:30:04 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaHnGB1rGSNtTXn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaGhel7CwTZJWOzdsCmHakzH CHINA will spur domestic demand and consolidate and enhance the economic recovery in 2024, the Politburo, a top decision-making body of the ruling Communist Party, was quoted by state media as saying on Friday (Dec 8).]]> Fri, 08 Dec 2023 11:02:32 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaGhel7CwTZJWOzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaGhel7CwTZJWF1cWWor9YPv COVID-19 infections and hospitalisations are increasing, putting a strain on hospitals here.]]> Fri, 08 Dec 2023 10:59:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaGhel7CwTZJWF1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaGhel7CwTZJWKCY3L745TL_ SINGAPORE’S Ministry of Health (MOH) is working closely with Cordlife to address the cord blood banking company’s shortcomings, said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on Friday (Dec 8).]]> Fri, 08 Dec 2023 10:42:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaGhel7CwTZJWKCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaFvbtpfRBhB55VjH6qdYdAk [HO CHI MINH CITY] Sam Altman, the chief executive officer of US artificial intelligence giant OpenAI, said it will take “a little while” for ChatGPT to adapt to the diverse needs of different countries, cultures and languages.]]> Fri, 08 Dec 2023 06:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaFvbtpfRBhB55VjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaFaI7zeuKc3b6CY3L745TL_ CATALIST-LISTED 3Cnergy on Thursday (Dec 7) said it will seek shareholders’ approval at an extraordinary general meeting on Dec 26, for its reverse takeover (RTO) deal involving UK hospitality player DTP Infinities.]]> Fri, 08 Dec 2023 03:32:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaFaI7zeuKc3b6CY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaHUxlZO64BIll1cWWor9YPv MANY home owners with mortgages pegged to the Singapore Interbank Offered Rate (Sibor) have switched to alternative loan packages, but far more are resisting the move despite the clock ticking for such loans.]]> Fri, 08 Dec 2023 03:14:38 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaHUxlZO64BIll1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaHUxlZO64BIlnn9ye8UNv30 SOME pharmacies and stores have run out of antigen rapid test (ART) kits in the wake of rising Covid-19 cases here.]]> Fri, 08 Dec 2023 03:05:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaHUxlZO64BIlnn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaGs3tI_zDYuMCejEQ2Mq9rY CORDLIFE Group’s storage of cord blood units at its facility in Singapore “will not” be impacted by the indefinite suspension of accreditation by the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy, the consumer healthcare company said.]]> Thu, 07 Dec 2023 19:12:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaGs3tI_zDYuMCejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaFrt1Ci5rbTvqCY3L745TL_ SINGAPORE’s two oldest Teochew associations have “entered into an amicable global settlement agreement” over redevelopment plans for the historic Teochew Building, bringing an end to a feud that surfaced in 2017.]]> Thu, 07 Dec 2023 13:23:15 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaFrt1Ci5rbTvqCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaF2Jv1bvDjSv-T5HJgy6HUf LAOS Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Saleumxay Kommasith was in Singapore on Thursday (Dec 7) to share more about his country’s priorities as it gears up to chair the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in January.]]> Thu, 07 Dec 2023 12:50:49 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaF2Jv1bvDjSv-T5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaHav6NJNMg2W5s0ohxaO6Yr Stories you might have missed]]> Thu, 07 Dec 2023 12:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaHav6NJNMg2W5s0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaFMLaZY7ti8LiejEQ2Mq9rY THE latest Singapore six-month Treasury bill (T-bill) is offering a cut-off yield of 3.74 per cent, according to auction results released on Thursday (Dec 7).]]> Thu, 07 Dec 2023 11:23:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaFMLaZY7ti8LiejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaFMLaZY7ti8LpVjH6qdYdAk [BEIJING] Amid global economic headwinds and geopolitical uncertainty, Singapore and China must keep strengthening cooperation in both “traditional” areas such as trade and investment, and emerging areas such as digital and green economies, said Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Thursday (Dec 7).]]> Thu, 07 Dec 2023 10:32:54 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaFMLaZY7ti8LpVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaGN3c3-P5XWsJVjH6qdYdAk [BEIJING] Singapore and China are enhancing the China-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (CSFTA) with more business-friendly and transparent rules, to deepen bilateral trade and investment links.]]> Thu, 07 Dec 2023 09:39:54 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaGN3c3-P5XWsJVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaHn8gnqkkStg11cWWor9YPv THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is seeking feedback on a set of changes to the policy owners’ protection (PPF) scheme to enhance coverage and improve efficiency of the policies through a consultation paper published on Thursday (Dec 7).]]> Thu, 07 Dec 2023 09:00:01 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaHn8gnqkkStg11cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaFSGjaZwI6D-ezdsCmHakzH RESALE prices of Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats inched up 0.4 per cent in November from the prior month, and rose 5.4 per cent year on year, based on flash data from SRX and 99.co released on Thursday (Dec 7).]]> Thu, 07 Dec 2023 05:20:20 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Cel-KH5KkaFSGjaZwI6D-ezdsCmHakzH