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Indonesian property investors would prefer to go to Singapore if they want to invest in apartments and to Australia to buy houses to be leased out, a survey has said. Profit, better guaranteed, is the main reason for investing abroad, the survey Property…
Z-Zoom (part of the Travel Blue Group) has announced that it will launch its first collection of Reading Glasses at the TFWA Asia Pacific Exhibition in May representing a significant milestone for the Travel Blue company. Z-Zoom says it identified ‘the…
Office rents in Singapore’s central business district eased 1.2 per cent to S$8.90 (Bt220) per square foot a month in the first quarter of this year, while retail rents show signs of stabilising despite challenges, a property consultancy says. Research by…
Pedestrianisation of Orchard Road is a step in the right direction, said observers, as they flagged considerations and floated suggestions for the proposal to work. “Great cities have great streets, and many of them are pedestrianised,” said urban planner…
Singtel has enhanced its digital marketing capabilities with the acquisition of marketing technology platform provider Turn. Singtel’s Amobee digital marketing arm has acquired Turn to provide the ability to offer an end-to-end advertising and data management…
Singapore’s M1has launched new cross-border digital mobile remittance supporting transfers to multiple APAC destinations. The service named M1 Remit is available to users of M1 mobile phone numbers holding valid NRIC/FIN/Work Passes in Singapore. Users of the…
Ride-hailing firm Grab Indonesia has acquired e-commerce startup Kudo for an undisclosed amount, striking its first deal since pledging to invest US$700 million in its largest market. Kudo helps consumers without bank accounts to shop online by connecting…
Supply chain optimization platforms, digital payment, and robotics and unmanned aerial solutions were amongst the inventions which took center stage at the DHL Asia Pacific Innovation Day yesterday, hosted at the DHL Asia Pacific Innovation Center in…
Star Alliance members Singapore Airlines and Ethiopian Airlines plan to expand their codeshare agreement on June 1 to also cover the daily non-stop flights of Ethiopian Airlines from Addis Ababa to Singapore, according to a statement. Under the agreement,…
Jamilah’s newly obtained skills are beyond anything most would expect from an Indonesian maid working in Singapore – she is not only a cook and a cleaner, but a website builder. Jamilah learnt programming languages such as HTML and CSS at a free, eight-week…
Louis Vuitton is to open a two storey store at Singapore’s Changi Airport – its first passenger terminal duplex in the world. The Louis Vuitton Changi store is scheduled to open in January 2018 as the centrepiece of a new garden in Terminal 3’s departure…
Supply chain and logistics innovation providers Y3 Technologies (Y3) has officially launched its new 6722 sq. ft. office space. Located in heart of Singapore’s supply chain logistics hub – Bulim Avenue, the move to the new office housed within Supply Chain…
A consortium consisting of Asian operators, Google and telecommunications infrastructure company Superloop have commissioned a new subsea able system linking Singapore, Indonesia and Australia. Singtel, Indonesia’s Indosat Ooredoo as well as Australia’s…
Singtel has emerged as the biggest spender in Singapore’s latest mobile spectrum auction, bidding nearly half of the total S$1.14 billion ($815.2 million) set to be raised. Singtel will pay S$563.7 million for 75MHz of spectrum, consisting of 40 MHz of…
Singapore Airlines is locking in its advanced Airbus A350 jet for a year-round schedule between Melbourne and Singapore starting May 11, 2017. The sleek jetliner has made a number of short-term appearances on the route, but later this year it’ll be running…
Singapore’s M1 Limited has announced plans to launch the nation’s first cloud-based virtual enhanced packet core (vEPC) network solution with Huawei. The deployment is aimed at further enhancing M1’s core network resiliency, while also enabling dynamic and…
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