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Canada’s Manulife Financial Corp is looking to revive a plan to list a real estate investment trust in Singapore this year after an initial public offering (IPO) was shelved last year due to poor market conditions. “We’d very much like to bring it back,”…
Reading the annual report of a company is a great way to learn more about it. I had recently read through the latest annual report from Singapore Press Holdings Limited, a leading media organization in Singapore. There are several important things I had…
Singapore and London can use more “buzz” to promote their technology ecosystems to the world – though each is already an innovation and finance hub in its own right, said Eileen Burbidge, the UK government’s first Special Envoy for FinTech, and venture…
Malaysia-listed DRB-Hicom and minority partner investors are selling at property at Little India which will be converted into a mixed use development including a multi-storey shopping centre. The property, previously named Tekka Mall and now known as The…
The National Parks Board (NParks) collected a lot more rent in its last financial year, ending March 2015, with rental income surging by 48 per cent, or about $2.6 million. It had a new museum tenant in Fort Canning Park, as well as two fairly new retail…
One in three millennials in Asia are eating at fine dining restaurants at least once a month – more often than those aged over 30. The surprise finding is one of a list of revelations uncovered by a MasterCard survey of Asian dining trends away from home. It…
With the advent of e-commerce and online shops selling anything you could ever think about buying, some fear for the safety of the shopping malls that have made Singapore the shopping haven that it is famous for. There have been a number of cities where…
Have you walked down our Garden City’s famous shopping belt, Orchard Road, recently? I was not expecting to see the sheer number of people I did on Orchard Road when I was there recently. The amount of foot-traffic on this famous road seems to move only in…
British luxury jewellery brand, Monica Vinader has opened the doors to its first Singapore boutique. The Monica Vinader Singapore store is located inside the Ion Orchard shopping centre on Orchard Rd. “I am delighted to be opening our first store in…
The Singapore Michelin Guide will be launched next year. The confirmation of a Singapore Michelin Guide as early as next year topped what has been an exciting 2015 for a nation of food lovers. Local fare has never been more openly celebrated, both here and…
Mr Churro Singapore opens officially at Ion Orchard shopping mall today, (December 18). Churros are a fried-dough pastry based snack, usually sweet, popular in Spain, France, the Philippines, Portugal and the Southwestern US. In Spain, churros can either be…
An aunt from my husband’s side, he’s not Singaporean, came to visit Singapore recently. She took her cohort of grandchildren to Universal Studios last week. They spent a weekend sightseeing, eating and — of course — shopping which included a stroll down…
Dover Street Market is coming to Singapore. Founder Rei Kawakubo is opening another retail space in Southeast Asia next year. The new store will be its fifth location following New York, Beijing, Tokyo, and London, where it first began as a shop front for…
Honestbee, the fast-growing on-demand grocery concierge and delivery service company founded in Singapore just last July, has launched its service in Japan. The first Japan stop of many to come, visiting tourists can now enjoy the convenience of grocery…
Japanese fast fashion brand Miniso has opened new flagship stores in Singapore and Dubai as it works on a global rollout. Miniso, founded by designer Miyake Jyunya and partner Ye Guofu, advocates the philosophy of ‘simple, natural and quality life and brand…
If you’re presently working in the retail line in Singapore, you can expect a greater boost in your salary next year. According to new findings by global professional services firm Towers Watson, retail employees are on track for a 4.5 per cent pay increase…
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