News about Singapore

SINGAPORE (Aug 11): Co-working operator WeWork has launched an initiative to support start-ups here, gathering an entrepreneurial community that operates from its offices and encouraging resource-sharing among the start-ups.

SINGAPORE (Aug 4): The Standard hotel (pictured) is set to open in Singapore in 2023, along Orange Grove Road and opposite Shangri-La Singapore.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 2): Maybank Singapore Ltd has filed a suit against National Feedlot Corp Sdn Bhd (NFC) chairman Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Salleh Ismail and his two children for defaulting on two housing loan facilities for properties in Singapore.

SINGAPORE (August 2): Following URA’s announcement on July 30 that GuocoLand had been awarded the 99-year leasehold site at Lentor Central with a bid of $784.

SINGAPORE (July 30): Chinese video-sharing app TikTok's newly-minted CEO Chew Shou Zi could be in the early stage of buying a property in the Queen Astrid Park Good Class Bungalow (GCB) Area (pictured) for S$86 million (RM269 million) or S$2,700 psf based on land area, reported the Business Times today.

SINGAPORE (July 26): Guocoland has placed an offer of more than S$784 million (about RM2.

SINGAPORE (July 24): Data from the island republic has revealed that vaccines are highly effective in preventing severe sickness among those infected by the Covid-19 virus, Reuters reported today.

SINGAPORE (July 23): Singapore’s residential market climbed 96.

SINGAPORE (July 23): Recent market deals have seen increasing buying interest from ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNI) for good class bungalow (GCB) deals in Singapore.

SINGAPORE (July 19): Singapore’s health ministry advised unvaccinated individuals, especially the elderly, to stay at home over the next few weeks, in view of the increasing number of daily new cases, reported Reuters.