News about Singapore

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 21): Owing to a surge of Covid-19 cases in recent weeks in Malaysia and Japan, Singapore has decided to tighten its border measures.

SINGAPORE (Nov 19): Zurich and Paris have displaced Singapore and Osaka as the world’s most expensive cities after the Covid-19 reshuffle of the global ranking, said a CNBC report.

JOHOR BAHRU (Nov 17): A lot of Malaysians working in Singapore are reconciled to the fact they will not be able to return home until the Covid-19 pandemic is over.

SINGAPORE (Nov 11): Selangor Dredging Bhd (SDB) has recently unveiled its latest project Myra in District 13, Potong Pasir, Singapore.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 30): Robinsons, the retailer that has been in business for more than 160 years, is shutting all remaining stores in Malaysia and Singapore for good as it falls victim to the Covid-19 pandemic which has sharply reduced consumer demand.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 27): Penang-based developer Aspen (Group) Holdings is planning to upgrade its listing from Catalist to the Singapore Mainboard, reported The Edge Singapore yesterday.

SINGAPORE (Oct 15): Mediacorp yesterday put the site of its former broadcast hub, Caldecott Broadcast Centre (pictured), on Andrew Road on the market at a guide price of S$260 million (RM795 million), according to CBRE and Showsuite Consultancy, which are jointly marketing the property.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 7): The Singapore government will introduce a “one-off additional support for newborns” to “encourage” couples who are postponing parenthood owing to the challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, Channel News Asia (CNA) reported on Monday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 29): Selangor Dredging Bhd (SDB) will be unveiling a high-rise development in Singapore called Myra by the end of this year, said SDB managing director Teh Lip Kim during the company’s virtual annual general meeting today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 25): Singapore-listed Starhill Global REIT is exercising financial prudence amid the headwinds arising from the Covid-19 pandemic by delaying non-essential capital expenditure and implementing cost-savings measures.