News about Singapore

PETALING JAYA (Nov 16): The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has sought approval from City Hall to convert Wisma KFC, its long-vacant office building in Kuala Lumpur into a 430-room luxury-class hotel, the Edge reported today.

Distinctively built to complement its picturesque surroundings, Park Regent is a carefully crafted luxury condominium project situated on the precious parcel next to the Central Park and Central Lake of the international award-winning township of Desa ParkCity in Kuala Lumpur.

SINGAPORE (Nov 12): Property group GSH Corporation saw its earnings more than treble to S$7.

SINGAPORE (Nov 7): At least 26 Singaporeans were injured after a wooden bridge collapsed at a hotel in Batam, Indonesia on yesterday afternoon, according to various media.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 6): The joint business arrangement between Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Malaysia Airlines Bhd is expected to take off within a year.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): Singapore has agreed to a request by Malaysia to suspend the cross-border Rapid Transit System (RTS) link by a further six months until April 30, 2020.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 30): Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAB) has inked a wide-ranging commercial agreement with Singapore Airlines (SIA) to share revenue on flights between Singapore and Malaysia, expand codeshare routes and participate in joint marketing activities to develop tourism.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 30): Ninety per cent of Malaysians are looking to emigrate for better career opportunities and work-life balance, according to Randstad’s latest survey.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 19): There could be “some positive reaction from Singaporeans” when the foreign property price threshold reduction from RM1 million to RM600,000 kicks in, a property expert told Free Malaysia Today (FMT).

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 17): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad confirms today that the government will proceed with the Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) project, but says “it will take some time”.