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Hong Kong's Strata CRE Scenario - Growing on Shifting Sands

Hong Kong's Strata CRE Scenario - Growing on Shifting Sands

Hong Kong real estate market is among the most expensive in the world and the market operates quite differently compared to rest of the world.

ABB to supply charging infrastructure for VDL’s autonomous e-vehicle fleet at Singapore port

ABB to supply charging infrastructure for VDL’s autonomous e-vehicle fleet at Singapore port

In a recent announcement, Switzerland-based multinational corporation ABB has revealed that it has received a new order pertaining to the supply of charging infrastructure for a fleet of autonomous

Singapore shares surge 3.8 per cent

 Singapore shares surge 3.8 per cent Singapor

Singapore elevates flu alert level from yellow to orange

Singapore elevates flu alert level from yellow to orange Singapore - Singapore raised its flu alert level from yellow to orange and further stepped up infection control measures, although no cases of human swine flu have been confirmed in the city state so far, the Ministry of Health said in a statement Thursday.

The heightened alert came after the World Health Organisation raised the pandemic alert from phase 4 to 5.

Singapore's unemployment rate jumps to 3.2 per cent in March

Singapore's unemployment rate jumps to 3.2 per cent in MarchSingapore - Singapore's unemployment rate jumped to 3.2 per cent in March, up from 2.5 per cent in December, preliminary figures released Thursday by the Ministry of Manpower showed.

The city state battles its worst recession since independence from Malaysia in 1965.

About 95,600 Singaporeans were unemployed in March, a sharp increase from 71,800 in December.

Worst might be over for Singapore's economy, central bank says

SingaporeSingapore - The worst might be over for Singapore's economy, but a decisive rebound from recession is not in sight for 2009, the city-state's central bank said Wednesday. "With the current world economic downturn likely to be a prolonged one, Singapore's climb out of recession will be slow and gradual," the Monetary Authority said in a macroeconomic review.

The most intense phase of this downturn for Singapore might have already occurred, it said.

"Nonetheless, the domestic economy is not expected to stage a decisive rebound this year," the central bank said.

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