Singaporeans and Malaysians are among the most proficient English speakers in the region, a global study has found. On its eight edition, this year’s EF English Proficiency Index (EPI) took into account 1.3 million adults who are non-native English speakers, across 88 countries and regions. Singapore was ranked third internationally, making it the first Asian nation […]
Read MoreHLH Development Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of publicly listed Hong Lai Huat Group Limited, yesterday entered into a joint venture agreement with local conglomerate Royal Group of Companies to launch a mixed development project in Phnom Penh. The project, which will feature a park and a retail mall, is located in the heart of Tuol […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – New home sales platform Showsuite has successfully launched Singapore’s first fully digitalised sales booking platform, which could save hundreds of thousands of sheets of paper for developers and property agents for a single project. The digital platform allows developers’ agents to transact on their iPads “anytime and anywhere”, said Karamjit Singh, chief executive […]
Read MoreFIRMS here are gloomier about the business outlook for the six months to next March, according to official quarterly polls out on Wednesday. Sentiment has worsened in both the manufacturing and services sectors, and economy watchers said the trend could point to a slowdown next year. A net weighted balance of one per cent of […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – OCBC Bank’s digital transformation is bearing fruit with more customers transacting digitally while helping to drive costs down, said its chief executive Samuel Tsien. But OCBC will not create digital banks, nor apply for an Internet bank licence in Hong Kong, said Mr Tsien on Thursday (Nov 1) following the release of its […]
Read MoreGLOBAL trade tensions and property cooling measures in Singapore have taken their toll on fourth-quarter business sentiment in the manufacturing and services sectors, according to separate updates from the Economic Development Board (EDB) and the Department of Statistics (SingStat) on Wednesday. A net weighted balance of 3 per cent of services sector firms expects the […]
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