IF YOU were to order a can of Coke on a remote holiday island in the Philippines at midday, chances are it won’t be cold. With no central source of electricity, most food and retail establishments on such off-grid islands run on portable diesel generators, which are switched on for a mere four hours a […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE banks are bracing for a slowdown in the home loan space in the coming years given the latest property cooling measures, but note that most of the current mortgage book should stay intact for the rest of this year. The chill over the property market comes alongside a new form of “cold war” amid […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE: Malaysia’s new government has called into question the future of multibillion-dollar rail projects since Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad took power in May. Now it appears to be ready to proceed with at least one. The Malaysian cabinet has given in-principle approval for a rail project linking Johor Baru in the southernmost tip of the […]
Read MoreSELF-CHECKOUT counters across 88 stores, a refreshed e-commerce platform, and an automated storage and retrieval system manned by robots. Armed with a slew of digital initiatives, supermarket chain NTUC FairPrice is on a mission to “make data and technology key partners of the business”, said FairPrice’s managing director of digital and technology Johnny Wong. But […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore were the top exporters by revenue in the Asia-Pacific last year, according to a study commissioned by FedEx Express. SMEs here generated an average annual exporting revenue of US$1.75 million (S$2.38 million), ahead of the US$1.21 million average recorded across countries in the Asia-Pacific. With regard […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE: A big drag on Singapore’s growth in recent years, the embattled offshore and marine industry, has broken a three-year losing streak. Yet industry executives aren’t betting on a return to the glory days anytime soon. The industry, along with a top-class finance sector, has been a key pillar of Singapore’s economic transformation into a […]
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