[SINGAPORE] Employment grew in the third quarter this year as the economy picked up slightly, even as unemployment, including long-term unemployment, crept up, according to a Manpower Ministry report on Thursday. One plausible cause is that employers are hiring more cautiously, as the number of job vacancies shrank, the report added. Total employment, excluding foreign […]
Read MoreFINANCIAL comparison platform SingSaver has secured a brokerage licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to offer insurance products from 12 providers on its platform. These providers are AXA, Allianz, FWD, HL Assurance, Ergo, MSIG, NTUC Income, Tokio Marine, Ergo, Sompo, Allied World and Etiqa TIQ. The platform will now offer instant digital comparisons […]
Read More[SINGAPORE] The gap between jobs and skills will widen as businesses transform in the digital economy, but Singapore must see this as an opportunity, said Manpower Minister Josephine Teo. “The job and the skills mismatch will not go away. In fact, we must expect it,” she said on Thursday. “If we are transforming our economy […]
Read MorePRIVATE-SECTOR economists have bumped up the forecast for Singapore’s 2019 growth by a hair’s breadth, even as they tweaked their hopes of a bright new year, a poll showed on Wednesday. Watchers now tip the gross domestic product (GDP) to expand by 0.7 per cent year on year, up from the 0.6 per cent growth that […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE: Hotel deals in Singapore are set for a record amid a surge in tourist arrivals buoyed by people wanting to avoid the protests in Hong Kong. Hospitality transaction volumes were an unprecedented S$5.7 billion ($4.2 billion) as of Nov. 30, according to preliminary figures from Colliers International Group Inc., about five times 2018 and […]
Read MoreRENTS for non-landed private homes in Singapore rose in November from the previous month, while those for HDB flats slipped, though they were both higher as compared to a year ago. Overall condo rents increased 1.2 per cent from October, and is up by 4.6 per cent year on year. However, they are still 16 […]
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