[ad_1] TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s abrupt decision to partially pause a domestic travel campaign amid mounting COVID-19 cases, after insisting it would go ahead, appears to cost him support and may cloud his chances of a term long-term. Suga, who took the top job in September after Shinzo …
Read More »Singapore Needs To Manage Risks, Not Eliminate Them, By Reopening For Travel: Chan Chun Sing
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore needs to manage risks, not eliminate them completely, as the country prepares to reopen for travel, Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing said on Wednesday (November 25). “Isolating ourselves from the world is not an option,” Chan said in a speech at the TravelRevive fair. “Singapore …
Read More »Singapore pressures Digibanks in the face of US and China crackdown
[ad_1] Singapore’s financial regulator will stick with its plans to grant digital banking licenses before the end of the year, undaunted by increased scrutiny in China and the United States that is hitting major Chinese applicants. “The regulatory tightening that is happening in China will not have an impact on …
Read More »Sea’s Forrest Li Credits Singapore Entrepreneur of the Year, Government and Economy
[ad_1] Wed, Nov 25, 2020 – 5:50 am Singapore There is a stereotype that business leaders come to Singapore only after they are successful. But Forrest Li, head of Internet giant Sea, emphasizes that this is not his story. The 43-year-old businessman was named Entrepreneur of the Year at the …
Read More »Actions to watch: UOB, Singapore Airlines, ST Engineering, Cromwell E-Reit, Stocks
[ad_1] Wed, Nov 25, 2020 – 8:51 AM M. THE following companies saw new developments that may affect their securities trading on Wednesday: UOB: The bank said Wednesday that it has priced one billion euros (S $ 1.6 billion) of seven-year covered bonds at 0.01 percent. The bonds will be …
Read More »MAS presents a grant scheme to support green and sustainability-linked loans
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Businesses and banks will soon receive more support to obtain and develop green and sustainable financing under a new scheme from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The Green and Linked to Sustainability (GSLS) Grant Program, announced on Tuesday (November 24), will go into effect on January 1 …
Read More »Smelling of blood, Huawei’s Chinese mobile rivals seek to capitalize on their woes in the US
[ad_1] Rival Chinese phones from Huawei Technologies, including Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo, are taking aggressive steps to seize market share from their giant rival, after intensified US sanctions hampered Huawei’s supply chains, say experts from the firm. industry. Last week, Huawei said it had sold its Honor budget-brand smartphone unit …
Read More »Strong rebound in 2021 will not bring economy to pre-Covid levels: ITN, government and economy
[ad_1] Tue, November 24, 2020 – 5:50 am Singapore Singapore’s economy is leaning to recover sharply next year, on the low base of the ongoing recession. But even with Covid-19 vaccines on the horizon, politicians and lawmakers here have nullified hopes for a miracle cure, as global uncertainty related to …
Read More »Canadian officer in Huawei’s CFO arrest says he did not ask for phone keys
[ad_1] Deal A Canadian police officer involved in the arrest of Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanzhou two years ago in an extradition case from the United States, testified Monday that he did not plan to obtain his mobile phone passwords or register his devices. electronic Huawei Technologies CFO Meng Wanzhou leaves …
Read More »Over 12,000 jobs available in S’pore’s ICT sector; 95 percent of them for PMETs, Jobs News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – More than 12,000 jobs are offered in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector, and most of them, about 95 percent, for professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMET) . This is after some 7,190 people were placed in jobs, internships and training positions in the ICT sector …
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