2015年4月30日 星期四

2015-05-01 Singapore Business


Channel News Asia
   
More than 500 Bukit Batok residents get timely aid   
TODAYonline
SINGAPORE — Since the Social Service Office (SSO) in Bukit Batok opened last December, it has provided 515 residents with social assistance, including financial, medical and employment help. The SSO, the 18th across the island, was officially launched ...

Social Service Office launched in Bukit Batok   Channel News Asia
Bukit Batok residents get help more easily with new social service office   The Straits Times

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Channel News Asia
   
NTU cancels two community project trips to Nepal after deadly quake   
Channel News Asia
The trips were originally planned for mid-May to June and would see about 190 NTU students take part in refurbishing and expansion works in two Nepalese schools, the varsity says. PHOTOS. People look at a rescue site while standing on the wreckage of ...

ST Engineering and NTU Singapore launch lab for advanced robotics and ...   Phys.Org
New $53 million laboratory for robotics and autonomous systems launched at NTU   The Straits Times
EVA electric taxi coming to Singapore (w/images)   ecomento.com
THE BUSINESS TIMES   
Asian Scientist Magazine   
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Channel News Asia
   
SMRT's Q4 profit up 23% at S$20.8 million   
TODAYonline
SINGAPORE - Transport operator SMRT Corp reported today (April 30) a 23 per cent rise in fiscal fourth-quarter net profit, helped by a jump in non-fare income and a turnaround in its bus operations. SMRT, Singapore's main subway operator, earned S$20.8 ...

SMRT Q4 net profit up 23%   Channel News Asia

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The Straits Times
   
Family had failed repeatedly to clear pest-infested flat   
The Straits Times
Mr Lim Chin Ting, 74, with a bag of cockroach remains and rubbish from his Eunos Crescent flat. His wife, Madam Soh Siew Zhen, has a compulsive hoarding habit, leading to a cluttered flat overrun by cockroaches and flies. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM.

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AsiaOne
   
Another new accelerator looking to groom S-E Asian tech startups   
AsiaOne
SINGAPORE - An accelerator that is looking to attract and groom tech startups and which has the backing of Australia-listed telco Telstra was launched on Wednesday, becoming at least the fifth accelerator to debut in Singapore this month. A Telstra ...

Telstra's muru-D Startup Accelerator Goes to Singapore   PCC Mobile Broadband
Telstra brings muru-D start-up accelerator to Singapore   Courier Mail
Southeast Asian startups targeted in Telstra accelerator program   ZDNet
The Australian Financial Review   
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The Straits Times
   
UOB's Q1 profit up 1.6% at S$801m   
TODAYonline
SINGAPORE — United Overseas Bank (UOB) yesterday reported a 1.6 per cent rise in first-quarter profit, as it made more loans and enjoyed higher margins. For the three months ended March 31, UOB achieved a net profit of S$801 million, up from S$788 ...

UOB gets nod to set up Yangon branch   The Straits Times
UOB to open Yangon branch in May   THE BUSINESS TIMES
Net earnings of Singapore's UOB up 1.6 pct in Q1   GlobalPost
The Motley Fool Singapore   
Reuters   
Channel News Asia   
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Wall Street Journal
   
HOME: Eliminate wage discrimination by nationality and give domestic work its ...   
The Online Citizen
We congratulate Mr Peter Seah as the new National Wages Council (NWC) chairperson. The Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (HOME) would like to take the opportunity to express and reiterate our organization's stand as feedback to ...

In Labor vs. Capital, Workers Gain a Slight Edge   Wall Street Journal
Latin America: Labor Legislation and the Rights of Workers   teleSUR English
Time to Reason: A salute to workers on International Labour Day   Barbados Advocate
TODAYonline   
BABW News   
Bloomberg   
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China unveils new incentives to boost employment   
Yahoo News UK
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's cabinet unveiled new measures on Friday to boost employment, offering more flexible tax breaks to companies to hire the jobless, preferential loans and incentives for farmers and new graduates. Facing slowing economic growth, ...


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Malaysiakini (subscription)
   
1MDB shaping up to be a Shakespearean play   
Malaysiakini (subscription)
RCZ: The inspector-general of police (IGP) only knows one thing and that is to tweet. Since when have the police done any real policing? If I were given the heist of the century to be investigated, I would be thrilled to make my mark internationally in bringing ...

Syed Ali: Jho Low must be investigated without delay   Free Malaysia Today

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AsiaOne
   
Singapore 'cannot count on global demand to drive economy'   
AsiaOne
At the May Day dinner last night, DPM Tharman Shanmugaratnam said to raise productivity, Singapore must restructure the domestic sector. Print. SINGAPORE has to become more efficient as it cannot count on a pickup in global growth to drive the economy, ...


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