2015年5月19日 星期二

2015-05-20 Singapore Business


Channel News Asia
   
Asean still slow to remove non-tariff and service trade barriers: Lim Hng Kiang   
The Straits Times
SINGAPORE - The plan for Asean to forge an integrated economic community (AEC) by the end of this year has made progress, but areas such as the removal of non-tariff and service trade barriers have lagged behind, said Minister for Trade and Industry Lim ...

ASEAN companies have benefitted from improved exportation access: Lim Hng ...   TODAYonline
Local businesses to have new growth opportunities with ASEAN Economic ...   Channel News Asia
Five Crucial Facts About the Asean Economic Community – Part 2   The Establishment Post

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Bloomberg
   
Desperate for Investment, Indonesia Plays China vs Japan   
Bloomberg
After more than five years of feasibility studies and high-level lobbying, Japanese officials thought they were on the brink of bringing bullet trains to Indonesia. Then China showed up. “Suddenly, the minister of state-owned enterprises announced they had ...

Desperate for investment, Indonesia plays China against Japan   The Straits Times

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Times LIVE
   
Iceland whale meat shipment to Japan sparks protests   
Times LIVE
Image by: Marianne Schwankhart. Environmentalists reacted angrily Tuesday to a controversial shipment of fin whale meat to Japan by an Icelandic whaling company, saying that it flouted international conservation agreements. Save & Share. Email.

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AsiaOne
   
Japan approves third nuclear plant for restart   
TODAYonline
TOKYO - Japan's nuclear regulator signed off on the basic safety of a reactor at a third nuclear plant on Wednesday, as the country inches toward rebooting its atomic industry more than four years after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. The decision will be a ...

Regulator Vouches for the Safety of Third Nuclear Plant in Japan   Bloomberg
Japan court upholds nuclear power plant injunction   The Straits Times

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THE BUSINESS TIMES
   
CDL adopts integrated reporting approach in its latest sustainability report   
THE BUSINESS TIMES
7 & 9 Tampines Grande (above) embraces one of the largest and most extensive use of solar technology in a Singapore commercial property. City Developments Limited (CDL) has adopted an integrated reporting approach in its latest sustainability report, ...


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Port operators get concessions in Surabaya and Makassar   
Jakarta Post
In the latest development of the maritime highway, the Transportation Ministry awarded Tuesday concession rights to state-owned port operator Pelindo III to run Teluk Lamong Port in Gresik, East Java, and Pelindo IV to run Makassar New Port in South ...


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AsiaOne
   
Rules on tin revised to counter illegal mining, boost prices   
AsiaOne
The government has released a newly revised regulation for the tin trade amid concerns over illegal mining activities and an ongoing decline in commodity prices, says a top trade official. Trade Minister Rachmat Gobel said on Tuesday that if the previous ...


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AsiaOne
   
Singapore seizes illegal animal parts worth $8m   
AsiaOne
But the bags inside hid 3,700kg of raw ivory tusks, 22 teeth believed to be from African big cats, and four rhinoceros horns. Acting on a tip-off, the Singapore authorities seized the entire illegal haul last week as it stopped off here en route from Kenya to ...

Singapore nets biggest ivory seizure in decade   The Nation
Second-largest illegal ivory shipment since 2002 seized   Channel News Asia
Singapore lifts ban on pork from Malaysia   Yahoo Singapore News

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The Australian Financial Review
   
Robust US housing data offers hope for Q2 growth   
The Australian Financial Review
U.S. housing starts jumped to their highest level in nearly 7-1/2 years in April and building permits soared. Reuters. by Lucia Mutikani. US housing starts jumped to their highest level in nearly 7-1/2 years in April and building permits soared, hopeful signs for ...

Strong US housing data provide hope for economy struggling to rebound   The Globe and Mail (subscription)
Robust US housing data offers hope for stronger US growth   Grand Forks Herald

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THE BUSINESS TIMES
   
Govt releases new developer rules on show units, sales data   
THE BUSINESS TIMES
Legislative changes to the Housing Developers (Control and Licensing) Act will now require developers to provide detailed sales data on a weekly basis and disclose the value of any benefits to buyers in transaction documents. ST PHOTO: NURIA LING.
Access to private property sales data from June 5   AsiaOne
Home buyers will have access to private property sales data from June 5   The Straits Times
New rules set to boost home-buyer protection   TODAYonline

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