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S’pore manufacturers, services firms less upbeat on outlook for next 6 months
Manufacturing and services firms are slightly less optimistic about business prospects in the next six months, according to two surveys
Jurong to get new health hub by 2025
By 2025, Jurong will have a new health hub which integrates a new and bigger polyclinic with a 700-bed nursing
China’s April manufacturing index misses forecasts, slips to 50.1
BEIJING • The first official gauge of China’s manufacturing sector fell last month, signalling that the economic stabilisation seen in
‘People’s Emperor’ steps down with words of gratitude to public
Japan’s highly revered Emperor Akihito stepped down yesterday after an eventful three-decade reign, during which he humanised the monarchy and
Regional markets fall on China data worries
Disappointing Chinese manufacturing data raised concerns over the world’s second-largest economy and sent many regional markets heading south yesterday. The
Bigger polyclinic, new nursing home at Jurong health hub
A new health hub will be built in Jurong that integrates a much bigger polyclinic with a 700-bed nursing home
S’pore bank lending up 0.6% in March: MAS data
Bank lending inched up 0.6 per cent from February to March, as stronger business borrowing offset the continued contraction in
Agency fined $78k after posting insensitive ads of maids online
An employment agency posted insensitive advertisements online, portraying maids who had been hired as being “sold”. SRC Recruitment was the
Alphabet’s revenue rises 17% but falls short of expectations
SAN FRANCISCO • For the past three years, Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has defied what financial analysts call the law
Changes to Chas dental subsidies from November
Dental subsidies under the Community Health Assist Scheme (Chas) will be tweaked later this year. From Nov 1, about 500,000
CDL pays $78m for 12.4% of IReit Global and 50% of trust’s manager
City Developments Limited (CDL) has paid $77.7 million to acquire a 12.4 per cent stake in IReit Global and half
Jailed Russian agent slams ‘absurd’ conviction
NOSCOW: Maria Butina, the only Russian arrested and convicted in the three-year investigation of Moscow‘s interference in US politics, on
US says ‘fully supports’ Venezuelan people’s ‘quest for freedom’
WASHINGTON: The United States on Tuesday threw its full weight behind Venezuela‘s self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaido, as the opposition
China’s fear of an American blockade
TAIPEI: One of China’s greatest fears is the threat of blockade from the United States and its allies in the
China’s vast fleet is tipping the balance of power in the Pacific
TAIPEI: China’s navy, which is growing faster than any other major fleet, has now amassed sufficient firepower to control the
Assange to be sentenced for UK bail violation on Wednesday
LONDON: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces sentencing in London on Wednesday for breaching his bail conditions, the whistleblowing site and
N Korea criticizes Pompeo over comments on nuke talks
SEOUL (SOUTH KOREA): A senior North Korean diplomat on Tuesday accused US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of making “foolish
Spain’s Socialists are open to negotiating deals with rivals
MADRID: A senior Socialist official in Spain says her party is ready to negotiate deals with rival parties after it
Zuckerberg to explain how Facebook gets ‘privacy focused’
SAN FRANCISCO: CEO Mark Zuckerberg will kick off Facebook’s annual F8 conference Tuesday with what are expected to be more
Japan’s emperor performs main abdication ceremony
TOKYO: Outgoing Japanese emperor Akihito on Tuesday performed the main ritual to hand over the Chrysanthemum Throne to his son
JTC launches tender of Gul Circle industrial site
SINGAPORE – JTC has put up for tender a 0.83ha site in Gul Circle (Plot E), its fourth of five
Sri Lanka maintains high alert for attacks ahead of Ramzan
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan security forces maintained a high level of alert on Tuesday after the Easter Sunday bombings, officials said,
Manufacturers, services firms in Singapore less optimistic about next 6 months
SINGAPORE – Manufacturing and services firms in Singapore have become less upbeat about business prospects in the next six months,
New Zealand police arrest man in Christchurch after reports of bomb threat
WELLINGTON: New Zealand police arrested a man in Christchurch on Tuesday following reports of a possible bomb threat in the