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The Clift at Mccallum Street - Singapore - District 01-08 2008-03-07 18:20:47 The Clift at Mccallum Street
- Singapore
- District
01-08
Clift is a metaphor is located the central business district for the modern life the heart.
The compact housing unit 43 towers summon by the Japanese world famous super design seek the life not ordinary soul.
Is located Telok Ayer and the Mccallum street junction,the Clift surmounting existing [...]
Microsoft, Yahoo tie-up could jolt Google in Asia -TOKYO 2008-03-07 17:56:19 Microsoft, Yahoo
tie-up could jolt Google
in Asia
-TOKYO
TOKYO - A SUCCESSFUL Microsoft bid for Yahoo could slow the growth of their common rival, Google, in Asia, where the world’s biggest Internet search engine still lags behind local players.
For Microsoft, whose MSN portal has been struggling to gain market share in Asia, the deal worth [...] Read more:Microsoft
China lifts ban on foreign investments in stock market -SHANGHAI 2008-03-07 17:53:52 China lifts
ban on foreign investments in stock market -SHANGHAI
Beijing lets in first overseas investor in a year in bid to boost slumping market
SHANGHAI - CHINA has reopened its stock market to fresh investment from abroad with its first approval for a new foreign investor in more than a year, state media reported yesterday.
In their [...] Read more:China
Mortgage war breaks out as DBS and UOB offer new rates -Singapore 2008-03-07 17:51:17 Mortgage war breaks
out as DBS and UOB offer new rates -Singapore
Banks focusing on specific targets, waging battles without fanfare
By Grace Ng, Finance Correspondent
NEW OFFER: DBS has a package with a rate lower than Maybank’s 7.74 per cent, which sparked the industry’s latest mortgage row. — ST FILE PHOTO
THE mortgage war finally erupted, as Singapore [...] Read more:Mortgage
New office for volunteer centre - and it’s rent-free - Singapore 2008-03-07 17:47:50 New office
for volunteer centre - and it’s rent-free - Singapore
THE National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre (NVPC), the national body which promotes giving, was recently on the receiving end of a gift - a new home in the heart of town.
Property developer Far East Organization gave it 16,000 sq ft of office space on the [...]
Property developer an early donor to philanthropic cause - Singapore 2008-03-07 17:46:15 Property developer an early donor to philanthropic cause - Singapore
Foundation, set up to pool money from the rich, has received pledges of $6m so far
By Theresa Tan
——————————————————————————–
Million-dollar SMS to Simon Cheong: $1 million needed to start a new community foundation for charity.
His immediate reply: Yes.
PROPERTY developer Simon Cheong was having dinner two weeks ago when [...]
Four more airlines to shift to Singapore Changi Terminal 3 2008-03-07 17:42:23 Four more airlines to shift to Singapore
Changi Terminal 3
FOUR more airlines will join Singapore Airlines at Terminal 3 from March 26. China Eastern Airlines, Jet Airways, Qatar Airways and United Airlines will move their operations there from Terminal 1.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) is facilitating the shift by conducting trials to prepare [...]
Visitors to star in tourism brand campaign - Singapore 2008-03-07 17:41:03 Visitors to star in tourism brand campaign - Singapore
They get a chance to show off their video and win big prizes
By WEE JUN KAI
THE Singapore Tourism Board (STB) will launch its Global Brand Media Campaign today, an extension of the Uniquely Singapore brand campaign’s second phase.
Calling all tourists: The Travelpod, a mobile video booth stationed [...] Read more:Visitors
Porsche to participate in F1 Grand Prix - Singapore 2008-03-07 17:39:39 Porsche to participate in F1 Grand
Prix - Singapore
By IAN POH
SUPERCAR maker Porsche yesterday announced details of its participation in September’s Singapore Formula One Grand Prix
carnival.
‘As with all other F1 races worldwide, it will be supported by the Carrera Cup.’
- Christer Ekberg
Porsche Asia-Pacific MD
Singapore will host a leg of this year’s Porsche Carrera Cup [...] Read more:Porsche
Eve of S’pore GST hike emerges top shopping day 2008-03-07 17:38:21 Eve of S’pore GST hike emerges top shopping day
MasterCard data shows June30 last year beating traditional period
By IAN POH
SINGAPOREANS last year made the most of their spending power and splashed the cash before the two percentage point Goods and Services Tax (GST) increase kicked in.
According to MasterCard data, the two consecutive Saturdays before the hike [...]
The Verve Residences at Jalan Rajah - Singapore - District 12 2008-03-07 09:37:23 The VerveResidences
at Jalan Rajah - Singapore
- District
12
Project Name : The Verve Residences (Dist 12)
Developer : Ascend Land Pte Ltd
(Co Registration No.200616841N)
Legal Description : Lot 5425K & 5638C MK 17
At 23 and 25 Jalan Rajah
Property Type : 1 Block of 19-storey with attic residential flats
(consist of 1/1+1/2 Bedroom, Penthouses)
Property Address : 23 and 25 Jalan Rajah, Singapore 329139
Tenure : Freehold
Site Area : Approx. [...]
JI leader’s escape underscores importance of trust in community - Singapore 2008-03-07 09:29:16 JI leader’s escape underscores importance of trust
in community
- Singapore
By May Wong
SINGAPORE: The recent escape of Jemaah Islamiyah leader, Mas Selamat Kastari, has underscored the importance of community bonding among Singaporeans.
That is why the grassroots cluster of the Community Engagement Programme (CEP) is working to strengthen mutual trust among residents.
This year, about 30 out [...]
S’pore commissions high-tech underground ammunition storehouse 2008-03-07 09:27:14 S’pore commissions high-tech underground ammunition storehouse
By Chew Wui Lynn
SINGAPORE: Singapore has achieved another world’s first in the form of its military’s Underground Ammunition Facility (UAF).
Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean, who commissioned the S$36 million facility on Friday, called it an “engineering achievement” that took 10 years to complete.
Situated at the old Mandai quarry, it is [...]
A country’s success depends on human resource, says Singapore MM Lee 2008-03-07 09:17:19 A country’s success depends on human
resource, says Singapore
MM Lee
By Dominique Loh,
BAHRAIN: Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew’s trip, which began a week ago, took him to Dubai, Riyadh and Bahrain.
Mr Lee said it is a very different Bahrain today, compared to the late 1970s. It is more developed but it is also facing fierce [...]
Search for Mas Selamat continues in wooded areas of S’pore 2008-03-07 09:04:17 Search for Mas Selamat continues in wooded areas
of S’pore
By Lynda Hong
SINGAPORE : The search for Mas Selamat Kastari, the Jemaah Islamiyah fugitive who escaped from the Whitley Road Detention Centre last Wednesday, continued in various parts of Singapore on Thursday.
Police officers and SAF soldiers on Thursday first searched the wooded area along the Kranji [...] Read more:Search
Office demand unaffected by global credit crunch-CANNES, France 2008-03-12 18:15:44 Office demand
unaffected by global credit
crunch-CANNES, France
No threat of financial sector redundancies: URA
(CANNES, France) The credit crunch has so far failed to dent demand for office space in Singapore or derail its bid to become Asia’s leading financial centre, a senior member of the city-state’s Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) told Reuters.
Getting bigger: The URA [...]
M&As may change credit ratings of Singapore Reits: Fitch 2008-03-12 18:13:52 M&As may change credit
ratings of Singapore
Reits: Fitch
(HONG KONG) The credit ratings of Singapore property trusts may change because of expected mergers and acquisitions, said Fitch Ratings. It believes there may be transactions among the city-state’s real estate investment trusts in the near to medium term, according to a statement it released yesterday. Local [...]
Singapore: costliest industrial spot in Asia ex-Japan 2008-03-12 18:12:57 Singapore: costliest industrial spot in Asia
ex-Japan
It rises 2 notches to take 12th place in the world
SINGAPORE has risen two notches to become the 12th most expensive industrial location in the world.
And excluding Japan, which is ranked third in the world, Singapore is the most expensive location in Asia, surpassing Hong Kong (23rd), Mumbai (26th) [...] Read more:Singapore
Green is the new black -Singapore 2008-03-12 18:09:15 Green is the new black -Singapore
ARTHUR SIM meets landscape designer Chang Huaiyan, who wants to grow gardens on walls
A FAMOUS frog once said: ‘It’s not easy being green.’ Which explains why even though we live in the tropics - where more than 90 per cent of the world’s plant species can be found - so [...] Read more:Green
Goodman exit seen as chance for A-Reit expansion-Singapore 2008-03-12 18:06:10 Goodman exit seen as chance
for A-Reit expansion-Singapore
By KALPANA RASHIWALA
IN A move that could pave the way for Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (A-Reit) to finally expand overseas, Australia’s Goodman Group has exited the trust.
Goodman is selling its 40 per cent stake in the entity that manages A-Reit as well as a 6.28 per cent [...] Read more:Goodman
Regional markets get a fillip from Fed’s liquidity offer -Singapore 2008-03-12 18:03:27 Regional markets get a fillip from Fed’s liquidity offer -Singapore
Plan welcomed but opinions differ over its long-term impact on US economy and markets
By R SIVANITHY
(SINGAPORE) Asian stock markets yesterday rebounded sharply in line with Wall Street’s Tuesday reaction to the US Federal Reserve’s latest credit market bailout plan, led by a 1.9 per cent jump [...]
One-stop banking centre for SMEs venturing abroad -Singapore 2008-03-12 18:00:50 One-stop banking
centre for SMEs venturing abroad -Singapore
By Chia Yan Min
SMALL and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) aiming to expand overseas can now sort out all their banking needs in one go at a new HSBC facility officially opened yesterday.
The bank’s commercial international banking centre in Collyer Quay will allow clients to open an overseas HSBC account [...]
Singapore job market expected to stay upbeat 2008-03-12 17:58:07 Singapore job market expected to stay upbeat
By Ong Bi Hui
STOCK markets are spouting loads of gloom and doom right now, but it is a good time to enter the job market, according to an expert from recruitment specialist Robert Walters.
Regional director Mark Ellwood said multinational corporations still see Asia as a key growth area and [...] Read more:Singapore
No major property launches expected in the next 3 months -Singapore 2008-03-12 17:56:43 No major property
launches expected in the next 3 months -Singapore
Kuwaiti pullout from $818m deal, low top bid for Jurong West site unnerve market
By Joyce Teo, Property Correspondent
MAJOR residential property launches are unlikely for at least three months after the already nervous market was spooked by two sobering events this week, market analysts said.
The first [...]
More suffering from end-stage kidney failure 2008-03-12 17:52:24 More suffering from end-stage kidney failure
Number doubles to 1,084 in a decade; diabetes accounts for six in 10 cases
By Salma Khalik, Health Correspondent
MORE than 1,000 people here lost the use of their kidneys in 2006 and about 400 of them died within a year.
The state-run Health Promotion Board (HPB) released these figures to commemorate World [...]
Residents, business owners in Singapore CBD fume over cab rule 2008-03-12 17:47:35 Residents, business owners in Singapore
CBD fume over cab rule
They want rule eased for elderly, disabled passengers and tourists with heavy bags
By Yeo Ghim Lay and April Chong
CAB WOES: Taxis waiting for passengers at the four bays at this taxi stand outside Sri Mariamman Temple. Despite the new rule, some taxis were still picking up [...]
Varsity Park For Sale District 05 -Apartment / Condo, 12.03.2008 2008-03-11 23:00:22 Varsity Park For Sale District
05 -Apartment / Condo
, 12.03.2008
TY : [C]ondo [D]uplex [H]iRise [L]oRise [T]ownHse [P]enthse [W]alkUp [M]asionette
TNR=Tenure, DT=District, BDRM=Bedroom, AREA=Built-In, STR=Storey, Price $K=In Thousand
Price are subject to changes , please call (+65) 91002985 for lastest update
Type — C
District — 5
Street — VARSITY PK, BLK 22 #03 ABOVE
Tenure — 99
Area — 2271
Age — BN
Room — 3
Psf — 700
PRICE$ — 1590000
Type — C
District — 5
Street — VARSITY PK, [...]
82% of Internet users in Singapore shop online 2008-03-11 22:33:11 82% of Internetusers
in Singapore
shop online
THE number of Internet shoppers worldwide has risen to 875 million over the last two years, up 40 per cent, according to the latest Nielsen Global Online Survey on Internet shopping habits.
The survey was conducted from October to November 2007. A total of 26,312 internet users worldwide were [...] Read more:Internet users
Singapore Landed housing plot draws top bid of just $77.80 psf 2008-03-11 22:31:47 Singapore Landed housing plot draws top bid of just $77.80 psf
Only one other offer made; poor show seen as sign of uncertain market
By UMA SHANKARI
IN what is seen as a sign of an uncertain property market, a landed housing parcel in Jurong West drew only two bids, and a low top bid of $11.8 million [...] Read more:Singapore
Singapore GIC to invest 1b euros in Sintonia 2008-03-11 22:30:22 Singapore GIC to invest
1b euros
in Sintonia
(SINGAPORE) The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation is investing about a billion euros (S$2.1 billion) in an infrastructure holding company, Sintonia SA. Under the deal, GIC Special Investments (GICSI) will acquire a 3 per cent stake in Sintonia SA from Sintonia SpA, which is controlled by the Italian [...] Read more:Singapore
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