Singapore News
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SINGAPORE, 2017/07/11
Singapore launched a new manpower plan for the human resource industry on Monday, to help strengthen the human resource profession and better support businesses to transform and grow, the Straits Times reported.
The new strategy covers three areas, namely training and internship programmes for human resource professionals; mentorship programmes, free advisory services and an online resource portal for businesses and employers; and an outsourcing scheme for the human resource industry.
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SINGAPORE, 2017/07/08
Food security can be enhanced by strategic initiatives. Land scarce nations can still do much for agriculture and farming with effective policy measures. Singapore has learned to address the multi-faceted challenges of food security with good planning, efficient utilisation of available resources and clear vision for the next.
While a lot of analysts have raised concern about feeding the world’s estimated 9.7 billion people by 2050 due to the prospects of supply not conference request, others have refuted this claim on grounds that even today, additional food is produced than is actually consumed or needed. From presently on the problem of hunger is still found in a lot of parts of Asia and Africa. The persistence of hunger reflects the fact that food security is not only about having sufficient quantity of food available, but as well about having physical and economic access to it.
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BRUNEI , 2017/06/27
The next of trade and cross border commerce in Asia and the Pacific and the US role in Asia’s economy were put in doubt by Donald Trump’s withdrawal of the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) economic agreement.
The TPP was the economic arm of President Obama’s pivot to Asia. It was as well supposed to set the rules and standards of trade in Asia and for the world. It is no amaze again, that some of the remaining 11 members of the TPP are trying to save the agreement even without US participation. A lot of political capital was expended in negotiating the TPP and nations are looking for ways to maintain the momentum of economic integration.
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JAPAN, 2017/05/29
BestCities World Alliance is set to champion inclusivity and multi-culturalism within the business tourism industry in 2017 and beyond, following the announcement Building World Connections Across Cultures will be the core theme underlying this year’s BestCities World Forum, taking place in Tokyo 4-7 December 2017.
Building on the 100% delegate success ratings in Dubai 2016, the second BestCities World Forum will be hosted in partnership with the Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau (TCVB). The impressive programme of education, insight and networking, is by presently shaping up to be this year’s must-attend event for senior international association conference planners, looking to increase the positive impact of their meetings.
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AFGHANISTAN, 2016/12/11
A university education may expand your mind. It will as well fatten your wallet. Data from the OECD, a club of rich nations, show that graduates can expect far better lifetime earnings than those without a degree.
The size of this premium varies. It is greatest in Ireland, which has a high GDP per chief and rising inequality. Since 2000 the unemployment rate for under-35s has swelled to 8% for those with degrees – but to additional than 20% for those without, and nearly 40% for secondary school drop-outs. The country’s wealth presently goes disproportionately to workers with letters next their names.
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AZERBAIJAN, 2016/11/02
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to become the initial holder of his office to visit Australia, Singapore, and Kazakhstan during a series of trips over the next three months, The Jerusalem Post reported Sunday. He is as well slated to visit Azerbaijan, which he toured briefly as prime minister in 1997.
“Israel’s international relations are spreading in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and a lot of other places,” Netanyahu said in reference to the planned trips at the start of his weekly cabinet conference. “We realize that this development flows from Israel’s technological and economic strength on one hand, and its security and intelligence capabilities on the other.”
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SINGAPORE, 2016/09/24
Users of ride-hailing firm Grab will be able to book driverless cars from Friday (23/09) as it partners with a start-up testing the technology in Singapore, just days next rival Uber debuted its self-driving vehicles in the United States.
The move comes as technology companies and automakers race to build autonomous vehicles and develop new business plans for what is expected to be a long-term makeover of personal transportation.
Southeast Asia's Grab said its app will allow a selected group of commuters to book and ride start-up nuTonomy's driverless vehicles within a western Singapore district, where the vehicles are being tested, and adjacent neighborhoods.
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SINGAPORE, 2016/09/24
Marine logistics firm Marco Polo said it has substantial doubt about being able to continue as a going concern due to a cash crunch, as it sought noteholders' approval to defer redeeming bonds worth S$50 million ($37 million) by three years.
"There cannot be any assurance that the issuer or the group will be able to continue as a going concern," the Singapore company said in a securities filing to the stock exchange.
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SINGAPORE, 2016/05/25
Singapore closed down BSI's operations in the city-national, while Switzerland began criminal proceedings against the private bank, in the biggest international crackdown on financial entities dealing with a scandal-hit Malaysian government fund.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said on Tuesday (24/05) it had withdrawn BSI Bank's status as a merchant bank in Singapore for critical breaches of anti-money laundering rules, the initial time in 32 years it has taken such action against a bank.
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CHINA, 2016/03/16
Asian shares slid from a 10-week high on Tuesday as oil prices fell again on oversupply concerns and the Bank of Japan preferred to stand pat on rates next its amaze January decision to adopt negative interest rates.
Lackluster cues from Wall Street, a weaker yuan and profit taking next recent sharp gains as well kept investors on edge ahead of a two-day Federal Reserve monetary policy conference that gets underway tonight.
Chinese shares recouped early losses to end modestly higher next sharp gains the previous day. The benchmark Shanghai Composite closed 4.87 points or 0.17 % higher at 2,864.37 next falling around 1 % before in the session. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index dropped 146.57 points or 0.72 % to 20,288.77.
