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Singapore’s Invictus Plans to Convert Sydney Office Block to Hotel
Rendering of the proposed hotel (Image: Bates Smart) Invictus Developments has lodged plans to convert an office block it acquired in central Sydney last year into a 152-key hotel, moving a step closer to reaching its goal of a A$500-million ($326 million) hospitality portfolio Down Under. In an application to the City of Sydney, the
March 25, 2024
Singapore’s smoke-free law may have warded off 20,000 heart attacks in people over 65
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain An extension of the smoking ban to communal areas of residential blocks and other outdoor spaces in Singapore in 2013 may have prevented up to 20,000 heart attacks among those aged 65+, suggests research published in the open access journal BMJ Global Health. The extension was associated with a monthly fall
October 10, 2023
Singapore’s iHIS rebrands to Synapxe, announces new AI solutions
On its 15th anniversary, Integrated Health Information Systems, Singapore's national health tech agency, rebranded to Synapxe. Since 2008, the agency has been designing, developing, and implementing IT solutions that support the operations of 46 public healthcare institutions and over 70,000 healthcare workers. It also manages about 600 health IT systems and more than 80,000 end-point devices.
July 31, 2023
Singapore’s Sea posts 1st quarterly profit after drastic cost cuts
Singapore-based tech group Sea on Tuesday reported its first quarterly profit since going public five years ago, as restructuring efforts that included cutting thousands of jobs and freezing salaries started to pay off. The New York Stock Exchange-listed firm posted net income of USD 422 million for the October-December period, a turnaround from a USD
March 16, 2023
Singapore’s Keppel Land Builds Up India Pipeline With $29M Pune Office Buy
A separate Keppel Land joint venture is developing the Urbania integrated township in Thane, India The property arm of Singaporean conglomerate Keppel Corp is adding 1.1 million square feet (92,900 square metres) to its India office portfolio with the INR 2.37 billion ($29 million) purchase of a project in the western city of Pune, according
January 15, 2023
Singapore’s Hiranandani Buying Orchard Road Commercial Building in Record $127M Deal
The Ming Arcade is just a few doors away from Orchard Road Singapore’s Royal Group has agreed to buy a commercial building near the city’s Orchard Road shopping strip for S$172 million ($126.7 million), setting a city-wide record high price per square foot of buildable area as it plans to redevelop the prime site. With
December 18, 2022
Singapore’s attempts at becoming digital asset hub exclude asset trading and speculation
November 6, 2022
Home » Business » Singapore’s attempts at becoming digital asset hub exclude asset trading and speculation Singapore has been moving toward reviving its digital asset ecosystem after falling down the pecking order in Southeast Asia. However, the attempts to rekindle the adoption of virtual assets are against their usage in speculating and trading, says a top
Singapore’s DBS Bank eyes crypto expansion in retail by the end of 2022
You are here: Home / News / Fintech / Singapore’s DBS Bank eyes crypto expansion in retail by the end of 2022 February 15, 2022 by Lipika Deka Leading Singaporean DBS Bank has announced its intention to launch a retail crypto trading desk by the end of the year after opening an institutional digital asset trading desk back in…
February 14, 2022
Singapore’s first blank-cheque listings get off to a timid start, raising question whether the buzz around SPACs is fizzling out
Published: 11:16am, 22 Jan, 2022 Updated: 11:16am, 22 Jan, 2022
January 22, 2022
Singapore’s public health system rolling out The Clinician’s ZEDOC platform
Singapore's health tech agency Integrated Health Information Systems has partnered with Auckland-headquartered digital health firm The Clinician to deploy a patient-reported outcome and experience measures platform across the island state's public healthcare system. WHAT IT'S FOR The Clinician's ZEDOC platform, the company describes, assists healthcare providers in managing patient-generated health data outside the hospital through…
December 16, 2021