The Business Times

Blossoms By The Park: China buyers pick up 4 units despite doubling in foreigner ABSD rate to 60% Another four apartments were sold to US citizens, who enjoy same stamp duty treatment as Singaporeans under the Singapore-…

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#BTLifestyle: Shakespeare In The Park returns with stellar cast in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Singapore Repertory Theatre's open-air production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream reimagines Shakespeare’s enchanted forest as “…

Singapore still has ‘archaic ideas’ about skills-based jobs, says President Halimah Categorising jobs as needing either academic qualifications or technical skills is wasteful, says President Halimah Yacob.

Three-quarters of Blossoms by the Park in Buona Vista snapped up despite cooling measures Blossoms by the Park achieved a take-up rate of about 75%, at an average price of $2,423 psf.

#BTLifestyle: Province – Two young local chefs drive home the eco dining message at new Joo Chiat restaurant When it comes to effort, Province scores an A. While it’s still a work in progress, there’s no doubting the tal…

While ‘cautiously optimistic’ about growth, Singapore must support those hit by headwinds: PM Lee “The Forward Singapore exercise is discussing these issues, including how to help Singaporeans improve their work prospect…

Making tourism easier with local e-wallet ticket purchases GlobalTix handles ticket sales amounting to more than S$200 million each year, and has more than 1,000 clients, including Gardens by the Bay, Universal Studios S…

SGX Group sees diversification as key driver of resilience “Imagine, in today's environment, if we didn’t have a solid, robust growing derivatives business, that wouldn’t have been too well. But, that (diversification) h…

Writer, adviser, poet, bot: How ChatGPT could transform politics A US politician pronounced in January that his team had used ChatGPT to draft a bill for the Massachusetts Senate.

#BTLifestyle: FJ Benjamin returns to luxury with new lifestyle concept FJ Benjamin's new open-concept store, 'Avenue on 3', spans 8,000 sq ft and offers multi-label shoes, skincare, a cafe, bar, chocolatier and pop-up sp…

From rabak to rabs kebabs: the creative evolution of Singlish Researchers are studying Singlish’s origin as a contact language and even building a network map of words.

#BTLifestyle: Renting to rent – lease your home and get a free property makeover Savvy landlords are renting their properties to co-living operators who in turn, transform the property from a “cannot-make-it” state to on…

#BTOpinion: GuocoLand’s foothold in Lentor may be a boon, but there are potential risks Is GuocoLand heading for concentration risk, putting too many eggs in the Lentor Hills basket? Will there also be enough buyers for…

Sheng Siong’s Q1 2023 profit falls 5.2% to S$33.2 million Revenue for the quarter fell 0.4% to S$356.5 million from S$358 million a year prior, driven by the normalisation after easing of pandemic restrictions.

#Brunch: The race to keep data centres cool is heating up Data centres are on the rise. But the technology required to keep temperatures under control still needs to catch up. How are scientists trying to solve this issu…

Credit Suisse employee bonuses tied to AT1 bonds also wiped out That adds to the pay pain for senior bankers that have seen share awards plummet in value and some bonuses cut or canceled by government decree.

A summary of Singapore’s property cooling measures: 1996 to present day Over the years, the Singapore government has introduced various measures to cool housing prices when they are out of sync with economic fundamentals…

Singtel restructuring ‘first step’ to monetisation of higher-valued infrastructure assets: analysts The move to carve out a Digital InfraCo unit is the first step towards eventual monetisation exercises and will help inv…

Funders for Hyflux’s lawsuit against Olivia Lum to give undertaking for legal costs of up to S$90,000 Lum has been sued for claims of at least S$690.6 million over alleged negligence and breach of fiduciary duty when she…

Singapore not spared as Amazon carries out retrenchment exercise affecting 9,000 workers The retrenchment exercise, which was announced in March, comes on the heels of layoffs that cut 18,000 jobs between November 2022 a…

Singapore employment growth moderates, rises 34,500 in Q1 Retrenchments have risen to 4,000 in the quarter, up from 2,990 in the last quarter of 2022.

HDB resale prices inch up 1% in Q1 as sales recover slightly The HDB town with the highest median price for four-room flats came from Queenstown at S$864,000. ➡️ Meanwhile, Singapore central office rents are up 5.1% in Q…

NTUC launches ‘career trial model’ for fresh school-leavers and NSmen Participants are paid a monthly salary of S$1,800 to S$4,200, depending on their qualifications and the roles.

ABSD shock seen hitting prime housing market hardest, could drive away foreign investors Foreigners buying a S$20m home here have to pay S$12m ABSD. For this amount, they can easily buy a luxury home in many other liveab…

Singapore firms must transform for productivity amid economic uncertainty: SNEF Singapore National Employers Federation noted that while Singapore saw economic growth and labour market improvement in 2022, productivity d…

Amex apologises for SMSes to cardholders about temporary card suspensions Cardholders had received SMSes informing them about the suspension of their Amex cards earlier in the day.