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Daily Briefing: GIC to buy 15% stake in India's GMR Airports; Singapore government to invest in cell therapy manufacturing
Daily Briefing: GIC to buy 15% stake in India's GMR Airports; Singapore government to invest in cell therapy manufacturing
And here’s why technologists pull out of global banks in Singapore and Hong Kong.
Raffles Infrastructure Holdings defends $320,000 directors' fees
The board deemed it reasonable given the change in its financial year end from 31 December to 30 June.
National Wages Council invites views on wage recommendations
NWC will convene in April and May 2019 to develop its annual guidelines on wage and employment-related issues.
ERA Realty Network launches $1m startup grant
New real estate salespersons need to pay $100 in administrative and materials fees to join the network.
Chart Of The Day: PMETs account for 52.7% of job vacancies in 2018
Overall, one in three vacancies were unfilled for six months or more.This chart from the Ministry of Manpower shows that professionals, managers...
Business expansion created 26,500 jobs in 2018
ICT roles such as chief information officers, database designers & administrators and IT security specialists were in hot demand.
Only 2 in 5 firms in Singapore adhere to diversity and inclusion policies: report
The number of women in leadership teams also dipped from 30% to 29% in 2019.
Daily Briefing: Treasure at Tampines showcase launch draws 7,000 people; 3 in 5 employers prioritise luring quality talent
And regulatory tech company Tookitaki secures US$7.5m in its Series A funding round.
CapitaLand CEO Lee Chee Koon receives remuneration of $4.2m in 2018
In total, the company issued around $18m in remuneration packages for its 13 executives.
Chart of the Day: Construction sector employment shrinks by 7,100 in 2018
This was attributed to a moderation in the decline in Work Permit Holders.
Singapore unemployment rate dropped to 2.9% in 2018
Residents made up 66% of the retrenchments in 2018, slightly lower than their share of employment at 67%.
Over $600m of wage credits to benefit 90,000 Singapore employers
About 70% will be disbursed to SMEs.
Online hiring activity in IT and telecom sectors jumped 23% in 2018
The sectors had witnessed its steepest growth in November 2018.
Women now take up one-third of Singapore senior leadership teams: study
But gender parity remains an issue as only 9% of firms have a female CEO.
Annual Workfare payouts for lower-income workers to hit over $1b by 2020
It will benefit about 440,000 Singaporeans.
Singapore eyes raising retirement and re-employment age
CPF payout eligibility age would remain at 65.
Daily Briefing: Singapore's flexi-work scheme gets $70m funding boost; China's YY buys livestream startup Bigo for $1.97b
And a Barclays executive ditches his job for Standard Chartered Singapore.
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