Daily Briefing: Home sales jump in November; Japan eyes Singapore-Malaysia bullet train

And here’s how to hire interns for your startup.

Singapore home sales rose to the highest in four months in November as new projects came to the market. Developers sold 759 units last month, up 39 percent compared with October’s revised 548 units sold in October, according to data released Tuesday by the Urban Redevelopment Authority. That’s the highest since September, when 1,594 units were sold. Read more here.

Japan, fresh from a $15 billion rail win in India over China, aims to sell its bullet trains to a high-speed line being planned between Singapore and the Malaysian capital, opening a new market for companies from Hitachi Ltd. to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. The government supports such a bid, Japanese Transport Minister Keiichi Ishii told reporters Tuesday in Tokyo. Cooperation between the government and business leaders was crucial in clinching the deal with India last week, he said. Find out more here.

Every startup hires interns. If not, almost every one. They’re a good way to introduce students to the world of entrepreneurship or the working world in general, and also to inject youthful energy into the team, as any innovative enterprise would need. Much has been written about hiring interns on Tech in Asia, so here’s a ‘toolkit’ to make sure you know how exactly to go about it! Read more here.