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Singapore to boost mid-career support, make training ‘more accessible’
TRAINING will be made “more accessible” for working adults with competing commitments, while mid-career workers will get more targeted support such as SkillsFuture Credit top-ups, Education Minister Chan Chun Sing said on Tuesday (Apr 18).
PSD says ‘no information’ on Menon’s reported impending departure from MAS
THE Public Service Division (PSD), a division under the Prime Minister’s Office, said it has “no information to provide” on reports that the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) chief Ravi Menon will be leaving the central bank this year.
UOB invests S$500 million in Punggol Digital District tech and innovation centre
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UOB will invest over S$500 million to build its new global technology and innovation centre in Punggol Digital District (PDD), a smart business district in Punggol developed by JTC.
Keppel Infrastructure Trust to launch equity funding exercise to raise at least S$240 million
THE manager of Keppel Infrastructure Trust (KIT) announced on Tuesday (Apr 18) plans to launch an equity funding exercise to raise gross proceeds of at least S$240 million.
Katong Shopping Centre up for en bloc sale at S$638 million
FREEHOLD Katong Shopping Centre, Singapore’s first air-conditioned mall when it opened in 1973, is being offered for collective sale at S$638 million.
Singapore to further help private capital, family offices ‘maximise philanthropic impact’
SINGAPORE will do more to help private capital and family offices “maximise their philanthropic impact”, having already extended the tax deduction rate of 250 per cent for donations until end-2026, said Minister for Social and Family Development Masagos Zulkifli in Parliament on Tuesday (Apr 18).
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STI down 0.3% as key Apac bourses close in the red
SINGAPORE’S Straits Times Index (STI) slid 0.3 per cent or 9.7 points to 3,309.56 points on Tuesday (Apr 18) as most key indexes in the Asia-Pacific closed in the red after China released its economic data.
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