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Singapore factory output up by 16.9% in October on pharmaceuticals rebound
BIOMEDICAL manufacturing production jumped by 56.1 per cent, swinging back from a fall of 35.9 per cent in the month before, as pharmaceuticals output nearly doubled on a year-ago low base.
Takings rise 16% year on year for Singapore's services industries in Q3
BUSINESS receipts were also up 4.8 per cent on a quarter-to-quarter non-seasonally adjusted basis.
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FROM 11.59 pm on Saturday (Nov 27), all long-term pass holders and short-term visitors who have travelled to Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe in the last 14 days will not be allowed to enter or transit through Singapore.
Half of all logistics sector jobs to change or be displaced with Industry 4.0
ACCORDING to the sector's Jobs Transformation Map (JTM) which studied a total of 56 job roles, 30 job roles (54 per cent) will experience at least a medium degree of change with the adoption of Industry 4.0 (I4.0).
Cuscaden says scheme should 'proceed expeditiously' if SPH shareholders vote against Keppel deal
THIS is also the case if Keppel exercises its switch option where the group makes a voluntary cash offer for SPH, Cuscaden Peak said on Friday (Nov 26) in response to questions from the Securities Investors Association (Singapore) (Sias).
SIA, Garuda ink MOU in 'wide-ranging commercial partnership'
THE scope of the partnership, subject to regulatory approval, includes the potential alignment of frequent-flyer programmes, joint marketing activities, and initiatives to promote inbound tourism into Indonesia.
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Singapore stocks slump on Friday on new Covid-19 variant fears; STI falls 1.7%
THE Straits Times Index (STI) slumped 1.7 per cent or 55.25 points to close at 3,166.27 points, as fresh coronavirus fears infected markets across Asia.
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