SINGAPORE, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Singapore’s trade-driven economy created 48,800 new jobs in the fourth quarter — the biggest gain in any quarter in more than two decades — leading analysts to predict tighter monetary policy in the city-state.
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Singapore added 48,800 new jobs in the fourth quarter of 2006, the Ministry of Manpower said Wednesday, adding up to a record high for annual job creation.
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Improved Standards of Automation Will Serve Investors’ Needs (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) Singapore (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - In support of Invest Singapore’s 2010 Vision to create a first class operational environment, the Investment Management Association of Singapore signed a Memorandum of Understanding today with E-Finance Services Technical Committee and SWIFT …
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SINGAPORE, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Singapore’s Straits Times Index rose 0.18 percent to 3,135.84 points at 0625 GMT. Stocks and factors to watch:
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Singapore said Wednesday it would release concreting sand from its stockpile to make up for shortfalls after Indonesia recently banned sand exports.
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SINGAPORE (AP) - Six Singapore-based followers of the Falun Gong spiritual movement were in court on Wednesday facing charges of holding a protest without a permit in the tightly controlled city-state.
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SINGAPORE: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake is in Singapore on a two-working visit. On Wednesday afternoon, he called on President SR Nathan at the Istana.
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SINGAPORE, Jan 31 (Reuters) - The Singapore government said on Wednesday that it will release sand from its stockpiles to ensure that the construction industry has a steady supply, after Indonesia banned all sand exports to the city-state last week.
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