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Singapore’s Construction Industry on the Rise: Key Drivers and Investor Insights
Thailand Business News
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August 9, 2025
Singapore’s construction industry is growing, attracting foreign investors due to infrastructure expansion. Valued at US$31.18 billion in 2023, it’s projected to reach US$43.22 billion by 2030. Singapore’s Construction Market Expansion Singapore’s...
Singapore celebrates success on 60th anniversary but challenges loom ahead
Al Jazeera
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August 9, 2025
Singapore – As Singapore’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations draw to a close on Saturday night, a huge fireworks display will illuminate the city’s extraordinary skyline. The numerous skyscrapers and futuristic buildings stand as a tribute to the...
Singapore at 60: PM Lawrence Wong’s National Day call to stand united against headwinds (VIDEO)
Malay Mail
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August 9, 2025
SINGAPORE, Aug 9 — Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has urged Singaporeans to hold fast to the spirit of unity that built the nation six decades ago, warning that the years ahead will bring sterner tests amid a more fractured and volatile...
Singapore-listed CapitaLand Reit to develop new IT parks in India
Mint
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August 9, 2025
“In India, we've had a presence, but we actually haven't really focused that much so far," Nagabhushanam, who was in the country this week, told Mint. “I think the time for India has come now, and it has become core for CapitaLand. That’s why...
Agriculture minister concludes visit to promote Canadian agri-food trade in the Indo-Pacific
Top Crop Manager
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August 8, 2025
The Honourable Heath MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, wrapped up seven days of advocating for Canada’s agriculture and agri-food sector in Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines. With the Indo-Pacific already importing more than...
AeroFarms® Raises Equity to Fund Pre-Construction Activities for Second Farm; Refinances Debt to Support Ongoing Operations in Danville, Virginia
CleanTechnica
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August 9, 2025
AeroFarms, an indoor vertical farming company and the leading supplier of microgreens to the U.S. retail market, has refinanced its debt to support the ongoing operations at its farm in Danville, Virginia, and has raised equity financing to...
Migrant worker who helped build Jewel among those who call Singapore their second home
The Straits Times
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August 8, 2025
SINGAPORE – When Mr Rayhan Md Abu first saw the blueprints for Jewel Changi Airport in 2017, he could not believe his eyes. An indoor waterfall? A large glass dome? A five-storey indoor garden? The Bangladeshi worker, who had just joined a...
Vanda RE seeks Singapore buyers for 2 GW solar-storage project in Indonesia
The Asian Business Review
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August 8, 2025
The plant will boost green power trade between the two nations. Singapore-based Vanda RE Pte Ltd. is in talks with potential buyers for the clean energy it expects to generate from its 2 gigawatt-peak (GWp) solar and 4.4 gigawatt-hour (GWh) energy...
EAM Jaishankar congratulates Singapore on 60th National Day, says “cherish enduring friendship”
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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August 9, 2025
New Delhi [India], August 9 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Jaishankar congratulated Singapore on its 60th National Day, and expressed appreciation for the strong ties between the two countries. Jaishankar said, "Congratulate FM @VivianBala, the...
World : Top News Headlines In Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam: Aug 9, 2025
Bernama
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August 9, 2025
MYANMAR 1. JANUARY-MARCH FDI INFLOW HIT RM466 MILLION -- THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Inflow of foreign direct investment reached RM466 million (US$110 million) in the first quarter this year. Leading countries China, Singapore and Thailand...
DPM Zahid to represent Malaysia at Singapore National Day Parade 2025
Malay Mail
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August 9, 2025
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 9 — Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi will undertake a two-day working visit to Singapore from Saturday to Sunday (Aug 9–10), where he will represent the Malaysian government at the Singapore National Day Parade...
Why Singapore’s million-dollar HDB flats are becoming more common
South China Morning Post
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August 9, 2025
First-time homeowner Alice*, 29, and her fiancé were so blown away by the view from a 39th-floor public housing flat in Clementi, a neighbourhood in the west of Singapore, they decided within a day that the more than S$1 million (US$780,000) price...
The Changes to the English Arbitration Regime: What Parties to International Construction Disputes Need to Know
JD Supra - California
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August 8, 2025
England, and in particular, London, is one of the leading international arbitration centers and is frequently selected as a seat of arbitration. Indeed, the 2025 International Arbitration Survey conducted by White & Case and Queen Mary London as...
Glencore sees energy trading profits nosedive in Trump’s tariff era
Hellenic Shipping News
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August 8, 2025
Global commodities trader Glencore observed “challenging energy market conditions” in the first half of 2025, as weaker macro sentiment and tariff uncertainty dampened potential arbitrage opportunities. In the first six months of the year, the...
Singapore’s Sembcorp posts stable interim earnings; hikes dividend
The Manila Times
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August 8, 2025
SINGAPORE’S Sembcorp Industries reported a mostly steady net profit on Friday, as a dip in earnings contribution from its gas and related services segment was offset by a jump in bottom-line performance at the renewables division. The utility...
Industrial accidents, the human cost of indifference
The Hindu
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August 8, 2025
After spending 37 years in India’s oil and energy sector, this writer has walked through the innards of factories, refineries, and chemical plants across the country. This writer has seen, up close, the tragic aftermath of industrial accidents —...
Singapore’s Carro is reportedly targeting a US IPO with over S$3.8 billion valuation
Vulcan Post
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August 8, 2025
Singaporean company Carro, which is also Southeast Asia’s largest used-car online marketplace, is preparing for an initial public offering (IPO) in the US as early as 2026 that could raise up to US$500 million (S$642 million), according to sources...
ITOCHU: newbuild ammonia bunkering vessel development and demonstration in Singapore
Hellenic Shipping News
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August 8, 2025
Through its Singapore-based subsidiary Clean Ammonia Bunkering Shipping (CABS), ITOCHU Corporation has signed a shipbuilding contract with Hiroshima-based Sasaki Shipbuilding Ltd for the construction of a 5,000 m3 ammonia-fueled, ammonia bunkering...
Sri Trang Agro-Industry swings to net loss of 786.8 million baht in Q2
The Business Times Singapore
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August 8, 2025
[SINGAPORE] Sri Trang Agro-Industry swung to a net loss of 786.8 million baht (S$31.3 million) for the second quarter ended June, from earnings of 628.4 million baht in the year-ago period, as profitability was eroded by a bigger rise in cost of...
Singapore fighter jet 'bed down' canceled
The Guam Daily Post
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The plan to "bed down" twelve Republic of Singapore Air Force F15 aircraft at Andersen Air Force Base has been canceled, according to a Record of Decision and final environmental impact statement released by the the Department of the Air Force....