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China Everbright secures two wastewater treatment projects worth $100 mil
SINGAPORE (June 6): China Everbright Water has secured two projects based in Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province, China, with a total investment of RMB503.6 million ($99.6 million).
June 06, 2019
Contracts
Sembmarine ends year with 10 completed cruise ship projects, announces 13 new jobs for 2019
SINGAPORE (Dec 17): Sembcorp Marine (Sembmarine) today announced the completion of repair work on Costa Fortuna, a 1,358-cabin vessel operated by Costa Crociere which sailed away from Sembmarine’s Admiralty Yard yesterday.
December 17, 2018
M&A
CapitaLand invests $27 mil in co-working operator for new 'office of the future' strategy
SINGAPORE (Oct 2): CapitaLand has, through its subsidiary CL Kingdom Investment (CKI), subscribed for a 50% stake in The Work Project Kingdom (TWPK) for $13.5 million, with the intention of extending shareholder loans through CKI to TWPK.
October 02, 2018
Startups, Entrepreneurs, Digital economy
Enterprise Singapore and Bpifrance call for proposals on joint France-Singapore innovation projects
SINGAPORE (Sept 18): Enterprise Singapore and Bpifrance are calling for proposals on joint innovation projects in technological and application areas including advanced manufacturing, clean technology and medical technology.
September 18, 2018
China Everbright Water wins $317 mil of contracts under Shangdong water supply project
SINGAPORE (Apr 4): China Everbright Water says it has secured three sub-projects worth a total of RMB1.522 billion ($317 million) under the Ji'nan Zhangqiu Urban-Rural Integration Water Supply Project in the Shandong Province of China.
April 04, 2018
Emerging Markets
Jokowi roots for private investment as Freeport dispute lingers
JAKARTA (Oct 17): Indonesia will turn to private investors for the hundreds of billions of dollars in investment needed to develop the archipelago’s infrastructure and natural resources, President Joko Widodo said, brushing off claims he was increasingl
October 17, 2017
Global Economy
Thailand to kick start $61 bil economic revamp before polls
BANGKOK (Sept 28): Thailand’s military government is looking to start construction of projects under a 1.5 trillion baht ($61.2 billion) investment plan before the country’s possible return to democracy late next year.
September 28, 2017
Update
Raffles Medical Group acquires land to develop hospital in Chongqing
SINGAPORE (April 3): Raffles Medical Group (RMG) has acquired a 28,000 sq m plot of land in the New North District of the Liangjiang New Area in Chongqing, China, on which it intends to develop a 700-bed international tertiary general hospital.
April 03, 2017
Raffles Medical Group to ‘explore cooperation’ with Chinese administrative committee
SINGAPORE (Feb 27): Raffles Medical Group says it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to “explore cooperation” between itself and China’s Chongqing Liangjiang New Area Administrative Committee on “healthcare-related projects”.
February 27, 2017
MAS, polytechnics sign MOU to boost fintech skills development
SINGAPORE (Oct 3): Financial technology (fintech) skills development is set to get a boost with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the five local polytechnics.
October 03, 2016