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URA rejects sole bid for Mohd Sultan office site
October 21, 2008 22:00:00THE Urban Redevelopment Authority has rejected the sole bid - submitted by RSP Architects Planners & Engineers - for a transitional office site in Mohamed Sultan Road, as the price offered was too low. The tender for the site closed a week ago, with RSP bidding $4.65 million. - [Read more] |
Construction demand set to fall: Mah
October 21, 2008 22:00:00THE construction sector here must be prepared to face tough and challenging times ahead as demand is expected to decline, said Minister for National Development Mah Bow Tan yesterday. - [Read more] |
Indonesia ready to sell more natural gas to Singapore
October 21, 2008 22:00:00INDONESIA is prepared to sell more natural gas to Singapore from smaller, isolated gas pockets, or so-called stranded fields, in the South China Sea, Purnomo Yusgiantaro, the countrys Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, said yesterday. - [Read more] |
Spores future is in intellectual capitalism
October 21, 2008 22:00:00SMART toilets that monitor your health through the waste substances from your body. Mass customisation of the clothes that you wear. A super rice strain that can be grown in any environment. These scenarios are not that far off in the future envisioned by renowned physicist and author Michio Kaku. - [Read more] |
Refrain from changing power tariffs formula
October 21, 2008 22:00:00THE formula for electricity tariffs, which rose 21 per cent this month, should not be changed lightly, Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry S Iswaran told Parliament yesterday. - [Read more] |
3 new members join advisory panel
October 19, 2008 22:00:00SINGAPORE has added three new members to its biomedical sciences International Advisory Council (BMS IAC), made up of scientific luminaries and Nobel laureates from North America and Europe tasked to guide and review national strategies and policies for the sector. - [Read more] |
France says oui to skilled foreigners
October 19, 2008 22:00:00EVEN as efforts are ramped up to clamp down on illegal immigrants, France is opening up its borders to encourage more highly skilled, qualified foreigners to work there. - [Read more] |
Bricks in place, now to execute: biomed panel
October 19, 2008 22:00:00THE 13th meeting of the biomedical sciences International Advisory Council (BMS IAC) ended last Friday without any new infrastructure investment announcement, but that has nothing to do with the ongoing credit crisis, assured A*Star chairman Lim Chuan Poh. - [Read more] |
MPs to question effects of financial meltdown
October 17, 2008 22:00:00THE impact of the global financial sector meltdown and the recent controversy surrounding high-risk investment products are set to kick off the debates at next Mondays Parliament sitting. - [Read more] |
More grants to help industries save energy
October 17, 2008 22:00:00A MULTI-million-dollar grant scheme to help industrial companies offset their investments in energy efficient equipment is expected to be launched next month, a senior executive at the National Environment Agency (NEA) said yesterday. - [Read more] |
Sun shines through economic cloud
October 17, 2008 22:00:00THE most upmarket lifestyle festival here was launched yesterday in the currently incongruous environment of belt-tightening. The second Singapore Sun Festival returns with a 10-day programme that includes expensive cuisine, fine wine and great music. But event founder Barrett Wissman is undaunted by the economic climate. - [Read more] |
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