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Singapore’s Economic Outlook In 2020
Singapore is expected to register around 1.4% growth in gross domestic product (GDP) in 2020, according to the report of DBS Bank. DBS said that this expected growth rate for 2020 is below the potential growth rate of Singapore. However, this projected growth rate is still an improvement from 2019’s projected growth of 0.6%. Let’s …
CapitaLand Wins Tender For Integrated Management Of Bugis Village And Bugis Street
CapitaLand has won the joint tender by the Singapore Land Authority (SLA), Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) to appoint a single operator for the integrated management of Bugis Village and Bugis Street, which has a proposed retail net lettable area (NLA) of about 195,000 square feet (sq ft). The bid was evaluated using the Price-Quality …
Changi Airport Begins Terminal 2 Expansion Works To Increase Capacity And Enhance Passenger Experience
Changi Airport Group (CAG) announced on January 16 that expansion and renovation works at Terminal 2 (T2) will commence after the Chinese New Year holidays, beginning with check-in rows 9 to 12 in the Departure Hall. This marks the beginning of a multi-year expansion project which will increase T2’s handling capacity, as well as to …
2019 Is Singapore’s Joint Warmest Year On Record
Haze and landspout are among the year’s notable events. 2019 continued the warm trend seen in Singapore over the past decades. Since February 2018, Singapore’s monthly mean temperatures were above the respective monthly average for 23 consecutive months. The annual mean temperature in 2019 was 28.4°C. This was 0.9°C higher than the 1981-2010 long-term average, …
7 Must-See Christmas Events In Singapore
Staying in Singapore for the holidays? Singapore has a lot of opportunities to have fun and make Christmas a unique experience for you and your family. Be it shops, installations, performances, or food, there is a different kind of Christmas flare that you can only find here in Singapore. With so many events happening all …
Top 10 Must-See Museums In Singapore
Apart from a breathtaking airport and mouth-watering cuisine, Singapore is also the place to be for science, history or art junkies. Singapore has an interesting history and you can learn a lot of interesting facts and insights by visiting some of the museums here. Here are ten of the best Singapore museums you should not …
Grey Fingers: Ageing Singapore Uses Gardening To Fight loneliness
Since her mother died last year, 74-year-old Lim Yeo Hong has been living alone in a flat on the outskirts of Singapore, scavenging for cardboard scraps which she sells for a living. The only time she meets anyone is once a month when she collects food from a charity. “There’s nothing else I can do …
3 Reasons Why Singapore Is The Smartest City In The World
It’s official: Singapore is the world’s smartest city. That’s according to a new survey Published by Swiss business school IMD and the Singapore University of Technology and Design – the IMD Smart Cities Index – which looked at how well cities are adopting digital technologies and improving the lives of the people who live there. What is …
PISA 2018 Results Are Out: Singapore Ranks 2nd Out Of 79 Countries
Singapore ranked second place across all areas in the 2018 edition of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Methodology The PISA study measured three areas: Reading, Mathematics, and Science. According to PISA, apart from determining what the students know, they also want to see what the students can do with what they know. For …
Introducing the New MRT System Map and Transit Signage System
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has refreshed the MRT system map and transit signage system in tandem with the official opening of the Thomson-East Coast Line 1 (TEL1). Redesigned MRT System Map With the addition of new rail lines into our network, the MRT system map has been redesigned to make wayfinding easier. When viewing …