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Singapore Investment News - Nov/Dec 2004 |
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Lodewijk Christiaan van Wachem: Honorary Citizen - A role model for the business community
Lodewijk Christiaan van Wachem is Singapore's Honorary Citizen 2004. SI News takes a closer look at the man, his passion for work, and his penchant for Singapore. More...
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35 Years In Singapore: STMicroelectronics continues its phenomenal growth
Celebrating its 35th year of operations in Singapore, STMicroelectronics continues its phenomenal growth in tandem with the country's economic development. More...
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Gateway To Asia And The World: Global companies using Singapore as a springboard
More global companies are using Singapore as a springboard for their various operations, further boosting the country's status as an international hub across a variety of sectors. More...
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- Fifth in anti-graft index
Singapore has landed a respectable fifth ranking amongst 146 countries surveyed in the Corruption Perceptions Index 2004, conducted by Berlin-based non-governmental organisation Transparency International (TI). More...
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- Singapore is most environmentally friendly
In a recent Pollution and Other Environmental Problems survey conducted by the Political & Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC), Singapore topped the list as one of the most environmentally friendly countries. More...
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- Eurocopter pledges further expansion
Eurocopter South East Asia (ESEA) which was conferred the International Headquarters (IHQ) Award by EDB recently, has pledged to expand its businesses from Singapore. More...
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- Nakamichi unveils plans for local HQ
Nakamichi, a leading entertainment system manufacturer, will leverage on Singapore's strengths to further develop the Nakamichi name in key markets worldwide. More...
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- Herrenknecht to invest $5m in its Asia-Pacific HQ
German-based Herrenknecht AG, the world's No. 1 maker of tunnelling machines, has set up its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore to maintain its market position in Asia. More...
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- Oracle establishes advanced technology and solutions centre
Oracle's first solutions development centre in Southeast Asia was opened in Singapore recently at a cost of $11 million. More...
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- Telco alliance to boost region's mobile market
A consortium of seven telco giants has signed an agreement to jointly form a mobile alliance - the Asian region's biggest - called Bridge Mobile Alliance. More...
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- A boost for the wireless industry
A unique initiative, which provides resources to support activities ranging from conceptualisation to manufacturing and commercialisation of wireless products, has been launched here. More...
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- Cordlife opens second tissue processing & storage facility
Leading homegrown tissue bank CordLife, a subsidiary of stem cell biotechnology and immunotherapy company CyGenics, recently opened its second facility in Singapore. More...
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- JCCI celebrates 35 years in Republic
For every year over the last five years, Japanese companies have sunk in between $1.2 and $1.8 billion in fixed assets in Singapore. More...
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- Polytechnics promote engineering as choice career
Singapore's five polytechnics have joined forces to promote engineering as a choice of study and career. The five participating institutions are the Nanyang, Ngee Ann, Republic, Singapore, and Temasek Polytechnics. More...
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- Moving upstream
It's boom time for venture capital firms operating in Singapore. As local VC company Upstream Ventures puts it, being based here is to be at the crossroads of investment activity and opportunities in Asia. More...
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- Track on time
Logistics can be a hard act to follow. But Sanjay Chakrabarty, founder of MobiApps, has good news. One of the company's products, m-Trak, combines Global Positioning Systems, wireless communications and the Internet to track vehicles on the move. More...
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- Mechanical engineering: Pillar of strength
The foundation for Singapore's manufacturing excellence. A strong pillar of Singapore's economy, manufacturing accounted for 26 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2003. More...
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- 'Going global' with Singapore-based education
With an emphasis on diverse and quality educational services, Singapore is pulling out all the stops to position itself as a world-class education destination. More...
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