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Norway‘s Stolt-Nielsen has announced plans to build a 325,000 cubic mtr chemicals storage terminal on Jurong Island by mid-2010. The terminal is estimated to cost over $100m and is slated …
Stolt-Nielsen To Build Jurong Island Tankfarm Read MoreMaersk Line, the world’s largest container shipping firm and a unit of Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk, said the global shipping industry is expected to grow 7 to …
Maersk Line: Asia More Shielded From A Downturn Read MoreMinister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew hinted at a dialogue on Wednesday that Singapore is reviewing its procreation policies and could be looking to the Swedish model. Its measures range from …
A Swedeish Way To Boost Singapore’s Birth Rate Read MoreDanish watch company Skagen is celebrating success in the Singapore market after opening a new counter at Changi Airport in May 2008 and becoming a best-selling brand onboard the national …
Skagen Watches Fly High In Singapore And Beyond Read MoreSingapore‘s Temasek has appointed one of Europe‘s pre-eminent industrialists to its board in a move that underscores the increasingly global mindset of the world’s leading sovereign wealth funds. Marcus Wallenberg, …
Temasek Appoints Top Swedish Industrialist To Board Read MoreSingapore is revamping its procreation policies and could be going the Swedish way, giving free childcare and paternity leave in a bid to get couples to have more babies. The …
Swedish Policy May Be The Key To A Higher Birth Rate Read MoreSingapore state-linked investment company Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited said on Tuesday it has appointed Marcus Wallenberg, chairman of Swedish bank Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, as a board member effective July 8. …
Singapore’s Temasek Appoints Swedish bank SEB Chair As Board Member Read MoreScorpion Offshore Ltd. said it has ordered a new deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig from Keppel shipyard in Singapore, at a cost of approximately $700 million. “Construction is expected to span …
Scorpion Offshore Order To Keppel Shipyard In Singapore Read MoreMr. Sigve Brekke takes up the position as head of Telenor Region Asia and joins Telenor’s Group Executive Management on September 1st 2008. Brekke succeeds Mr. Arve Johansen, who returns …
Sigve Brekke Appointed New Head Of Telenor Asia, Tore Johnsen New CEO Of DTAC Read MoreLong-running Swedish death metallers Dismember will perform their first-ever show in Singapore on July 13 at Substation, Guiness Theatre. Tickets are now on sale in Singapore and Malaysia through La …
Dismember Schedules First-Ever Visit To Singapore Read More