2008
Oct 28

That is the question asked in this recent article. It looks like the recent Marina Bay Sands advertising campaign to recruit thousands of new workers has created quite a stir in Singapore. It has even gotten me excited because Ive noticed traffic to this site is up by about 500% since the job recruitment drive started. Keep it up guys, the more excitement the better.

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Property prices cooling

Posted by admin on Jul 9th, 2008
2008
Jul 9

Singapore, like almost every other country in the world, is starting to see its booming real estate industry slowing.  Although, the most recent price reports are not down year over year, the rate of increase can almost be described as being flat.  And based on the recent trends, they could even be down in the upcoming quarters.  The Singapore casinos could Continue Reading »

Singapore’s educated workforce

Posted by admin on Dec 30th, 2007
2007
Dec 30

Educated workers who know local customs are better than imported workers any day in my opinion.

As a result Singapore has been transformed from a backwater, in which some 60% of workers were once illiterate or had only primary education, to a cosmopolitan of highly educated youths.

Today some sort of reversal has taken place. At least six out of 10 babies born today will probably end up as graduates.

This is especially true of Singaporean women, who outnumber men in university and even outshine them in some fields.

Full article at littlespeck.com

http://www.littlespeck.com/content/education/CTrendsEdu-071229.htm

 

Singapore Real Estate Prices Rise

Posted by admin on Oct 3rd, 2007
2007
Oct 3

Just wait til the Singapore casinos actually open and the tourism dollars start flooding in…

“Prices of private residential properties in Singapore rose 8.0 percent in the three months to September and more land may be released for development if demand stays strong, the government said Monday.
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Singapore economic update

Posted by admin on Sep 9th, 2007
2007
Sep 9

Here’s a good article discussing the state of commercial and residential development in Singapore.  With the US subprime mortgage mess affecting the US stock market and other world indices, along with the recent new about Melco PBL’s increased borrowing costs, its probably a good idea to keep an eye on this to see if there will be any impact on the Singapore casinos’ developments.