Singapore's industrial output in December grew 14.3% year-on-year, beating economists' forecasts, official data showed on Tuesday, as an increase in electronics manufacturing outweighed a fall in the pharmaceuticals and aerospace segments. Economists had expected an 11.5% increase in December, according to a Reuters poll. Factory output grew a revised 18.7% in November instead of the 17.9% rise previously reported, data from the Singapore Economic Development Board showed.
Experience Singapore Art Week 2021 from home
Published January 25, 2021 2:26pm Known to deliver exceptional art, discussions, and exhibitions to its international audience annually, the Singapore Art Week (SAW) is going digital this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. Adopting the theme “Art Takes Over” on its ninth year, the event aims to showcase the different forms of art both physically and virtually. “Singapore’s signature visual arts season celebrates the coming together of the island nation’s vibrant artist community during unprecedented times - simultaneously navigating new modes of art making and presentation while looking forward to new possibilities for the future,” the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) Area Director for Philippines Ruby Liu said in a press release.
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Grooming talent to drive the digital economy
From undergraduates to mid-career professionals, DigiPen (Singapore) prepares a diverse range of students for an array of jobs in the digital economy
DigiPen (Singapore) students gain the knowledge to become innovators not just users of technology.PHOTO: SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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Thailand Approves AstraZeneca: Southeast Asia Vaccine Tracker
Bloomberg 1/23/2021 Claire Jiao and Ian Sayson
(Bloomberg) AstraZeneca Plc’s vaccine won approval from Thailand, becoming the third company to clear regulatory requirements for use in Southeast Asia.
Thousands of people in Singapore and Indonesia have already received the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE and Sinovac Biotech Ltd. vaccines, and their neighbors are signing more deals to procure supplies. China is also giving free vaccines to countries like the Philippines and Cambodia.
Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s biggest and most populous economy, started its coronavirus vaccination program on Jan. 13, with President Joko Widodo taking the first Sinovac jab as the race to immunize people against Covid-19 gains pace.
SINGAPORE secured S$17.2 billion in fixed asset investments (FAI) in 2020, far exceeding the Singapore Economic Development Board's (EDB) medium to long-term annual investment commitment goals of S$8 billion to S$10 billion, the EDB said at its annual year-in-review on Wednesday morning. Read more at The Business Times.