THE Islamic Theological Association of Singapore (Pertapis) will soon be able to expand its educational initiatives for children from low-income families, thanks to a S$20,500 donation from The Business Times. The sum was raised during BT's annual Christmas party-cum-charity auction last December, from both staff and associates.

There are more than 350 trade associations and chambers (TACs) in Singapore – an impressive figure on the surface, but numbers alone do not tell the whole story.

The talents possessed by the Singapore workforce today may be completely irrelevant in the near future, depending on the kind of Singapore in existence then – and businesses ought to be prepared.

Commuters will now be able to pay for their public transport fares with just a tap of their mobile phones, the Land Transport Authority (LTA), Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and EZ-Link Pte Ltd announced on Tuesday.

MALAYSIAN small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are in a blue funk.

SMALL and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can expect more support in deploying robotics solutions in the drive for transformation or productivity improvement efforts, said Minister for Trade and Industry S Iswaran.

FACED with a challenging retail environment, the Al-Futtaim group will continue to close stores in Singapore, but expand its footprint elsewhere in promising Asian markets.

The shift in focus from productivity to innovation was clear in the latest fiscal Budget, but analysts at a discussion panel on Tuesday wondered whether more could be done to ensure that the workforce is ready for the new economy.

UNIQLO will open its first global flagship store in Singapore, which will also be the first in South-east Asia, in the second half of this year.