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Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to promote exchange in health and medical research between the two countries over the next three years.
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Postcard: Dr Martin Blake explains why Singapore is a great place to do business.
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Austrade invites financial institutions to join a trade mission to Singapore, a key Asian financial hub. The three day mission will run from 11-13 May, with optional add-on programs to Indonesia and Malaysia, and will include attendance at the 12th Investment Management Association of Singapore Annual Conference, titled Investment Trends in the New Decade: What’s [...]
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Small businesses can now manage their patents, trade marks and other valuable intellectual property (IP) assets with a new online tool launched by IP Australia. IP Explorer, a joint development between the Federal Government agency and the governments of Hong Kong, China and Singapore, helps business manage their IP assets by assisting in identifying and [...]
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The annual Coface Country Risk conference has been scheduled for late June, hosted by Singapore, with the focus expected to be on the reassessment of country and sector risks in Singapore and around the world. “Our goal is to assist local and multinational businesses in their investment and exporting decisions,” said Julia Humphries, spokesperson for [...]
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Respected financial publication The Wall Street Journal has released its 16th annual Index of Economic Freedom, placing Hong Kong at the top, followed by Singapore and Australia. Along with The Heritage Foundation, the journal scores 179 countries based on market openness. Accompanying the Index was a report that indicated that “attacks on the free market, [...]
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Brisbane has been ranked 10th in an index of the top Asian Cities of the Future, according to the Financial Times’ fDi Magazine. Singapore topped the list when the publication ranked the economic, business and financial strengths of 133 cities across the Asia-Pacific region. The Queensland capital also ranked second overall for best foreign direct [...]
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Qantas have announced they will increase international fares by up to five percent this week, a strong indication that the era of heavily discounted airfares is coming to an end. In its first international fare increase since June last year, Qantas will put up first class and business class fares by three percent on Friday. [...]
...read moreA new report has found that Australia provides the fourth best internet service in the world, yet Australians are calling for the Federal Government to invest more in internet infrastructure. The Servcorp International Internet Report, which questioned 7,500 business people in 24 countries, found that Australia has one of the best internet services in the [...]
...read moreMinister for Foreign Affairs Stephen Smith and Minister for Trade Simon Crean are in attendance at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministerial Meeting in Singapore to discuss free trade and investment targets set in 1994. The so-called Bogor Goals, named after the summit held in Bogor, Indonesia, were to be achieved by 2010, but it [...]
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