MUMBAI / TOKYO, Dec 29, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – RuPay in partnership with JCB International Co. Ltd., has announced the second phase of its limited-time special cashback offer scheme for all RuPay JCB Debit and Credit Cardholders. JCB International Co. Ltd. is the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co. Ltd., Japan’s only... » read more
TOKYO, Feb 14, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Showa Denko (SDK; TSE:4004) decided at its board meeting today to submit proposals to the 113th ordinary general meeting of shareholders on March 30, 2022 (“the General Meeting of Shareholders”) for revising the amount of director compensation in money following a revision of the director... » read more
HONG KONG, Nov 17, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hop Hing Group Holdings Limited (“Hop Hing” or the “Company”, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”; stock code: 47) and Ocean Ease Global Limited (the “Offeror”) has jointly issued the scheme document (the “Scheme Document”) in relation to, amongst others, (i) the proposal (the... » read more
SINGAPORE – With just 500 workers being allowed to visit Little India each week as part of a long-delayed pilot scheme that kicked off on Wednesday (Sept 15), the onus will be on dormitory operators to select eligible workers willing to comply with the rules who can go out into the community. The Ministry of... » read more
SINGAPORE – Thirty-six people have been charged in court over their involvement in the submission of $11.8 million worth of false claims to the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras). These were submitted by various companies between 2014 and 2016 under the Productivity and Innovation Credit (PIC) Scheme, said the police on Monday (Aug 30).... » read more
HONG KONG, Aug 25, 2021 – (亚太商讯 via SEAPRWire.com) – 由九龙东区各界联会（「东联」）、香港越秀各界联合会(「越秀」)及香港优才及专才协会(「优专才协会」)，（以下简...
HONG KONG, Mar 31, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – HKC (Holdings) Limited (“HKC” or the “Company”; stock code: 190) will convene the Court Meeting and the Special General Meeting (“SGM”) at 10:00a.m. and 10:30a.m., respectively, on 23 April 2021, for the purpose of considering and approving the resolution in relation to the proposed... » read more
About 15,600 first-time flat buyers have received nearly $500 million in grants under the Enhanced CPF Housing Grant since the scheme was launched in September 2019. Of these, 7,700 bought new flats and got about $270 million in all. Another 7,900 bought resale flats, getting about $226 million in grants. The Housing Board yesterday said... » read more
SINGAPORE – The number of applications for two key Government financial aid schemes jumped by 26 per cent last year as Singapore was gripped by the Covid-19 pandemic. About 83,000 applications were received for the ComCare Short-To-Medium Term Assistance Scheme and the ComCare Long-Term Assistance Scheme last year (2020), up from about 66,000 in 2019,... » read more
SINGAPORE – Around 50,000 local jobseekers were hired by 14,000 or so companies in September under a scheme to encourage firms to boost their manpower plans, according to preliminary estimates out on Friday (Jan 22). About 50 per cent of the new hires were aged 40 and over. The scheme, known as the Jobs Growth... » read more
HONG KONG, Jan 17, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – HKC (Holdings) Limited (“HKC” or the “Company”; stock code: 190) and Genesis Ventures Limited (“Genesis Ventures” or the “Offeror”) jointly announced that the Offeror requested the Board of the Company (the “Board”) to put forward a proposal (the “Proposal”) to the holders (the “Scheme Shareholders”) of... » read more
HONG KONG, Dec 3, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – On 30 November, CIMC-TianDa issued a joint announcement regarding, among other matters, the dispatch of privatisation scheme circular. According to the announcement, Sharp Vision, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CIMC, and Expedition Holding, as the joint offerors, made a privatisation proposal to CIMC-TianDa. The privatisation price is... » read more
SINGAPORE – Over $5.5 billion under the Jobs Support Scheme (JSS) will be paid out to more than 140,000 employers from Oct 29, to help them retain their workers amid the Covid-19 pandemic. This will help businesses pay the wages of some 1.9 million local employees, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said on Monday (Oct... » read more