Singapore: Energy audits in 121 buildings result in $30m savings
As of December last year, the government spent $3.2m subsidising energy audits in 121 buildings in Singapore. This resulted in energy savings of close to $30m a year.
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Singapore Post registers marginal growth
SingPost Group registered a marginal revenue growth of 1.6% from S$122.0 m to S$124.0 m in Q3 FY2008/09, reflecting the initial impact of the economic downturn.
Read MoreStudy: Trade growth to rely more on incomes in Asia
Growth of trade will rely more on rising incomes in Asia than growth in the West.
Read MoreSingapore hosts 15th ASEAN postal business meeting
Singapore’s Minister for Information, Communications & the Arts, Dr Lee Boon Yang, opened the 15th ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Postal Business Meeting (APBM), hosted by Singapore Post (SingPost).
About 50 delegates from the 10 ASEAN countries namely Brunei Darussalam,
Cambodia, Republic of Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Union
of Myanmar, Republic of the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and the Socialist Republic
of Viet Nam, as well as ASEAN countries ie People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong,
Japan, India and the Republic of Korea, are attending the meeting in Singapore.
Meetings
The Singapore Meeting will begin with the election of the new Vice-Chairperson and the
adoption of the business timetable. Malaysia holds the chairmanship of the ASEAN
Postal Business Meeting.
During the two-day Meeting, senior postal officials from the 10 ASEAN countries will
receive updates from the 24th Universal Postal Union (UPU) Congress and its impact on
ASEAN, and will discuss the leveraging on Singapore and Indonesia, both of which were
recently re-elected into the Postal Operations Council (POC), as the conduit for
UPU/POC information between the ASEAN members and the UPU/POC, as well as
establishing funding projects that can reinforce ASEAN’s collective competitiveness as a
region, so as to realise equitable and sustainable growth. The meeting will also provide
updates from the previous meeting held in Philippines on 4-5 September 2007.
TNT wins Asia express logistics award
TNT Express was today recognised for its express logistics excellence in Asia Pacific at the annual SCMLogistics Excellence Awards held in Singapore.
TNT said that it gained the “Asia Pacific Express Logistics Excellence” award in recognition of its efforts in raising the bar of end-to-end supply chain and logistics standards in the Asia Pacific region. In particular, it recognised TNT’s success in increasing service levels, reducing costs and maximising lead times for its customers; offering a comprehensive end-to-end suite of solutions to customers; and spearheading logistics innovation. .
In addition, it has built up its Asia Road Network for regional overland transportation to link over 125 cities in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and China. Other measures include an enhanced Customer Contact Centre opened in July 2008 and the introduction of several RFID-based solutions, including its RFID-ready Life Sciences Express Hub in Singapore, its largest dedicated life science facility in the world.
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