Paul Immigrations Reviews: Apply For Singapore Permanent Residence
Singapore with its tropical climate, dynamic multicultural environment is one of the leading financial centres in the world. It attracts many people to live, work and invest there and each year around 30,000 people receive Permanent Residence and there are around 530,000 living there with PR status out of a total population of 5.7 million....
The Most Expensive Cities In The World
The Worldwide Cost of Living Survey 2019 from the Economic Intelligence Unit ranks the most expensive cities in the world. For the first time in its history three cities share the top spot as the most expensive city in the world. Hong Kong and Paris join Singapore, the city that topped the rankings last year....
The Best Places In The World To Work
HSBC’s annual Expat Explorer Survey ranks Germany as the best place to work in the world followed by Bahrain and the UK. A period working abroad can be the key to unlocking a more confident, creative and adaptable you according to HSBC, as it announces the best countries in the world to work abroad. The...
Singapore Tops HSBC Expat Explorer Survey Again
The HSBC Expat Explorer survey marks its 11th year and more than 22,000 people who have made the move to live abroad were questioned about their new life. Singapore is rated the best destination for the fourth year in a row, followed closely by New Zealand, Germany, Canada and Bahrain. This survey gives a wide...
Gammon scoops £139m contract to build a data centre in Singapore
Gammon Pte. Limited, a subsidiary of Gammon Construction Limited, has been awarded a data centre project in Singapore for Global Switch, a leading owner, operator and developer of large-scale, carrier and cloud neutral, multi-tenanted data centres across Europe and Asia-Pacific. Located in the Woodlands area of Singapore, the data centre will comprise a six-storey precast...
Samsung secure design and construct Singapore tunnel contract
Samsung C&T Corporation has been selected as the first contractor to design and construct a stretch of the North-South Corridor (NSC) in Singapore by the Land Transport Authority (LTA). Under the USD$602 million contract, Samsung C&T will be responsible for the design and construction of a 1.25km stretch of the corridor between Novena Rise and...
Expats Earn 25% More Abroad Than At Home
Singapore has again been rated by expats as the best country in the world to live and work. Runner-up was Norway. Both Singapore and Norway offer expats a stable economic and political environment while giving them a fulfilling experience and an improved family life, according to the HSBC Expat Explorer survey. As well as unveiling...
CIMIC’s Leighton Asia wins A$470m sewerage system project
CIMIC Group company, Leighton Asia, has been awarded a Deep Tunnel Sewerage System Phase 2 contract by PUB, Singapore’s national water agency. Revenue to Leighton Asia, which is part of CIMIC Group construction company CPB Contractors, is approximately A$470 million. Construction is scheduled to commence in October 2017 and complete by mid-2023. CIMIC Group Chief...
Can You Afford To Take That Expat Job Offer?
If you are considering working overseas you should find out before you go how far your salary is going to stretch. Luckily there is new research showing the relative cost of living in major cities worldwide. Singapore retains its title as the world’s most expensive city for a fourth consecutive year in a top ten...
Best Destinations For A Career Abroad in 2017
Europe is rated the best destination for those looking to progress their career abroad and benefit from great working conditions. According to new data released from the latest Expat Explorer survey from HSBC, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Austria and the UK are among the top ten countries for a successful expat career. For the second...
Samsung wins EPCC contract in Thailand
Samsung Engineering was awarded an EPCC contract from PTT Public Company Ltd., a Thailand state-owned oil & gas company, for a gas compressor station project worth $110mil USD. The project is located in WangNoi, Ayutthaya 70km north of Bangkok, Thailand. The project which uses Gas Turbine Driven Compressors with Shaft Power of 16MW will provide...
Amec Foster Wheeler wins Singapore FEED contract
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today it has been awarded a contract by Singapore Refining Company (SRC), a joint venture between Singapore Petroleum Company and Chevron, to undertake Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) and Detailed Engineering Services for upgrade of its Crude and Vacuum heater efficiency which includes revamp of burners, air preheater and a...