April 28: SMRT Corporation, the pioneer in public transportation in Singapore, has sent proposals to develop metro rail projects in the state including the Hyderabad metro rail project.
SMRT proposes to take up the projects based on a Build-Operate-Transfer mo-del. The Singapore metro is one of the few metro rail projects in the world that incurs profits.
Nayanima Basu / New Delhi March 23, 2010, 1:22 IST
Notwithstanding the widespread protest against the proliferation of special economic zones (SEZs) in the country, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry is organising a seminar on the tax-free conclaves in Singapore tomorrow in order to rope in global investors.
THE proposed pact on liberalising trade in services and investment flows between India and the Asean, which is expected to result in increased opportunities for Indian professionals, is set to get a push at a senior officials meeting in Bali at the end of the month. Attempts would be made to tie all lose ends of the ongoing negotiations at the meet.
People who drink two or more sweetened soft drinks a week have a much higher risk of pancreatic cancer, an unusual but deadly cancer, researchers reported on Monday. People who drank mostly fruit juice instead of sodas did not have the same risk, the study of 60,000 people in Singapore found.
SCE is expected to sign a memorandum of understanding in February with the Cooum Sub-basin Restoration and Management Unit.
CHENNAI: The Singapore Cooperation Enterprise (SCE), a body floated by the Singaporean government, will be associated with the Cooum beautification project.
CHENNAI: The Public Utilities Board (PUB) of Singapore, the water agency of the Southeast Asian country, has agreed to cooperate with the State government in preparing a comprehensive conceptual master plan for the restoration of the Cooum river.
Singapore is the first city in the world to implement electronic road pricing (ERP) in September 1998. The ERP or congestion pricing system was successful for one important reason - the city operates a widely accessible public transport system (road and rail) which can support the shift to car-free transport.
