In his National Day Message, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spoke of the recently-completed JEWEL at Changi Airport as one of the projects involved in remaking Singapore. He also mentioned five other projects in the coming years that will redefine Singapore’s landscape and open up more land for residential, tourism and industrial use. Investors should sit up and take note of these five projects as they span multiple years and will drastically change the physical landscape. Some projects will bring in a higher level of tourists while others are slated to open up more land area for new residential and commercial developments. Here is a summary of the five projects and the companies that could benefit from them. 1. Changi Airport Terminal 5 Plans are being made to construct Terminal 5

Vietnam is a country to be reckoned with in this part of Asia. In 2018, the Vietnamese economy climbed 7.1%, the fastest rate in the last 11 years. A recent report by DBS said that strong growth in private investments and its manufacturing industry, especially the electronics sector, as well as competitive salaries helped fuel the Southeast Asian country’s rise. With that, let’s explore some Singapore-listed companies that have set up shop in Vietnam and could benefit from the country’s growth over the long term. Handful of companies On the property front, companies such as Frasers Property Ltd (SGX: TQ5) and Boustead Projects Ltd (SGX: AVM) have businesses in Vietnam. Frasers Property started operations in the country in 1999. Even though Frasers Property’s invest

No man is an island, as the famous saying goes. This is particularly applicable to the business world as networking and relationships can enable companies to uncover great opportunities for growth and expansion. Companies regularly forge alliances, joint ventures, and collaborations with other businesses as part of their business development efforts. The advantages of such collaborations are many: access to a new geographic region with which the partner has familiarity, gaining expertise in an adjacent field that’s beneficial to the business, or sharing knowledge and skills among staff from both businesses in order to better engage their respective customer bases. Here are three companies that are tapping on collaborations to further their business interests. 1. Boustead Projects Li

Boustead Projects Limited (SGX: AVM) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 26 July 2019. Here are nine takeaways from that AGM. 1. The cyclical headwinds have not abated for the industrial real estate sector in Singapore yet this year. The expectation last year was that the cycle will turn up by this year, but this has not happened because construction companies are still bidding for low-end construction jobs and undercutting the more established firms. Instead of going bust, these smaller players are somehow still hanging on. 2. BPL has worked on building up its capabilities, technological know-how, and competencies in the last few years, and it has moved up the value chain over time, leaving its competition behind. The idea is to be able to eventually bid for higher-value contracts s

Boustead Projects Limited’s (SGX: AVM) annual report points to signs that there could be a bumper dividend coming for shareholders.