Going to the dentist isn’t fun for most of us. However, regular dental check-ups are recommended by healthcare professionals, along with our healthcare screenings. As much as I dislike having my teeth examined, polished and scaled, I abhor even more the thought of going through a more serious dental procedure. Thankfully, getting a dental appointment is relatively easy in Singapore at private dental clinics. A prominent name in dental healthcare is Q & M Dental (SGX: QC7). Established in 1996 and listed on the SGX Mainboard in 2009, Q &M is currently Singapore’s largest private dental healthcare group with 87 dental outlets, over 240 qualified dentists and over 300 supporting staff in Singapore. Q & M’s Singapore presence forms a significant (over 90%) of their operations

Ever since COVID-19 was first identified in 2019, greater emphasis has been placed on healthcare sectors, both internationally and within Singapore. According to Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat), there are 25 hospitals in Singapore as of 2019, with a total operating receipt of over S$10 million. Furthermore, COVID-19 highlighted the importance of Public Private Partnerships in creating a holistic healthcare ecosystem, which IHH Healthcare contributed as a player in the private healthcare sector. IHH staff were involved in temperature screening at checkpoints, providing swab tests at Community Care Facilities, and receiving COVID-19 patients. IHH Healthcare offers patients a full spectrum of integrated healthcare services, from primary to highly specialised care and across a w

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are popular among Singaporean investors due to its liquidity, the high dividend yield, and low capital requirements. Most of us won’t have the spare cash to purchase multi-storey industrial buildings even if we wanted to invest in them. While the pandemic has severely impacted the retail, hospitality and commercial sectors and their corresponding REITs, industrial REITs have remained relatively resilient. One of the 8 industrial REITs in Singapore, Sabana REIT has a diversified portfolio across 4 industrial segments (high-tech industrial, warehouse & logistics, chemical warehouse & logistics, general industrial). This includes industrial properties in areas such as Commonwealth, Serangoon, and even Changi. The Group also recently saw the comp

Singapore has one of the world’s busiest ports. Unsurprisingly, many marine and shipping companies, big and small, have made Singapore their home harbour. Aside from the large offshore and marine conglomerates such Sembcorp Marine and Keppel O&M, there are many smaller marine companies that call Singapore their home harbour. Today, we bring to your attention Kim Heng Limited (SGX: 5G2), an integrated marine and offshore company in Singapore. Listed on the SGX Catalist since 2014, Kim Heng Limited’s key revenue segments are renewable energy support services, vessel chartering, heavy equipment sales and rental and marine offshore support services in FY2020. The company also has 2 shipyards, fabrication facilities, 15 cranes as well as a vessel fleet of 11 tugs, 25 barges, 3 (Offshore

We all tend to take our water for granted in Singapore. Most of us do not realise that much of our water supply doesn’t just come from rain (through our catchment reservoirs) and water imports. NEWater plants actually supply up to 40% of our water needs and desalinated water supplies up to 30% of our water needs. This means that water and wastewater management solutions are essential to Singapore’s water security. As ESG investing gains prominence, water and wastewater management solutions is an area that lends itself naturally to sustainability and environmental concerns. While the winding up of Hyflux (confirmed on 21 July 2021, after 3 years of restructuring attempts) may leave a poor impression on the general public and investors, the industry is more than just a single high-profil

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, stocks of glove companies (both the supplies and the shares) were in hot demand globally. As healthcare providers rushed to stock up sufficient supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) including gloves, investors rushed to buy the stocks of glove suppliers. In fact, the top performing stock on SGX for 2020 was Medtecs International, a supplier of medical consumables and PPE, with a stock gain of 2600%. While it has been more than a year since the start of the pandemic, the continued surge of the virus (including the more infectious Delta variant) has ensured that the demand for medical PPE has remained high. It is in this environment that Enviro-Hub (SGX: L23) has repositioned its business focus to recycling of e-waste and supply of medica