Remaking Redux

Singapore succeeded in transforming its economy over the past decade, but now faces new problems, including congestion, rising costs and divisive inequality. Four leading economists tell The Edge Singapore what ails the country and how to fix it. Our 10th Anniversary Issue 513 of The Edge Singapore is now available on newsstands and Singtel’s Android-based tablets.

Also inside Issue 513 (March 5-11)

• The Decade: Ten years on, and still going strong
• Edgewise: SGX faces court action from testy former China Sky director 
• HLH Group returns to the black but corn business yet to show results
• Hersing to launch children’s furnishings and interior design businesses as home sales slow
• A Noble rebound? After a shock quarterly loss, the supply chain giant returns to profitability. Can it go back to the glory days when it was a punter’s darling?
• ST Engineering could see new revenue stream from Airbus P2F conversions
• Will ST Electronics' takeover of NeraTel go through
• Mermaid’s new CEO streamlines subsea units; banks on new Seadrill alliance
• Top Corporates looking forward: The largest companies in aviation, banking, manufacturing, property, shipyards and telecommunications take stock of the past decade and size up the opportunities and challenges of the future.
• SingTel finds new growth engine in applications and cloud services
• SIA faces new risks from Indonesia, hunts for growth in new markets
• UOB gathers deposits, emphasises margins and expands regionally
• CapitaLand bets on affordable homes, iconic designs and Vietnam
• Sembcorp sees utilities unit powering ahead even as offshore business keeps booming
• Venture boosts margins through partnerships, product innovation
• Sunita Sue Leng: High cost of a wage-productivity revolution
• Lim Yin Foong: Foreign shoppers drive luxury retail rents in London
• Cap 1: Fuel woes: Transport operators expected to face more heat as oil prices soar
• Right Timing: Goola Warden: Correction to continue
• Daryl Guppy: Shanghai trend behaviour

Investing Ideas:

• Baidu ADR: Search engine looks beyond China, pushes for growth on mobile platform

Insider Moves:

• Independent director JY Pillay raises stake in Tiger Airways as it starts JV with PT Mandala Air

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