Sharanya Pillai

1 week ago | businesstimes.com.sg | Sharanya Pillai

[SINGAPORE] Two new faces – former senior civil servant Jeffrey Siow and neuroscientist Dr Choo Pei Ling – will be part of the People’s Action Party (PAP) team for Chua Chu Kang group representation constituency (GRC) in the upcoming election. The four-member team will continue to be anchored by Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong, with incumbent Member of Parliament Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim rounding off the slate.

1 week ago | businesstimes.com.sg | Sharanya Pillai

[SINGAPORE] With renewal being a key priority, the People’s Action Party (PAP) will field more than 30 new candidates in the upcoming general election (GE), said Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Saturday (Apr 12). This is the largest slate of new faces in recent history, and will include the core of the next generation leadership, he told reporters at the PAP Limbang branch in Choa Chu Kang that afternoon. “Why make these changes now?

2 weeks ago | businesstimes.com.sg | Sharanya Pillai

[SINGAPORE] Sembcorp Industries is “well-positioned” to achieve its target of 25 gigawatts (GW) of gross installed renewables capacity by 2028, said the company’s chairman and chief executive in its FY2024 annual report. The company’s gross renewables capacity stands at 17 GW as at February, “a notable increase from 12.9 GW a year ago”, said Sembcorp chairman Tow Heng Tan and chief executive Wong Kim Yin in the report, released on Tuesday (Apr 1).

3 weeks ago | businesstimes.com.sg | Sharanya Pillai

[SINGAPORE] Clear regulations and finance mechanisms are needed to boost green shipping fuels such as ammonia and methanol, said industry players who spoke at the Singapore Maritime Week. They also expressed optimism that an upcoming sustainability meeting under the International Maritime Organization (IMO) – from Apr 7 to 11 – can have positive outcomes despite ongoing geopolitical tensions.

4 weeks ago | businesstimes.com.sg | Sharanya Pillai

He sees a ‘very bright’ future for the company, in that its strengths have positioned it to succeed, even amid climate, energy and digitalisation challengesPublished Fri, Mar 28, 2025 · 01:00 AM[SINGAPORE] Loh Chin Hua has big plans for Keppel. The asset manager is gunning to hit S$200 billion in funds under management (FUM) by 2030, while also tackling challenges such as climate change, the energy transition and digitalisation.