Tycoon Ong Beng Seng’s HPL, Potential Partners In Talks To Redevelop Singapore Properties

The Voco Hotel Orchard Road. one of the three properties Hotel Properties plans to redevelop. Courtesy of Hotel Properties Hotel Properties Ltd. (HPL)—which counts tycoon Ong Beng Seng and his wife Christina among its biggest shareholders—is in talks with potential partners to redevelop three of its adjoining prime properties on Orchard Road, Singapore’s main shopping…

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Tsunami Warnings In Japan And Hawaii After Powerful Quake Hits Eastern Russia

Topline The tsunami waves hit Pacific coastlines across Japan, Hawaii and parts of California early on Wednesday, as authorities urged residents to evacuate these areas and seek higher ground, hours after a powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula. A man checking his smartphone walks along a screen broadcasting televised information on…

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