SMEs post sharp recovery in the second quarter

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SMEs post sharp recovery in the second quarter

Singapore Business2021-07-16

The OCBC SME Index shoots by 8.3 points to 59.5 as small and medium-sized enterprises gain momentum. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were resilient in the second quarter amidst the pandemic...

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Thomaschc
·2021-07-16
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·2021-07-16
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·2021-07-16
Like please
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·2021-07-16
Like pls!
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·2021-07-16
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·2021-07-16
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·2021-07-16
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Jenjorjack
·2021-07-16
Hope it can be sustained from nice results compared to the Low base last year. With more variants looming and more vaccinations, it is really clouding the certainties. Please like comment and follow
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·2021-07-16
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·2021-07-16
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·2021-07-16
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OldYee
·2021-07-16
Great news. Recovery is starting... We must also not take prevention of COVID-19 lightly. Keep safe and progress.
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·2021-07-16
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SMEs are also better poised to emerge from the crisis, building on the strength of Singapore as a growing hub in the post-pandemic time for the services industry, the changing supply chains and the emerging green economy,” said Linus Goh, head of&nbsp;Global Commercial Banking for OCBC Bank.</p>\n<p>The continued demand for medical equipment and the vaccine rollout led to a strong performance from the healthcare manufacturing sub-industry, whose index score rose to 50.0 from the 48.1 recorded in the previous quarter.</p>\n<p>The ICT services sub-index benefited from the demand for digitalisation, with the data processing and software development sector recording a 22% quarter-on-quarter growth in revenue collections.</p>","source":"lsy1618986048053","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>SMEs post sharp recovery in the second quarter</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nSMEs post sharp recovery in the second quarter\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-07-16 09:48 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://sbr.com.sg/in-focus/smes-post-sharp-recovery-in-second-quarter><strong>Singapore Business</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>The OCBC SME Index shoots by 8.3 points to 59.5 as small and medium-sized enterprises gain momentum.\n\nSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were resilient in the second quarter amidst the pandemic...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://sbr.com.sg/in-focus/smes-post-sharp-recovery-in-second-quarter\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"STI.SI":"富时新加坡海峡指数"},"source_url":"https://sbr.com.sg/in-focus/smes-post-sharp-recovery-in-second-quarter","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1140693508","content_text":"The OCBC SME Index shoots by 8.3 points to 59.5 as small and medium-sized enterprises gain momentum.\n\nSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were resilient in the second quarter amidst the pandemic and the Heightened Alert measures.\nThe latest OCBC SME Index saw an 8.3 point rise to 59.5 for the second quarter, compared to the 41.2 from the first quarter. 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SMEs are also better poised to emerge from the crisis, building on the strength of Singapore as a growing hub in the post-pandemic time for the services industry, the changing supply chains and the emerging green economy,” said Linus Goh, head of Global Commercial Banking for OCBC Bank.\nThe continued demand for medical equipment and the vaccine rollout led to a strong performance from the healthcare manufacturing sub-industry, whose index score rose to 50.0 from the 48.1 recorded in the previous quarter.\nThe ICT services sub-index benefited from the demand for digitalisation, with the data processing and software development sector recording a 22% quarter-on-quarter growth in revenue collections.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":170333325,"gmtCreate":1626403377967,"gmtModify":1703759491131,"author":{"id":"3586519067840195","authorId":"3586519067840195","name":"cxseah","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Like please","listText":"Like please","text":"Like please","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/170333325","repostId":1140693508,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1140693508","pubTimestamp":1626400129,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1140693508?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-07-16 09:48","market":"sg","language":"en","title":"SMEs post sharp recovery in the second quarter","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1140693508","media":"Singapore Business","summary":"The OCBC SME Index shoots by 8.3 points to 59.5 as small and medium-sized enterprises gain momentum.","content":"<blockquote>\n <b><i>The OCBC SME Index shoots by 8.3 points to 59.5 as small and medium-sized enterprises gain momentum.</i></b>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were resilient in the second quarter amidst the pandemic and the Heightened Alert measures.</p>\n<p>The latest OCBC SME Index saw an 8.3 point rise to 59.5 for the second quarter, compared to the 41.2 from the first quarter. 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SMEs are also better poised to emerge from the crisis, building on the strength of Singapore as a growing hub in the post-pandemic time for the services industry, the changing supply chains and the emerging green economy,” said Linus Goh, head of&nbsp;Global Commercial Banking for OCBC Bank.</p>\n<p>The continued demand for medical equipment and the vaccine rollout led to a strong performance from the healthcare manufacturing sub-industry, whose index score rose to 50.0 from the 48.1 recorded in the previous quarter.</p>\n<p>The ICT services sub-index benefited from the demand for digitalisation, with the data processing and software development sector recording a 22% quarter-on-quarter growth in revenue collections.</p>","source":"lsy1618986048053","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>SMEs post sharp recovery in the second quarter</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nSMEs post sharp recovery in the second quarter\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-07-16 09:48 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://sbr.com.sg/in-focus/smes-post-sharp-recovery-in-second-quarter><strong>Singapore Business</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>The OCBC SME Index shoots by 8.3 points to 59.5 as small and medium-sized enterprises gain momentum.\n\nSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were resilient in the second quarter amidst the pandemic...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://sbr.com.sg/in-focus/smes-post-sharp-recovery-in-second-quarter\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"STI.SI":"富时新加坡海峡指数"},"source_url":"https://sbr.com.sg/in-focus/smes-post-sharp-recovery-in-second-quarter","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1140693508","content_text":"The OCBC SME Index shoots by 8.3 points to 59.5 as small and medium-sized enterprises gain momentum.\n\nSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were resilient in the second quarter amidst the pandemic and the Heightened Alert measures.\nThe latest OCBC SME Index saw an 8.3 point rise to 59.5 for the second quarter, compared to the 41.2 from the first quarter. 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SMEs are also better poised to emerge from the crisis, building on the strength of Singapore as a growing hub in the post-pandemic time for the services industry, the changing supply chains and the emerging green economy,” said Linus Goh, head of Global Commercial Banking for OCBC Bank.\nThe continued demand for medical equipment and the vaccine rollout led to a strong performance from the healthcare manufacturing sub-industry, whose index score rose to 50.0 from the 48.1 recorded in the previous quarter.\nThe ICT services sub-index benefited from the demand for digitalisation, with the data processing and software development sector recording a 22% quarter-on-quarter growth in revenue collections.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":170397036,"gmtCreate":1626403159525,"gmtModify":1703759487007,"author":{"id":"3584183814445503","authorId":"3584183814445503","name":"benalizz","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Like pls!","listText":"Like pls!","text":"Like pls!","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":4,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/170397036","repostId":1140693508,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1140693508","pubTimestamp":1626400129,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1140693508?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-07-16 09:48","market":"sg","language":"en","title":"SMEs post sharp recovery in the second quarter","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1140693508","media":"Singapore Business","summary":"The OCBC SME Index shoots by 8.3 points to 59.5 as small and medium-sized enterprises gain momentum.","content":"<blockquote>\n <b><i>The OCBC SME Index shoots by 8.3 points to 59.5 as small and medium-sized enterprises gain momentum.</i></b>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were resilient in the second quarter amidst the pandemic and the Heightened Alert measures.</p>\n<p>The latest OCBC SME Index saw an 8.3 point rise to 59.5 for the second quarter, compared to the 41.2 from the first quarter. 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SMEs are also better poised to emerge from the crisis, building on the strength of Singapore as a growing hub in the post-pandemic time for the services industry, the changing supply chains and the emerging green economy,” said Linus Goh, head of&nbsp;Global Commercial Banking for OCBC Bank.</p>\n<p>The continued demand for medical equipment and the vaccine rollout led to a strong performance from the healthcare manufacturing sub-industry, whose index score rose to 50.0 from the 48.1 recorded in the previous quarter.</p>\n<p>The ICT services sub-index benefited from the demand for digitalisation, with the data processing and software development sector recording a 22% quarter-on-quarter growth in revenue collections.</p>","source":"lsy1618986048053","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>SMEs post sharp recovery in the second quarter</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nSMEs post sharp recovery in the second quarter\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-07-16 09:48 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://sbr.com.sg/in-focus/smes-post-sharp-recovery-in-second-quarter><strong>Singapore Business</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>The OCBC SME Index shoots by 8.3 points to 59.5 as small and medium-sized enterprises gain momentum.\n\nSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were resilient in the second quarter amidst the pandemic...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://sbr.com.sg/in-focus/smes-post-sharp-recovery-in-second-quarter\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"STI.SI":"富时新加坡海峡指数"},"source_url":"https://sbr.com.sg/in-focus/smes-post-sharp-recovery-in-second-quarter","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1140693508","content_text":"The OCBC SME Index shoots by 8.3 points to 59.5 as small and medium-sized enterprises gain momentum.\n\nSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were resilient in the second quarter amidst the pandemic and the Heightened Alert measures.\nThe latest OCBC SME Index saw an 8.3 point rise to 59.5 for the second quarter, compared to the 41.2 from the first quarter. This is the second quarter that the index turned expansionary.\nIn a statement, OCBC said that collections across the 100,000 SMEs represented in its index grew 6% quarter on quarter, driven by improved cross-border trade with Greater China and the ASEAN.\nThis offset the continued drag from Food and Beverage and Business Services sectors, which were greatly affected by the restrictions implemented during the Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) period.\n“The promising recovery in SMEs over the past year was supported by a rapid shift towards digitalisation and e-commerce. SMEs are also better poised to emerge from the crisis, building on the strength of Singapore as a growing hub in the post-pandemic time for the services industry, the changing supply chains and the emerging green economy,” said Linus Goh, head of Global Commercial Banking for OCBC Bank.\nThe continued demand for medical equipment and the vaccine rollout led to a strong performance from the healthcare manufacturing sub-industry, whose index score rose to 50.0 from the 48.1 recorded in the previous quarter.\nThe ICT services sub-index benefited from the demand for digitalisation, with the data processing and software development sector recording a 22% quarter-on-quarter growth in revenue collections.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":5235858,"gmtCreate":1626403371379,"gmtModify":1663231042137,"authorId":3570343633899015,"author":{"id":3570343633899015,"authorId":3570343633899015,"name":"xiaochan","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":3,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":170397036,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"Buy! 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SMEs are also better poised to emerge from the crisis, building on the strength of Singapore as a growing hub in the post-pandemic time for the services industry, the changing supply chains and the emerging green economy,” said Linus Goh, head of Global Commercial Banking for OCBC Bank.\nThe continued demand for medical equipment and the vaccine rollout led to a strong performance from the healthcare manufacturing sub-industry, whose index score rose to 50.0 from the 48.1 recorded in the previous quarter.\nThe ICT services sub-index benefited from the demand for digitalisation, with the data processing and software development sector recording a 22% quarter-on-quarter growth in revenue collections.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":170301033,"gmtCreate":1626402207122,"gmtModify":1703759463659,"author":{"id":"4088920533402850","authorId":"4088920533402850","name":"Jamesyong","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/2ab908c8d5f51b90e7fefc693291bd17","vip":1,"crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"power","listText":"power","text":"power","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":7,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/170301033","repostId":1140693508,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1140693508","pubTimestamp":1626400129,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1140693508?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-07-16 09:48","market":"sg","language":"en","title":"SMEs post sharp recovery in the second quarter","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1140693508","media":"Singapore Business","summary":"The OCBC SME Index shoots by 8.3 points to 59.5 as small and medium-sized enterprises gain momentum.","content":"<blockquote>\n <b><i>The OCBC SME Index shoots by 8.3 points to 59.5 as small and medium-sized enterprises gain momentum.</i></b>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were resilient in the second quarter amidst the pandemic and the Heightened Alert measures.</p>\n<p>The latest OCBC SME Index saw an 8.3 point rise to 59.5 for the second quarter, compared to the 41.2 from the first quarter. 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SMEs are also better poised to emerge from the crisis, building on the strength of Singapore as a growing hub in the post-pandemic time for the services industry, the changing supply chains and the emerging green economy,” said Linus Goh, head of&nbsp;Global Commercial Banking for OCBC Bank.</p>\n<p>The continued demand for medical equipment and the vaccine rollout led to a strong performance from the healthcare manufacturing sub-industry, whose index score rose to 50.0 from the 48.1 recorded in the previous quarter.</p>\n<p>The ICT services sub-index benefited from the demand for digitalisation, with the data processing and software development sector recording a 22% quarter-on-quarter growth in revenue collections.</p>","source":"lsy1618986048053","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>SMEs post sharp recovery in the second quarter</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nSMEs post sharp recovery in the second quarter\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-07-16 09:48 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://sbr.com.sg/in-focus/smes-post-sharp-recovery-in-second-quarter><strong>Singapore Business</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>The OCBC SME Index shoots by 8.3 points to 59.5 as small and medium-sized enterprises gain momentum.\n\nSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were resilient in the second quarter amidst the pandemic...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://sbr.com.sg/in-focus/smes-post-sharp-recovery-in-second-quarter\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"STI.SI":"富时新加坡海峡指数"},"source_url":"https://sbr.com.sg/in-focus/smes-post-sharp-recovery-in-second-quarter","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1140693508","content_text":"The OCBC SME Index shoots by 8.3 points to 59.5 as small and medium-sized enterprises gain momentum.\n\nSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were resilient in the second quarter amidst the pandemic and the Heightened Alert measures.\nThe latest OCBC SME Index saw an 8.3 point rise to 59.5 for the second quarter, compared to the 41.2 from the first quarter. This is the second quarter that the index turned expansionary.\nIn a statement, OCBC said that collections across the 100,000 SMEs represented in its index grew 6% quarter on quarter, driven by improved cross-border trade with Greater China and the ASEAN.\nThis offset the continued drag from Food and Beverage and Business Services sectors, which were greatly affected by the restrictions implemented during the Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) period.\n“The promising recovery in SMEs over the past year was supported by a rapid shift towards digitalisation and e-commerce. SMEs are also better poised to emerge from the crisis, building on the strength of Singapore as a growing hub in the post-pandemic time for the services industry, the changing supply chains and the emerging green economy,” said Linus Goh, head of Global Commercial Banking for OCBC Bank.\nThe continued demand for medical equipment and the vaccine rollout led to a strong performance from the healthcare manufacturing sub-industry, whose index score rose to 50.0 from the 48.1 recorded in the previous quarter.\nThe ICT services sub-index benefited from the demand for digitalisation, with the data processing and software development sector recording a 22% quarter-on-quarter growth in revenue collections.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":5235826,"gmtCreate":1626403144774,"gmtModify":1663231042837,"authorId":3584183814445503,"author":{"id":3584183814445503,"authorId":3584183814445503,"name":"benalizz","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":170301033,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"think so too.","text":"think so too.","html":"think so too."}],"langContent":"EN"},{"id":170309713,"gmtCreate":1626402179932,"gmtModify":1703759461861,"author":{"id":"3579684763801587","authorId":"3579684763801587","name":"Soksok","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/03c4a8d2787d3c5042bccff3b0bb60f1","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Good&nbsp;","listText":"Good&nbsp;","text":"Good","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":6,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/170309713","repostId":1140693508,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1140693508","pubTimestamp":1626400129,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1140693508?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-07-16 09:48","market":"sg","language":"en","title":"SMEs post sharp recovery in the second quarter","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1140693508","media":"Singapore Business","summary":"The OCBC SME Index shoots by 8.3 points to 59.5 as small and medium-sized enterprises gain momentum.","content":"<blockquote>\n <b><i>The OCBC SME Index shoots by 8.3 points to 59.5 as small and medium-sized enterprises gain momentum.</i></b>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were resilient in the second quarter amidst the pandemic and the Heightened Alert measures.</p>\n<p>The latest OCBC SME Index saw an 8.3 point rise to 59.5 for the second quarter, compared to the 41.2 from the first quarter. This is the second quarter that the index turned expansionary.</p>\n<p>In a statement, OCBC said that collections across the 100,000 SMEs represented in its index grew 6% quarter on quarter, driven by improved cross-border trade with Greater China and the ASEAN.</p>\n<p>This offset the continued drag from Food and Beverage and Business Services sectors, which were greatly affected by the restrictions implemented during the Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) period.</p>\n<p>“The promising recovery in SMEs over the past year was supported by a rapid shift towards digitalisation and e-commerce. SMEs are also better poised to emerge from the crisis, building on the strength of Singapore as a growing hub in the post-pandemic time for the services industry, the changing supply chains and the emerging green economy,” said Linus Goh, head of&nbsp;Global Commercial Banking for OCBC Bank.</p>\n<p>The continued demand for medical equipment and the vaccine rollout led to a strong performance from the healthcare manufacturing sub-industry, whose index score rose to 50.0 from the 48.1 recorded in the previous quarter.</p>\n<p>The ICT services sub-index benefited from the demand for digitalisation, with the data processing and software development sector recording a 22% quarter-on-quarter growth in revenue collections.</p>","source":"lsy1618986048053","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>SMEs post sharp recovery in the second quarter</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nSMEs post sharp recovery in the second quarter\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-07-16 09:48 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://sbr.com.sg/in-focus/smes-post-sharp-recovery-in-second-quarter><strong>Singapore Business</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>The OCBC SME Index shoots by 8.3 points to 59.5 as small and medium-sized enterprises gain momentum.\n\nSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were resilient in the second quarter amidst the pandemic...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://sbr.com.sg/in-focus/smes-post-sharp-recovery-in-second-quarter\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"STI.SI":"富时新加坡海峡指数"},"source_url":"https://sbr.com.sg/in-focus/smes-post-sharp-recovery-in-second-quarter","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1140693508","content_text":"The OCBC SME Index shoots by 8.3 points to 59.5 as small and medium-sized enterprises gain momentum.\n\nSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were resilient in the second quarter amidst the pandemic and the Heightened Alert measures.\nThe latest OCBC SME Index saw an 8.3 point rise to 59.5 for the second quarter, compared to the 41.2 from the first quarter. This is the second quarter that the index turned expansionary.\nIn a statement, OCBC said that collections across the 100,000 SMEs represented in its index grew 6% quarter on quarter, driven by improved cross-border trade with Greater China and the ASEAN.\nThis offset the continued drag from Food and Beverage and Business Services sectors, which were greatly affected by the restrictions implemented during the Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) period.\n“The promising recovery in SMEs over the past year was supported by a rapid shift towards digitalisation and e-commerce. SMEs are also better poised to emerge from the crisis, building on the strength of Singapore as a growing hub in the post-pandemic time for the services industry, the changing supply chains and the emerging green economy,” said Linus Goh, head of Global Commercial Banking for OCBC Bank.\nThe continued demand for medical equipment and the vaccine rollout led to a strong performance from the healthcare manufacturing sub-industry, whose index score rose to 50.0 from the 48.1 recorded in the previous quarter.\nThe ICT services sub-index benefited from the demand for digitalisation, with the data processing and software development sector recording a 22% quarter-on-quarter growth in revenue collections.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":5235713,"gmtCreate":1626402304298,"gmtModify":1635228099747,"authorId":3560426409941126,"author":{"id":3560426409941126,"authorId":3560426409941126,"name":"lyj893","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/2565d9a5280064e66bfaadce594b1683","vip":1,"crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":170309713,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"Ok","text":"Ok","html":"Ok"}],"langContent":"EN"},{"id":170979747,"gmtCreate":1626401782689,"gmtModify":1703759447483,"author":{"id":"3586941861951066","authorId":"3586941861951066","name":"EHG","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/28e4734e50f795c3218330cbb6c3e9a0","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Like&nbsp;","listText":"Like&nbsp;","text":"Like","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":7,"commentSize":2,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/170979747","repostId":1140693508,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1140693508","pubTimestamp":1626400129,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1140693508?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-07-16 09:48","market":"sg","language":"en","title":"SMEs post sharp recovery in the second quarter","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1140693508","media":"Singapore Business","summary":"The OCBC SME Index shoots by 8.3 points to 59.5 as small and medium-sized enterprises gain momentum.","content":"<blockquote>\n <b><i>The OCBC SME Index shoots by 8.3 points to 59.5 as small and medium-sized enterprises gain momentum.</i></b>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were resilient in the second quarter amidst the pandemic and the Heightened Alert measures.</p>\n<p>The latest OCBC SME Index saw an 8.3 point rise to 59.5 for the second quarter, compared to the 41.2 from the first quarter. This is the second quarter that the index turned expansionary.</p>\n<p>In a statement, OCBC said that collections across the 100,000 SMEs represented in its index grew 6% quarter on quarter, driven by improved cross-border trade with Greater China and the ASEAN.</p>\n<p>This offset the continued drag from Food and Beverage and Business Services sectors, which were greatly affected by the restrictions implemented during the Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) period.</p>\n<p>“The promising recovery in SMEs over the past year was supported by a rapid shift towards digitalisation and e-commerce. SMEs are also better poised to emerge from the crisis, building on the strength of Singapore as a growing hub in the post-pandemic time for the services industry, the changing supply chains and the emerging green economy,” said Linus Goh, head of&nbsp;Global Commercial Banking for OCBC Bank.</p>\n<p>The continued demand for medical equipment and the vaccine rollout led to a strong performance from the healthcare manufacturing sub-industry, whose index score rose to 50.0 from the 48.1 recorded in the previous quarter.</p>\n<p>The ICT services sub-index benefited from the demand for digitalisation, with the data processing and software development sector recording a 22% quarter-on-quarter growth in revenue collections.</p>","source":"lsy1618986048053","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>SMEs post sharp recovery in the second quarter</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nSMEs post sharp recovery in the second quarter\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-07-16 09:48 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://sbr.com.sg/in-focus/smes-post-sharp-recovery-in-second-quarter><strong>Singapore Business</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>The OCBC SME Index shoots by 8.3 points to 59.5 as small and medium-sized enterprises gain momentum.\n\nSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were resilient in the second quarter amidst the pandemic...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://sbr.com.sg/in-focus/smes-post-sharp-recovery-in-second-quarter\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"STI.SI":"富时新加坡海峡指数"},"source_url":"https://sbr.com.sg/in-focus/smes-post-sharp-recovery-in-second-quarter","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1140693508","content_text":"The OCBC SME Index shoots by 8.3 points to 59.5 as small and medium-sized enterprises gain momentum.\n\nSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were resilient in the second quarter amidst the pandemic and the Heightened Alert measures.\nThe latest OCBC SME Index saw an 8.3 point rise to 59.5 for the second quarter, compared to the 41.2 from the first quarter. 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SMEs are also better poised to emerge from the crisis, building on the strength of Singapore as a growing hub in the post-pandemic time for the services industry, the changing supply chains and the emerging green economy,” said Linus Goh, head of Global Commercial Banking for OCBC Bank.\nThe continued demand for medical equipment and the vaccine rollout led to a strong performance from the healthcare manufacturing sub-industry, whose index score rose to 50.0 from the 48.1 recorded in the previous quarter.\nThe ICT services sub-index benefited from the demand for digitalisation, with the data processing and software development sector recording a 22% quarter-on-quarter growth in revenue collections.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":5245315,"gmtCreate":1626486836594,"gmtModify":1663231082634,"authorId":3586941861951066,"author":{"id":3586941861951066,"authorId":3586941861951066,"name":"EHG","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/28e4734e50f795c3218330cbb6c3e9a0","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":170979747,"type":1,"supId":5235811,"prevId":0,"content":"Ok","text":"Ok","html":"Ok"},{"id":5235811,"gmtCreate":1626403050063,"gmtModify":1663231044842,"authorId":3549929450481635,"author":{"id":3549929450481635,"authorId":3549929450481635,"name":"trevor89","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":4,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":170979747,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"K","text":"K","html":"K"}],"langContent":"EN"},{"id":170947069,"gmtCreate":1626401641151,"gmtModify":1703759443239,"author":{"id":"3554873215379647","authorId":"3554873215379647","name":"Jenjorjack","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/d9d4687aa5519f0d2fb1b18f916be861","vip":1,"hat":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/f84d87792f02cf78e80ee34979fd31e5","crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"htmlText":"Hope it can be sustained from nice results compared to the Low base last year. With more variants looming and more vaccinations, it is really clouding&nbsp;the certainties. Please like comment and follow&nbsp;","listText":"Hope it can be sustained from nice results compared to the Low base last year. With more variants looming and more vaccinations, it is really clouding&nbsp;the certainties. Please like comment and follow&nbsp;","text":"Hope it can be sustained from nice results compared to the Low base last year. With more variants looming and more vaccinations, it is really clouding the certainties. 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SMEs are also better poised to emerge from the crisis, building on the strength of Singapore as a growing hub in the post-pandemic time for the services industry, the changing supply chains and the emerging green economy,” said Linus Goh, head of&nbsp;Global Commercial Banking for OCBC Bank.</p>\n<p>The continued demand for medical equipment and the vaccine rollout led to a strong performance from the healthcare manufacturing sub-industry, whose index score rose to 50.0 from the 48.1 recorded in the previous quarter.</p>\n<p>The ICT services sub-index benefited from the demand for digitalisation, with the data processing and software development sector recording a 22% quarter-on-quarter growth in revenue collections.</p>","source":"lsy1618986048053","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>SMEs post sharp recovery in the second quarter</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nSMEs post sharp recovery in the second quarter\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-07-16 09:48 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://sbr.com.sg/in-focus/smes-post-sharp-recovery-in-second-quarter><strong>Singapore Business</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>The OCBC SME Index shoots by 8.3 points to 59.5 as small and medium-sized enterprises gain momentum.\n\nSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were resilient in the second quarter amidst the pandemic...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://sbr.com.sg/in-focus/smes-post-sharp-recovery-in-second-quarter\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"STI.SI":"富时新加坡海峡指数"},"source_url":"https://sbr.com.sg/in-focus/smes-post-sharp-recovery-in-second-quarter","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1140693508","content_text":"The OCBC SME Index shoots by 8.3 points to 59.5 as small and medium-sized enterprises gain momentum.\n\nSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were resilient in the second quarter amidst the pandemic and the Heightened Alert measures.\nThe latest OCBC SME Index saw an 8.3 point rise to 59.5 for the second quarter, compared to the 41.2 from the first quarter. 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SMEs are also better poised to emerge from the crisis, building on the strength of Singapore as a growing hub in the post-pandemic time for the services industry, the changing supply chains and the emerging green economy,” said Linus Goh, head of Global Commercial Banking for OCBC Bank.\nThe continued demand for medical equipment and the vaccine rollout led to a strong performance from the healthcare manufacturing sub-industry, whose index score rose to 50.0 from the 48.1 recorded in the previous quarter.\nThe ICT services sub-index benefited from the demand for digitalisation, with the data processing and software development sector recording a 22% quarter-on-quarter growth in revenue collections.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":170953866,"gmtCreate":1626400938655,"gmtModify":1703759420349,"author":{"id":"3572390897790291","authorId":"3572390897790291","name":"blo","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/d90192eace0d90963b2e795671771ad8","vip":1,"crmLevel":4,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Thanks","listText":"Thanks","text":"Thanks","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":2,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/170953866","repostId":1140693508,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1140693508","pubTimestamp":1626400129,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1140693508?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-07-16 09:48","market":"sg","language":"en","title":"SMEs post sharp recovery in the second quarter","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1140693508","media":"Singapore Business","summary":"The OCBC SME Index shoots by 8.3 points to 59.5 as small and medium-sized enterprises gain momentum.","content":"<blockquote>\n <b><i>The OCBC SME Index shoots by 8.3 points to 59.5 as small and medium-sized enterprises gain momentum.</i></b>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were resilient in the second quarter amidst the pandemic and the Heightened Alert measures.</p>\n<p>The latest OCBC SME Index saw an 8.3 point rise to 59.5 for the second quarter, compared to the 41.2 from the first quarter. 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SMEs are also better poised to emerge from the crisis, building on the strength of Singapore as a growing hub in the post-pandemic time for the services industry, the changing supply chains and the emerging green economy,” said Linus Goh, head of Global Commercial Banking for OCBC Bank.\nThe continued demand for medical equipment and the vaccine rollout led to a strong performance from the healthcare manufacturing sub-industry, whose index score rose to 50.0 from the 48.1 recorded in the previous quarter.\nThe ICT services sub-index benefited from the demand for digitalisation, with the data processing and software development sector recording a 22% quarter-on-quarter growth in revenue collections.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":170965573,"gmtCreate":1626400216192,"gmtModify":1703759400155,"author":{"id":"3578451349447391","authorId":"3578451349447391","name":"henghm","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/ca41bf4eae57d98d93422d97c7246c98","vip":1,"crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Like and comment","listText":"Like and comment","text":"Like and comment","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":6,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/170965573","repostId":1140693508,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1140693508","pubTimestamp":1626400129,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1140693508?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-07-16 09:48","market":"sg","language":"en","title":"SMEs post sharp recovery in the second quarter","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1140693508","media":"Singapore Business","summary":"The OCBC SME Index shoots by 8.3 points to 59.5 as small and medium-sized enterprises gain momentum.","content":"<blockquote>\n <b><i>The OCBC SME Index shoots by 8.3 points to 59.5 as small and medium-sized enterprises gain momentum.</i></b>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were resilient in the second quarter amidst the pandemic and the Heightened Alert measures.</p>\n<p>The latest OCBC SME Index saw an 8.3 point rise to 59.5 for the second quarter, compared to the 41.2 from the first quarter. 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SMEs are also better poised to emerge from the crisis, building on the strength of Singapore as a growing hub in the post-pandemic time for the services industry, the changing supply chains and the emerging green economy,” said Linus Goh, head of&nbsp;Global Commercial Banking for OCBC Bank.</p>\n<p>The continued demand for medical equipment and the vaccine rollout led to a strong performance from the healthcare manufacturing sub-industry, whose index score rose to 50.0 from the 48.1 recorded in the previous quarter.</p>\n<p>The ICT services sub-index benefited from the demand for digitalisation, with the data processing and software development sector recording a 22% quarter-on-quarter growth in revenue collections.</p>","source":"lsy1618986048053","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>SMEs post sharp recovery in the second quarter</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nSMEs post sharp recovery in the second quarter\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-07-16 09:48 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://sbr.com.sg/in-focus/smes-post-sharp-recovery-in-second-quarter><strong>Singapore Business</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>The OCBC SME Index shoots by 8.3 points to 59.5 as small and medium-sized enterprises gain momentum.\n\nSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were resilient in the second quarter amidst the pandemic...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://sbr.com.sg/in-focus/smes-post-sharp-recovery-in-second-quarter\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"STI.SI":"富时新加坡海峡指数"},"source_url":"https://sbr.com.sg/in-focus/smes-post-sharp-recovery-in-second-quarter","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1140693508","content_text":"The OCBC SME Index shoots by 8.3 points to 59.5 as small and medium-sized enterprises gain momentum.\n\nSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were resilient in the second quarter amidst the pandemic and the Heightened Alert measures.\nThe latest OCBC SME Index saw an 8.3 point rise to 59.5 for the second quarter, compared to the 41.2 from the first quarter. 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