SINGAPORE, March 4 (Reuters) - The following are stories from Singapore newspapers on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories.
STRAITS TIMES
- After two years on the job, Attorney-General Walter Woon will step down next month and return to the academic field. He will be replaced by Senior Counsel Sundaresh Menon, currently a managing partner in the Big Four law firm Rajah & Tann.
- Developers are gearing up to launch more projects, especially prime ones, into a thriving property market driven by confident buyers keen to splash out on the back of the improving economy and a low interest rate environment.
BUSINESS TIMES
- Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean told parliament on Wednesday the enterprises would have to take a lead in Singapore's drive for productivity dynamism.
- Singapore's largest law firms have upped the monthly salaries of their lawyers significantly as they brace themselves for the onslaught of competition from the foreign law firms amid the liberalisation of the legal industry.
(Reporting by Singapore Newsroom)
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STRAITS TIMES
- After two years on the job, Attorney-General Walter Woon will step down next month and return to the academic field. He will be replaced by Senior Counsel Sundaresh Menon, currently a managing partner in the Big Four law firm Rajah & Tann.
- Developers are gearing up to launch more projects, especially prime ones, into a thriving property market driven by confident buyers keen to splash out on the back of the improving economy and a low interest rate environment.
BUSINESS TIMES
- Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean told parliament on Wednesday the enterprises would have to take a lead in Singapore's drive for productivity dynamism.
- Singapore's largest law firms have upped the monthly salaries of their lawyers significantly as they brace themselves for the onslaught of competition from the foreign law firms amid the liberalisation of the legal industry.
(Reporting by Singapore Newsroom)
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