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유학 관련 컨설팅을 담당하는 다국적 기업 ‘QS’가 최근 발표한

‘세계 최고 대학 보고서’에서 싱가포르 국립대(NUS)가 30위.

난양 공대(NTU)가 77위에 선정되었다.

세계 대학 전체를 상대로 한 조사에서는 서울대가 지난해보다

한 계단 올라선 50위를 기록했고,

KAIST도 지난해 132위에서 95위로 상승했다.

1위는 하버드대, 2위는 예일대였다.

1  HARVARD University (United States)
2  YALE University (United States)
3  University of CAMBRIDGE (United Kingdom)
4  University of OXFORD (United Kingdom)
5  CALIFORNIA Institute of Technology (United States)
6  IMPERIAL College London (United Kingdom)
7  UCL (University College London) (United Kingdom)
8  University of CHICAGO (United States)
9  MASSACHUSETTS Institute of Technology (United States)
10  COLUMBIA University (United States)
11  University of PENNSYLVANIA (United States)
12  PRINCETON University (United States)
13=  DUKE University (United States)
13=  JOHNS HOPKINS University (United States)
15  CORNELL University (United States)
16  AUSTRALIAN National University (Australia)
17  STANFORD University (United States)
18  University of MICHIGAN (United States)
19  University of TOKYO (Japan)
20  MCGILL University (Canada)
21  CARNEGIE MELLON University (United States)
22  KING’S College London (United Kingdom)
23  University of EDINBURGH (United Kingdom)
24  ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
25  KYOTO University (Japan)
26  University of HONG KONG (Hong Kong)
27  BROWN University (United States)
28  École Normale Supérieure, PARIS (France)
29  University of MANCHESTER (United Kingdom)
30=  National University of SINGAPORE(NUS) (Singapore)
30=  University of CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles (United States)
32  University of BRISTOL United Kingdom
33  NORTHWESTERN University (United States)
34=  ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE France
34=  University of BRITISH COLUMBIA Canada
36  University of California, BERKELEY (United States)
37  The University of SYDNEY Australia
38  The University of MELBOURNE Australia
39  HONG KONG University of Science & Techno… Hong Kong
40  NEW YORK University (NYU) (United States)
41  University of TORONTO Canada
42  The CHINESE University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
43  University of QUEENSLAND Australia
44  OSAKA University Japan
45  University of NEW SOUTH WALES Australia
46  BOSTON University United States
47  MONASH University Australia
48  University of COPENHAGEN Denmark
49  TRINITY College Dublin Ireland
50=  Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de LAUSANNE… Switzerland
50=  PEKING University China
50=  SEOUL National University (Korea, South)
53  University of AMSTERDAM Netherlands
54  DARTMOUTH College United States
55  University of WISCONSIN-Madison United States
56  TSINGHUA University China
57  HEIDELBERG Universität Germany
58  University of CALIFORNIA, San Diego United States
59  University of WASHINGTON United States
60  WASHINGTON University in St. Louis United States
61  TOKYO Institute of Technology Japan
62  EMORY University United States
63  UPPSALA University Sweden
64  LEIDEN University Netherlands
65  The University of AUCKLAND New Zealand
66  LONDON School of Economics and Political… United Kingdom
67  UTRECHT University Netherlands
68  University of GENEVA Switzerland
69  University of WARWICK United Kingdom
70  University of TEXAS at Austin United States
71  University of ILLINOIS United States
72  Katholieke Universiteit LEUVEN  Belgium
73  University of GLASGOW United Kingdom
74  University of ALBERTA Canada
75  University of BIRMINGHAM United Kingdom
76  University of SHEFFIELD United Kingdom
77  NANYANG Technological University (Singapore)
78=  DELFT University of Technology Netherlands
78=  RICE University United States
78=  Technische Universität MÜNCHEN Germany
81=  University of AARHUS Denmark
81=  University of YORK United Kingdom
83=  GEORGIA Institute of Technology United States
83=  The University of WESTERN AUSTRALIA Australia
83=  University of ST ANDREWS United Kingdom
86  University of NOTTINGHAM United Kingdom
87  University of MINNESOTA United States
88  LUND University Sweden
89  University of CALIFORNIA, Davis United States
90  CASE WESTERN RESERVE University United States
91=  Université de Montréal Canada
91=  University of HELSINKI Finland
93=  Hebrew University of JERUSALEM Israel
93=  Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Germany
95  KAIST – Korea Advanced Institute of Science (Korea, South)
96  University of VIRGINIA United States
97  University of PITTSBURGH United States
98  University of CALIFORNIA, Santa Barbara United States
99=  PURDUE University United States
99=  University of SOUTHAMPTON United Kingdom

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  ‘Buy property stocks now, reap fruits later’

WHEELOCK Properties (Singapore) CEO David Lawrence, in his private capacity, is currently investing in Singapore property counters. Although Wheelock is in the business of selling apartments, Mr Lawrence reckons that next year may be a better time to buy condos. Instead, his advice to investors looking for value is to buy property counters at the moment ‘because they are so cheap and can give you great returns over the next couple of years’, he said in a recent interview with BT.

‘The indirect market – which is property counters – is completely out of line with the physical market. So the real value at the moment – and it won’t be there for long – is the indirect market. Some of these shares have come down so much. They’re good companies.

‘It’s an arbitrage opportunity, because they’ve come down so much they bear no relationship to property prices. What’s probably going to happen is that stock prices will go up, property prices will come down a little. They will meet eventually but at the moment there is a big arbitrage opportunity for people,’ he added.

He acknowledged that it will be a tough couple of years for the local property market. ‘But then Singapore is going to be the big beneficiary of this crash, crisis, credit crunch, whatever you call it. Because there aren’t many places like this left to go. I have a lot of international friends – from Europe, India, China, USA – with lots of money who will be retiring or moving to Singapore.

‘When you look around, where else can you get good security, drug-free culture, government investing heavily in new businesses, a reasonable balance between financial services and manufacturing?’

Most importantly, Singapore has integrity in government and the banking and corporate sectors, as well as security. ‘If ever Singapore loses that integrity and security, then it’s finished. But I don’t think it will. It’s ingrained,’ says the 62-year-old, who became a Singapore citizen two years ago.

Singapore will also stand out in the race among global property investment destinations because of the strength of its judicial system, he argues. ‘For me, property investment is all about judiciary. There’s no point going into countries where they are very happy for you to lose money. As soon as you start making money, they want to cut it up. You get sued. It goes to a corrupt judiciary. You don’t make money. I am not interested. Now I think there’s lot of opportunity to invest in financial centres with good judiciaries.’

He takes issue with investment guru Marc Faber who suggests buying property in the countryside, not financial centres. ‘I totally disagree with that. If you buy in financial centres and you buy good-quality products from good developers, you will always be able to let the property. When markets get really bad, and property starts emptying out, people upgrade to the best, and Ardmore Park is a perfect example. . . And long-term, quality property is a good hedge against inflation.’ Ardmore Park is a condo Wheelock launched in 1996, around the height of the property bull run.

Given the current global financial crash, Mr Lawrence acknowledges that Singapore home prices will see a correction, without specifying the quantum of price declines. He does not think the slump will be as bad as the one during the 1997/98 Asian crisis. ‘I don’t think things will be that bad, particularly for good products, because fortunately we have a strong banking system here,’ says Mr Lawrence. ‘We have the Monetary Authority of Singapore and strong banks. They never allowed this crazy lending like they did in other countries. Most people can service their loans.’

Other plus points this time round are low interest rates and huge liquidity in the system, he adds. ‘There will be job losses. Some people might not be able to make their mortgage payments. I think most will, if they have not been speculating in too many properties.’

Wheelock recently collected 25 per cent of sales proceeds for The Cosmopolitan, its fully sold condo at River Valley/Kim Seng roads, when the project received Temporary Occupation Permit. ‘We had a 100 per cent payment on time. No problems,’ he reveals.

Mr Lawrence acknowledges that in the short term, some developers – new players and underfunded ones – will have to cut prices. ‘But the strong boys like (Kwek) Leng Beng and Ng Teng Fong (chairmen of Hong Leong Group and Far East Organization, respectively), these people are not going to cut prices. They’ve been here before. They’ll hold it through to the next cycle, which will come.’

For the Singapore office market, prime Grade A rents may ease about 10 per cent in the next 12 months, Mr Lawrence predicts. But this is ‘OK and reasonable’ given that rents had been getting out of hand previously.

‘But long term, the government has plenty of land to expand. I think as government policy, it’s very important to have reasonably priced office accommodation to expand the Singapore economy in the same way as the government always had reasonably priced industrial land and space to expand the industrial economy.’

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기간 : 2008년 11.3 ~ 12.30 (2개월간; 싱가포르 출발 기준)

운항 편명 : OZ754/753

편수 : 주간 4회 (기존 매일 운항편에 추가 증편)

운항 요일: 월, 화, 목, 토 (싱가포르 출발 기준)

운항 시간 : 02:20 싱가포르 출발, 09:30 인천 도착

                 19:30 인천 출발, 01:15+1 싱가포르 도착

운항 기종 : A330 (기존과 동일, 이코노미 좌석에도 개인 비디오 장착)

전화 예약 : 6225-3866

인터넷 예약 : http://sg.flyasiana.com

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08/11/16

주택 가격 하락으로 주택 담보 대출이 받기가 까다로워지고 있다. (비지니스타임즈)

08/11/18

10월에 50명의 부동산 매수자가 매수 포기 (비지니스타임즈)

08/11/21

최고급 주택의 가격이 20% 하락할 것으로 본다. (비지니스타임즈)

콘도 등의 렌트 가격이 15% 정도 하락할 것으로 본다. (The Straits Times)

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지난 분기부터 본격적인 마이너스 성장에 들어간 싱가포르 경제가 글로벌 경기침체 우려에 따른 제조업, 관광업, 소비자 지출 감소로 더 후퇴할 것으로 보인다.

28일(현지시간) 블룸버그통신에 따르면 싱가포르통화청은 보고서를 통해 “미국발 금융위기가 더 광범위하게 확산되면서 대외 수요에 의존하고 있는 싱가포르 경제에도 영향을 끼칠 것으로 보인다. 경제성장세는 더 미끄러질 것으로 전망된다”고 밝혔다.

싱가포르는 지난 3분기 마이너스 성장을 하며 경제성장률이 -0.5%를 기록했다. 성장률은 올해 1분기 7%에서 2분기 2.3%로 급감했다가 3분기에는 결국 마이너스를 기록했다. 싱가포르는 3분기 산업생산이 7년래 최저치를 기록하기도 했다. 성장 동력이었던 전자제품 수출은 20개월 연속 감소세를 보였다.

중앙은행격인 싱가포르통화청은 이에따라 자국의 노동시장 상황이 갈수록 더 나빠질 것이라고 전망했다. 보고서는 “실업률이 향후 몇 개 분기 동안 계속 오를 것으로 예상된다”고 전했다.

한편 싱가포르 정부는 수출 촉진을 위해 자국 화폐인 싱가포르달러를 더이상 절상하지 않는 쪽으로 절상 정책의 방향을 전환하고 있다.

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gmarket이 싱가포르에 상륙한다.

www.gmarket.com.sg 현재 판매자들이 등록하고, 상품을 등록하는 준비 단계이며…

실제로 페이지를 보고, 결제외의 다른 것들을 테스트해볼수 있다.

11월 중순부터 실제 구매가 가능하다고 한다.

gmarket 화이팅 =)

모… 이베이에 팔려가니;;; ㅡ.ㅡ;;;

완전 우리것은 아니라고 해야하나… 곧;;; ㅋㅋ

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