Singapore eyes resources firms


SINGAPORE: Singapore aims to consolidate its position as the “control tower” for global companies expanding in Asia by attracting commodity and energy firms to the financial centre, a top government official told Reuters.

The resources industry was the new focus to supplement banking, pharmaceuticals, electronics and aerospace firms that now ran regional bases out of Singapore, said Swan Gin Beh, managing director of the main agency for economic strategy.

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