AUDITORS, especially those working in small and medium-sized practices, can now look forward to a new course to update their skills. The national accounting body yesterday launched the three-level Professional Certificate in Audit Skills programme that will provide training in four key areas: audit planning, testing, completion and reporting. The collaboration between the Institute of Certified...

AROUND 5,000 lorry crane operators will have to take a training course and pass a test if they want to continue in their jobs after September 2013. Under new rules that come into effect then, they must be certified before they can operate Singapore's 3,500-plus lorry cranes, which are frequently used to lift heavy equipment during construction and road works. In the past five years, there...

SMALL to medium-sized building owners are being nudged to ditch energy guzzling cooling systems and opt for more efficient ones by the Building and Construction Authority's (BCA's) new loan financing scheme. The nudge may quickly turn into a hard shove. The Building Control Act may soon be changed to force all building owners to comply with energy standards spelt out in Green Mark, a...