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Uber to More Than Double Staff in Singapore

Despite Uber selling its business in Southeast Asia earlier this year, the U.S.-based ride hailing giant plans to double its staff in Singapore. So reports TechCrunch.

Uber's recruitment push means that the firm looks to fill 75 job openings in Singapore, three sources told TechCrunch. Singapore is the first city Uber expanded to in Asia and where it has its headquarters for Asia Pacific. But, Uber won't resurrect its ride-hailing app in Singapore or anywhere in Southeast Asia.

"The plan is for Singapore-based employees to provide services such as HR, accounting, admin, marketing and PR across Uber APAC, which includes Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Australia and India...," TechCrunch reports.

An Uber spokesperson confirmed that it is going through with hiring in Singapore, but did not comment further. In March, Uber said that it had sold off its Southeast Asia operations in eight countries to its rival, Grab, TechCrunch reported in March.

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