MORE locals must work in manufacturing as the share of low-wage foreign workers comes down, Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing said on Monday, while laying out a plan to hold steady the sector’s growth momentum into 2030. He has set what he called a “very stretch target” of 50 per cent growth […]
Read MoreTrade data takes centre stage THIS holiday-shortened week will see the Statistics Department releasing the external trade statistics for December 2020 on Friday. The market will be closed on Thursday in conjunction with Thaipusam celebration. The department will also be releasing the producer price index on Wednesday. Economists expect exports in December 2020 to grow […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE and Ho Chi Minh City are the top Asean cities in which Asia-Pacific-based property investors are interested, CBRE’S 2021 Asia-Pacific Investor Intentions Survey has found. The survey findings, released on Wednesday, had Singapore in second place, and Ho Chi Minh City in fifth; this is the first time the Vietnamese city has entered the […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – Singapore may be considering another round of measures to cool residential prices, according to market analysts, who see recent ministerial remarks as a signal for the possible move. Comments made by Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat indicate the government is keeping a close watch on property prices, Jefferies Financial […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE’S key exports capped the year with a surprise increase in December that broke a two-month losing streak, on the back of non-electronics growth. Non-oil domestic exports (NODX) added 6.8 per cent year on year, improving from the decline of 5 per cent seen in the month before, according to figures from trade agency Enterprise […]
Read MoreTHE Singapore government is monitoring the developments in the property market “very closely”, and will adjust policies if necessary, to maintain a stable and sustainable property market for Singaporeans, said National Development Minister Desmond Lee. Speaking at the Building and Construction Authority-Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore Built Environment and Property Prospects Seminar 2021 on […]
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