[SINGAPORE] Businesses in the heartlands are likely to see continued increases in revenue, as consumer spending has shifted from the city to the suburbs. So long as work-from-home arrangements and safe distancing measures persist, this trend will likely continue, said researchers at the Asia Competitiveness Institute (ACI), a local think tank in the Lee Kuan […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE, Nov 12 — A new kind of employment pass, aimed at attracting the very best of international tech talent, is being rolled out here. The new pass will allow such talent the flexibility to work across different companies or start up companies in Singapore. Minister of Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing announced the […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – The customs of Singapore and the US have tied up to explore the exchange and reuse of trade data via a system link-up between both countries’ trade platforms. These trade platforms are Singapore’s Networked Trade Platform and the US Automated Commercial Environment. The Singapore Customs and the US Customs and […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE and Hong Kong will launch their bilateral air travel bubble on Nov 22, allowing people in both cities to travel without quarantine, stay-home notices or controlled itineraries. Travellers from both cities must travel on designated flights serving only the air travel bubble travellers. As a start, there will be one flight a day into […]
Read MoreDIGITAL economies in Vietnam and Indonesia managed double-digit growth despite headwinds from the Covid-19 pandemic, although Singapore’s fell 24 per cent to US$9 billion. According to the 2020 South-east Asia e-Conomy report by Google, Temasek and Bain & Co, Vietnam’s Internet economy grew 16 per cent to reach US$14 billion in gross merchandise value (GMV), […]
Read MoreMyanmar trade deficit in goods with Singapore was estimated at US$10.72 billion in the past four years, the statistics issued by the Central Statistical Organization under the Ministry of Planning, Finance and Industry indicated. The value of Myanmar’s bilateral trade with Singapore topped $15.46 billion between the FY2016-2017 and the FY2019-2020 (as of August). The […]
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