DEPUTY Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat will announce additional support for households and businesses on April 6 in Parliament. These will be over and above what was provided in the two earlier Budgets, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Friday. “We will also legislate to require landlords to pass on property tax rebates fully […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE: Singapore’s main price gauge slipped into deflation for the first time in over a decade in February, data showed on Monday, as the coronavirus pandemic drove declines in airfares and holiday expenses. Economists polled by Reuters had been expecting a 0.1% year- on-year rise in core inflation – the central bank’s favoured price measure. […]
Read MoreSingapore will be closing its borders to all short-term visitors as it ramps up border control measures to conserve resources and to reduce further importation of Covid-19 cases. From 2359 hours on Mar 23, all short-term visitors will no longer be allowed to enter or transit through Singapore. Where work pass holders are concerned, the […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE held on to its first-place seat as the world’s most expensive city for expatriates for the seventh straight year, sharing the top spot with Hong Kong and Osaka. However, the city-state’s gap with other cities narrowed. This was according to findings from The Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) 2020 edition of its worldwide cost of living […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE: Malaysia’s movement control order is the latest threat to a Singapore economy already reeling from the coronavirus outbreak. The city state relies heavily on its neighbour’s workers and food, and Malaysia’s move Monday night to ban all visitors and prevent residents from travelling overseas for about two weeks will choke off a key labour […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE exports were back in positive territory in February 2020, thanks to a growth in both electronics and non-electronics shipments. Non-oil domestic exports (NODX) rose 3 per cent year-on-year in February, reversing from a 3.3 per cent decline in the previous month, according to figures released by Enterprise Singapore on Tuesday. Electronics exports increased by 2.5 per cent […]
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