MASK-WEARING will no longer be legally mandated in Singapore, even in public transport and healthcare settings, as the city-state lowers its Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (Dorscon) level to green. Remaining Covid-related border measures will also be removed. These changes will kick in on Feb 13, said the multi-ministry taskforce on Covid-19 on Thursday (Feb […]
Read MoreSingapore, the most advanced economy in the Asean region, is out to play a bigger role in filling Cambodia’s infrastructure gaps, and the city-state has positioned itself as a facilitator and partner for this in addition to providing an ideal ecosystem for private capital. In an exclusive interview with Khmer Times recently in Phnom Penh, Lavan Thiru, […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE’S retail sales rose 7.4 per cent year on year in December, extending the previous month’s 6.5 per cent growth, the latest data from the Department of Statistics (SingStat) showed on Friday (Feb 3). On a month-on-month seasonally-adjusted basis, retail sales were up 1.3 per cent, reversing from the 3.6 per cent decline recorded in […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE’S property market is bracing for surging demand from Chinese buyers as the world’s second-largest economy reopens. Real estate agencies in the city-state have seen more inquiries from mainland Chinese, with industry watcher OrangeTee & Tie noting a 10 per cent to 15 per cent increase in January since Beijing announced it was ending three […]
Read MoreBased on latest data from Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry and Industry (MTI), many economists have forecasted that the country’s inflation will remain high in 2023, despite signs of reduction from global price pressures. Singapore (VNA) – Based on latest data from Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry and Industry (MTI), many economists have forecasted […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – The job market ended 2022 with a flourish, with a record 231,700 more workers employed in the course of the year – surpassing the pre-pandemic 2019 numbers by 3 per cent. Jobless rates held steady, and layoffs stayed low despite a spate of job cuts towards the end of the year, the Ministry […]
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