[SINGAPORE] Resale prices and sales of non-landed private homes in Singapore were hit last month from what one market observer called a “triple whammy” of the coronavirus, the Chinese New Year seasonal slowdown and supply of new units from recent launches. As a result, prices of resale homes in February slipped 0.8 per cent from […]
Read MoreFROM May 1, the monthly minimum salary for the Employment Pass (EP) will rise from S$3,600 to S$3,900 to keep up with the improving pay of fresh graduates from local autonomous universities. Explaining the regular update of the EP salary criteria, Manpower Minister Josephine Teo said on Tuesday the criteria “take reference from salaries of […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Manufacturing shrank in February at the fastest pace in more than five years, reflecting the disruption caused by the coronavirus outbreak. The decline was led by the electronics sector, which had expanded in January for the first time after languishing in contraction territory for 14 straight months. The Singapore Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) […]
Read MoreNEARLY a third of the global financial centre of Singapore sits less than five meters above sea level. If global warming continues unabated, an area as large as 3,400 football fields in the centre of the small city-state could be inundated by 2100, flooding the vital business district and some of its most valuable infrastructure. […]
Read MoreBank lending ticked down by 0.2 per cent in January on a month-on-month basis amid declining business loans, preliminary Monetary Authority of Singapore data showed on Friday. Loans through the domestic banking unit – which capture lending in all currencies, but reflect mainly Singapore-dollar lending – stood at S$691.15 billion in January, compared with S$692.4 […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE’S services businesses closed off 2019 with another jump in their takings, helped by a recovery in recreation and personal services spending. Business receipts grew by 4.6 per cent year on year in the fourth quarter, up from 2.3 per cent in the three months prior, according to Department of Statistics (SingStat) data out on […]
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