S$600 one-off payout for all adult Singaporeans
ALL adult Singaporeans will receive a one-off Solidarity Payment of S$600 in cash, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on Monday, even as he urged those who do not need the cash to donate it...
Time to give Singapore's fair tenancy framework legislative bite
FIVE years after a committee under the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) came up with guidelines aimed at halting unfair leasing practices and months after we first heard of Covid-19, which then...
Cash payouts a much-needed 'steroid jab'
THE various moves by the government to put cash back in the hands of individuals and households is a much-needed "steroid jab" to raise consumer confidence, said market watchers.
Call for bold measures in second support package
THE government's second support package will need to bring out the big guns if Singapore wants to avert severe fallout from the novel coronavirus pandemic within the next few months, businesses,...
Smooth sailing on shipping front - for now
FRENCH shipping group CMA CGM continues to see an upturn in its business in China, even as it remains braced for the second half of what its chief financial officer Michel Sirat terms a "W-shaped...
Government to help businesses affected by Malaysia lockdown
THE Singapore government is extending help to businesses affected by Malaysia's Movement Control Order even as it is trying to negotiate for flexibility to smoothen out the transition. This...
Outbound cargo rates soar as Covid-19 slashes airfreight capacity
OUTBOUND freight rates are skyrocketing on the back of weeks-long labour shortage and disruptions to logistics links that continue to dog operations in China, although there is still international...
Care and Support Package worth S$1.6b to help households
AN S$1.6 billion Care and Support Package was unveiled to help Singaporeans with their household expenses in the light of the economic slowdown and uncertainties of the Covid-19 outbreak, said...
Companies will be hit harder by supply chains disruption than during Sars outbreak
THE impact of factory closures and cuts to transport links across China will have more far-reaching implications for businesses compared with the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) epidemic...
Factories feeling the strain from supply and labour shortages
MANUFACTURING companies in Singapore are beginning to feel the strain from supply chain disruptions and labour shortages, as China enters its third month of grappling with the fallout from the...