Forced digitalisation of firms opens 'tech-lite' window for non-tech grads
SINGAPORE businesses were caught off-guard with a global pandemic as Covid-19 forced digitalisation as the only way forward.
Economists still expect more monetary support, despite Malaysia's latest fiscal package
MALAYSIA'S latest assistance package may not change expectations for further monetary support, said economists, who still expect an upcoming 25 basis points cut to the overnight policy rate.
Malaysia's latest curbs to have limited impact on Singapore: economists
SINGAPORE may not be too greatly affected by Malaysia's state of emergency and its reintroduced Movement Control Order (MCO) curbs amid the Covid-19 pandemic, with the most significant impact...
Labour recovery from Covid-19 shock cannot be left to market forces: Tharman
HANDLING the labour market shock wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic requires "high-quality and effective coordination", said Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for Social Policies Tharman...
WEF event to have measures in place to limit contact with locals
ATTENDEES of the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Special Annual Meeting in Singapore in May will have limited interactions with the local community, as part of Covid-19 preventative measures for the...
Construction, process and marine workers among priority groups for Covid-19 vaccine
WORKERS "in jobs or settings where risk of a super-spreading event is high", including migrant workers, will be among the priority groups for Covid-19 vaccination, said Health Minister Gan Kim...
Singapore must position for success within new global supply chains: Chan Chun Sing
AS Covid-19 accelerates shifts in global supply chains, Singapore must aim to be at the critical nodes when attracting investments, said Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing at the EDB...
Singapore's core, headline inflation at -0.1% in November
SINGAPORE'S deflation eased in November, with both core and headline inflation at -0.1 per cent year on year, compared to -0.2 per cent in October, showed Department of Statistics (Singstat)...
Jobs, businesses unlikely to fall off cliff when government aid ends
GOVERNMENT support and relief schemes have seen companies big and small through the worst of the pandemic's impact for much of this year.
Covid-19 vaccine's in town; will hospitality, aviation workers be next in line for jabs?
WITH the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines having arrived in Singapore on Monday night, attention has now turned to who are those likely to be inoculated first, given that "frontline" workers were...