MID-SKILLED locals will likely benefit from Singapore's lower reliance on foreign workers in manufacturing, watchers have agreed - even in the face of the perennial complaint that such jobs are...
LARGE Local Enterprises (LLEs) hit by cautious sentiment in the private equity (PE) market - especially those in traditional sectors such as retail and manufacturing - could gain a boost from a...
THE government is aiming to support the hiring of 200,000 locals while providing up to 35,000 traineeship and training opportunities this year through the next phase of the SGUnited Jobs and...
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat is presenting the 2021 Budget Statement this afternoon, the first one for this term of government following the General Election in July...
DECIDING on the timing of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) could prove to be a delicate challenge for the Singapore government, which is sandwiched between not just fiscal and political pressure...
GLOBAL vaccine distribution should boost Singapore's recovery and export growth this year, said economists, with some having more optimistic forecasts than trade agency Enterprise Singapore (ESG),...
OVERALL business costs have decreased on a unit basis in Singapore, as wage subsidies drove down the total cost of labour during the Covid-19 recession.
THE Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) is maintaining Singapore's gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast at 4 to 6 per cent for 2021. For 2020 as a whole, the Singapore economy contracted...
AMID continued uncertainty, Singapore is maintaining its forecast for non-oil domestic export (NODX) growth to slow in 2021, though it has upgraded its forecast for total merchandise trade.
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