Electronics exports hit 10-year low, heralding further pain ahead SINGAPORE’S electronics exports in May posted their sharpest contraction since 2009, dragged down by the US-China trade conflict, the fading of the semiconductor cycle and weakening […]
FDI in Singapore up in 2018 despite slowdown in global flows FOREIGN direct investments (FDI) continued to flow into Singapore last year, even when global FDI fell for a third straight year to its lowest […]
29 private jets worth $1.4b may be delivered to S’pore over next 6 years As many as 29 new private jets worth around US$1 billion ($1.4 billion) could be delivered to Singapore between now and […]
Economists trim Singapore’s 2019 growth forecast to 2.1% TRADE protectionism remains the top growth risk cited by private-sector economists, who have further trimmed their 2019 forecast for Singapore to 2.1 per cent, in the Monetary […]
GrabCar fined for unauthorised disclosure of customer data in 120,000 marketing emails GrabCar has been ordered to pay a financial penalty of S$16,000 after it sent out more than 120,000 marketing emails to customers containing […]
Q3 hiring in Singapore ‘stable but weaker than elsewhere in Asia-Pac’ HIRING prospects in Singapore for Q3 2019 are expected to be stable but bleaker than in other parts of the Asia-Pacific, says the latest […]
SDP pushes for reform of immigration policy: Hire S’poreans first, retrench S’poreans last The Singapore Democratic Party is pushing for changes on the immigration policy saying that the country “allows too many foreign workers into […]
PUB plans massive floating solar panel system in reservoir One of the world’s largest single floating solar photovoltaic (PV) systems will find a home in the waters of Singapore’s Tengeh Reservoir by 2021. — Straits […]
Singapore vulnerable to foreign election influence: Expert Singapore has several ingredients a foreign power can exploit to influence election results or even policies, French political analyst Fabrice Pothier said. — Straits Times (annoying popups) S’pore […]
Singapore GDP growth to slow to 1.9% in 2019: ICAEW IN LIGHT of renewed US-China trade tensions, South-east Asia is expected to see a greater slowdown in economic growth, with Singapore being most negatively affected […]
Hopes dim of growth recovery in H2 as May’s PMI falls below 50 SINGAPORE factories face an uphill slog, as a much-longed-for industry turnaround in the second half of the year could fail to materialise. […]
US Treasury ‘monitoring list’: The Singapore puzzle LAST week, the US Treasury placed Singapore on its so-called Monitoring List for currency practices of major trading partners, implicitly flagging the Republic as a potential currency manipulator. […]