Singapore morning news for June 18

Singapore morning news for June 18

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 […]

Singapore morning news for June 17

Singapore morning news for June 17

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 […]

Singapore morning news for June 14

Singapore morning news for June 14

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 […]

Singapore morning news for June 13

Singapore morning news for June 13

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 […]

Singapore morning news for June 12

Singapore morning news for June 12

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 […]

Singapore morning news for June 11

Singapore morning news for June 11

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 […]

Singapore morning news for June 10

Singapore morning news for June 10

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 […]

Singapore morning news for June 7

Singapore morning news for June 7

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 morning news for June 6

Singapore morning news for June 6

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 morning news for June 5

Singapore morning news for June 5

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 […]

Singapore morning news for June 4

Singapore morning news for June 4

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. […]

Singapore morning news for June 3

Singapore morning news for June 3

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. […]