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Future of Singapore panellists highlight how Govt not doing enough to support local SMEs
Singapore’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) should be able to compete based on the “equivalent economies”, not based on the...
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WP’s Yee Jenn Jong supports deregulation, says excessive competitions from GLCs affect SMEs’ growth
The excessive competitions from government-linked companies (GLCs) are affecting the growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore, said...
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S’pore to learn from the Japanese economy, consider deregulation of private sector, says PSP’s Leong Mun Wai
If there is one thing that Singapore could learn from the Japanese economy, it is that the Government should “give...
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SG Construction Association says India travel ban will adversely impact construction industry, raise prices
The entry ban for non-Singaporean citizens and non-permanent residents travelling from India will “adversely affect the inflow of construction workers...
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Former PAP MP Inderjit Singh urges Govt to revive manufacturing sector as a prototyping hub
Given the global supply chain disruption and the overreliance of the world on China as a manufacturing base, it is...
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S’pore should ‘buy over’ good foreign SMEs to partner local private sector, GLCs, says ex-GIC chief economist Yeoh Lam Keong
The Singapore Government should consider “taking stakes” or “buying over” good foreign small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to partner with...
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S’pore economy grows 0.2% in first quarter; MAS keeps monetary policy unchanged amid low core inflation outlook
The Singapore economy grew by 0.2 per cent on a year-on-year basis in the first quarter of this year, rebounding...
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Agri-food sector contributes US$717 billion to Southeast Asian economy in 2019: Oxford Economics
Southeast Asia’s agri-food sector has remained resilient amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with a gross domestic product (GDP) contribution of US$717...
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WP’s Jamus Lim clarifies that his earlier comments on CECA were not premised on race but solely on economics
Last Friday (18 Mar), the Workers' Party (WP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Sengkang GRC Jamus Lim spoke about the...
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Hong Kong removed from economic freedom ranking it once dominated
Hong Kong has been removed from an annual index of the world's freest economies because the think-tank that compiles the...
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