Singapore Budget for 2018 will be presented by Minister of Finance Mr Heng Swee Keat later today at 3.30pm. DollarsAndSense will also be providing live updates on announcements made, as well as our early analysis and thoughts on new initiatives that will ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Budget 2018: Infrastructure Office, scheme to help companies forge strong regional partnerships
SINGAPORE - With the shift in global economic weight towards Asia, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat unveiled two measures on Monday (Feb 19) to spur Singapore businesses to develop strong partnerships, both locally and abroad. The Government will integrate ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Budget 2018: Carbon tax of $5 per tonne of greenhouse gas emissions to be levied
SINGAPORE - All facilities producing 25,000 tonnes or more of greenhouse gas emissions in a year will have to pay a carbon tax from 2020, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat announced on Monday (Feb 19). The carbon tax will initially be $5 per tonne of ... ( read original story ...)
Carbon tax to affect electricity and gas expenses of Singapore households: Budget 2018
... a carbon tax from 2019 – a tax that is expected to affect the electricity and gas expenses of all households in Singapore. Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat confirmed this as he delivered the Budget 2018 speech this afternoon. The Minister said in his ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore property stocks show `fatigue’ with surge in enblocs
SINGAPORE: A spate of enbloc sales, coupled with a rebound in the property market at the start of the year, may indicate that Singapore developers will be more cautious in adding to landbanks and about their pricing strategies, analysts say. Collective ... ( read original story ...)
Minister Robertson to visit South Korea and Singapore
Minister of Finance, and Sport and Recreation, Grant Robertson, today departs for the Republic of Korea and then Singapore to meet with political and business leaders and to attend the Winter Olympic Games. In the Republic of Korea, Minister Robertson will ... ( read original story ...)
Frasers Property to acquire German, Austrian logistics assets for 285.2m euros
SINGAPORE - Frasers Property is set to acquire 22 logistics and light industrial assets in Germany and Austria mainly owned and managed by developer Alpha Industrial for 282.5 million euros ($285.2 million). The assets include 16 completed logistics and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore budget 2018 economists expect bumper surplus
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s strengthening economy having boosted government coffers, economists predict a larger-than-expected budget surplus for the financial year ending March . Ahead of Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat’s delivery of the Budget on Feb 19 ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Sling the new poster child for South African-bred imports
Singapore Sling’s Hong Kong Classic Cup not only gave the 2018 BMW Hong Kong Derby a shake-up but may have provided the South African racing industry with a much-needed banner horse as the Jockey Club looks to open up new avenues to horse ownership. ( read original story ...)
Singapore poised for first goods & services tax hike since 2007
SINGAPORE: Singapore, a city-state famed for the low-tax model that helped transform it from a gritty port town to an Asian Manhattan, is expected to put something unusual in this year’s government budget announcement: a tax increase. Nine of 10 ... ( read original story ...)
The importance of importing for CNY, as told by Singapore’s friendliest Michelin-starred Cantonese chef
Shang Palace’s Mok Kit Keung is probably Singapore’s friendliest Michelin-starred Cantonese chef. He takes time off his busy Chinese New Year schedule to share with us his pet peeves about cooking in Singapore, and how to turn your CNY reunion dinner ... ( read original story ...)
Travelling to Singapore this CNY? Don’t bring bak kwa!
According to the Singapore Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA), Malaysia has not been approved for the import of meat products to the republic. Since Feb 8, ICA officers at the Woodlands checkpoint have encountered four cases of travellers concealing ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore January petrochemical exports grow 11.3%; NODX up 13%
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Singapore's petrochemical exports in January ... An end-to-end perspective across the global petrochemical supply chain. It provides data on import and export volumes, plant capacities, production, consumption and chemical trade flows. ( read original story ...)
You can’t bring ‘Bak Kwa’ from countries like Malaysia to Singapore
This time, travellers are strictly asked not to bring these sweets from the neighbouring country, since Malaysia is not enlisted for imports of meat products to Singapore, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority of Singapore said in a note of precaution ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. imports of solar photovoltaic modules mainly come from Asia
As a result, the United States began to see increased imports primarily from Malaysia, as well as from South Korea, Singapore, and Germany. Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, U.S. Solar Photovoltaic System Cost Benchmar Solar PV modules only ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Bourse May Add To Its Winnings
Ahead of Friday's holiday for the Lunar New Year, the Singapore stock market had bounced higher on Thursday - one session after it had ended the two-day winning streak in which it had gathered almost 40 points or 1.2 percent. The Straits Times Index now ... ( read original story ...)