Singapore Budget 2018: Live Updates & Commentary

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 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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)