Singapore from being the world’s freest economy

SINGAPORE: Singapore loses to Hong Kong in The Heritage Foundation’s economic freedom index for 2018, landing on the second spot for the freest economy the world. According to the index, Singapore’s economic freedom score rose by 0.2 points from 2017 ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore still 2nd freest economy

SINGAPORE: Singapore retained its position as the second freest economy in the world for the 24th consecutive year, but the margin with top-ranked rival Hong Kong has widened further. Singapore scored 88.8 points on the 2018 Index of Economic Freedom ... ( read original story ...)

Increase in cell phone import duty could spell trouble at WTO

A number of countries including Japan, the EU, Canada, the US, Chinese Taipei, Norway, Vietnam, Thailand ,Singapore, Korea and Australia had accused India of flouting the WTO’s Information Technology Agreement (ITA) rules when it imposed import duties on ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Morning News For January 30

Import prices increased 5.8%, whilst export prices were up by 2.9%. Singapore’s National Statistics Office reported that Singapore’s import and export prices went up by 5.8% and 2.9% YoY, respectively, in 2017. The move came after a programme developed ... ( read original story ...)

New export strategy to coincide with 70th Independence

Coinciding with Sri Lanka’s 70th Independence Anniversary, the government will be launching a new national export strategy this month in collaboration with the government of Singapore, following the strengthening of bilateral relations last month. ( read original story ...)

Environment activists jailed for filming sand export activities

and most of it has gone to enlarge Singapore. But Cambodia had banned all sand exports as dredging has had a serious impact on coastal ecosystems and surrounding land said the Ministry of Mines and Energy. However, when two environment activists filmed ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s GDP growth to moderate

SINGAPORE: which is viewed within the group of nations called ... GDP growth to moderate to +2.9%, economic growth to slow on lower exports,” said the report. It also said strong economic diversification and innovation efforts will, however, keep ... ( read original story ...)