Singapore online shoppers currently were not taxed for purchases valued at below S$400. The new GST would be applied to business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer services, such as marketing, accounting, and IT services as well as apps ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Budget 2018: What you need to know
Singapore Business Review will do a live coverage of the event. Keep checking out this link for an updated feed of announcements. More From Singapore Business Review ( 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 ...)
In Good Company: Fun is serious business for Oceanic Group’s Daniel Chui
Industry veteran says he is poised to ride the wave with themed cruises Those who follow Singapore's tourism industry would have noted that among the 17.4 million visitors the island received last year, some 1.4 million were supplied by the cruise industry ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore mulls imposing tax on e-commerce
SINGAPORE: Singapore may unveil an e-commerce tax in next week’s budget, setting the tone for a region that’s grappling with online retail’s assault on brick-and-mortar vendors. Eight of the 12 economists in a Bloomberg survey said the Feb. 19 budget ... ( read original story ...)
Exports off to strong start this year
Singapore's trade got off to a strong start in 2018, with growth in non-electronics exports more than making up for the second straight month of decline in electronics. Non-oil domestic exports (Nodx) rose 13 per cent year-on-year in January, data by trade ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore is replacing an abandoned parking lot with a stunning skyscraper containing thousands of plants — take a look inside
In Singapore, a new office tower that will feature thousands of plants follows the trend. Architects from Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) are billing the 51-story skyscraper as "the office of the future" due to its focus on flora. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines now offers free WiFi in first, business class
Earn 100,000 bonus Qantas Points when you apply online by 9 April 2018, are approved and spend $3,000 on your new Card within the first 3 months of Card membership. Receive $450 Qantas Travel Credit each year. T&Cs. Click here to apply. Singapore Airlines ... ( read original story ...)
ITV Boards Christopher Hampton’s Six-Part Drama ‘The Singapore Grip’
ITV has ordered six-part drama “The Singapore Grip,” which Oscar-winning screenwriter ... Things begin to unravel when Blackett’s business partner’s health deteriorates, leading Blackett to arrange the marriage of his daughter with his partner ... ( read original story ...)