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But it’s hard to fault Heng for reasserting the fiscal conservatism that has served Singapore well. As much as S$53.7 billion, or 70% of the deficit this year and next, is being financed out of past ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore plans to rein in its budget deficit as the economy recovers, while digging deeper into government reserves for a new S$11 billion ($8.3 billion) package to help households and businesses ... ( read original story ...)

The manufacturing sector employs about 450,000 workers, or about 12 per cent of the workforce, with median wages about 10 per cent higher than the economy-wide median. ( read original story ...)

Singapore plans to dig deeper into government reserves for a new S$11 billion ($8.3 billion) package to help households and businesses rebound from the Covid-19 pandemic and its worst economic ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore said it plans to spend S$11 billion ($8.3 billion) to help households and businesses rebound from the Covid-19 pandemic after the economy suffered its worst year since independence. ( read original story ...)

Singapore said it plans to spend S$11 billion ($8.3 billion) to speed up the recovery of households and businesses after the economy suffered its worst year since independence. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore reported one new COVID-19 case as of noon on Tuesday (Feb 16), the lowest total daily increase in more than three months. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Less than 1 per cent of total arrivals into Singapore since April last year have tested positive for COVID-19, Senior Minister of State ... ( read original story ...)

Manufacturing has been leading Singapore's economic recovery, while construction and services have continued to lag, says Selena Ling of OCBC Bank. ( read original story ...)

Asia. Here’s the latest news and analysis from Bloomberg Economics to help you start the day: ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s budget on Tuesday is expected to offer more targeted measures to support the economy’s recovery from its worst year since independence, setting up a third straight budget deficit for the ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - The manufacturing, finance and insurance, and information and communications industries were the few bright spots in Singapore's economy in 2020, posting rare growth while most sectors ... ( read original story ...)

Nigel Skea pleads guilty to breaking his hotel quarantine and using emergency stairs to visit his now wife ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - Seafarers getting off ships in Singapore will now need to take a Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test at the port where the ship last stopped and test negative before arriving ... ( read original story ...)

The man climbed an emergency stairwell in order to spend nine hours with his fiancee. A British man is facing up to six years in a Singapore jail after sneaking out of his quarantine hotel room to ... ( read original story ...)

A British citizen pleaded guilty on Monday to violating a coronavirus quarantine order in Singapore by visiting his fiancée several times in another hotel room. They are ... ( read original story ...)