The changes to the Global Investor Programme (GIP) will help to strengthen support for local start-ups and create more jobs, said the Economic Development Board.Continue Reading
The businessman said he owned a few properties at the time and wanted to avoid paying high stamp duty fees, so the property was purchased in his mistress’ name instead.Continue Reading
The gentle footsteps of normalization with the Syrian government have become considerably faster since the devastating earthquakes at the start of this month. President Bashar al-Assad, for so long diplomatically confined to Damascus, first visited Oman. This week, there was a giant leap, as Egypt’s foreign minister landed in Damascus for further post-earthquake diplomacy. It’s not exactly that […]Continue Reading
Buangkok Hawker Centre will have 38 cooked food stalls and 721 seats while Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre will have 39 cooked food stalls and 725 seatsContinue Reading
In response to TODAY’s queries, HDB said on Wednesday that the “colour scheme of Tampines GreenVines is inspired by its green surroundings and nearby parks”. “As the precinct is large, the bright accent colours of the lift lobbies are intended to differentiate the different clusters of blocks and facilitate wayContinue Reading
From 2024, tender evaluations for large construction or ICT projects – both of which account for more than 60 per cent of the value of government procurement contracts awarded – will have a sustainability component.Continue Reading
About 400 – or two-thirds – of all supermarkets in Singapore will impose a charge of at least 5 cents for each carrier bag.Continue Reading
Let us start with our bottom line: a failure of the United States to come to Taiwan’s aid – politically, economically, and militarily – in the event of a takeover attempt by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) would devastate the Unites States’ credibility and defense commitments to its allies and partners, not just in […]Continue Reading
On January 17, China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced that the country’s population fell in 2022 by 850,000 from 2021, which was the first population decline witnessed by the country in six decades. This has mostly resulted from low birth rates stemming from the imposition of China’s one-child policy from 1980 to 2015, as well as from voluntary […]Continue Reading
Analysts say that holding the trust of President Xi Jinping will grant Li Qiang a higher degree of autonomy in economic affairs, allowing him to take bold actions.Continue Reading