Budget 2023: Second GST hike as planned but expect help with rising costs, experts say
The scheduled increase in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) by another 1 percentage point in 2024 is unlikely to be deferred, experts say.
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Like losing a ‘second home’: Closure of JCube ice-skating rink a blow to athletes
The Rink, which is Singapore’s only Olympic-sized ice-skating rink, is where ice hockey, speed skating and other athletes train.Continue Reading
Commentary: Addressing Singapore’s long-term challenges – where will the money come from?
The upcoming Budget 2023 on Feb 14 – Singapore’s first post-pandemic Budget – will bring longer-term challenges into sharper focus. Recent moves like the GST hike will help close the funding gap, but they may not be enough, say Coface economists Bernard Aw and Eve Barre.Continue Reading
Parents mourn loss of daughter in quake
Grief-stricken parents are having a hard time accepting the loss of their 29-year-old daughter, who was found dead early Monday morning after the major earthquake in Turkey.Continue Reading
Chinese balloon capable of gathering intelligence – US official
US lawmakers have also passed a non-binding resolution condemning China use of the balloon.Continue Reading
Thais join quake mission
His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua has sent messages of condolences to the presidents of the Republic of Türkiye and the Syrian Arab Republic after the recent earthquake, which had killed over 16,000 people as of Thursday.Continue Reading
CCIB to quiz Thai actress in Taiwan
National police chief Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas has ordered cybercrime suppression police to travel to Taiwan to seek more information from a Thai actress about the macau888 online gambling network.Continue Reading
Hmong murders pinned on workers
Police are hunting three Myanmar workers suspected of murdering a Hmong family on their remote plantation in Tak.Continue Reading
SCDF deploys second team to assist with quake rescue efforts in Türkiye
SCDF has also prepared five transportable power generators, as well as 24 boxes of transportation carriers containing USAR equipment (cutting/breaking/lifting/stabilising equipment), medical products, field rations, and tentage. To support the contingent’s enhanced USAR functions, the team will likely bring additional lookup and rescue machines, medical supplies, and communications and logisticsContinue Reading
US Marines to join Japanese guarding remote islands
The US Marines and particularly their presence on Okinawa often have seemed the bellwether of the Japan-US defense relationship. And it’s usually been problematic. But recently there was good news involving the Marines. At the “2+2 Meeting” of top Japanese and American defense and foreign affairs officials in Washington on January 11, it was agreed […]Continue Reading