Daily Briefing: New toll rates at Johor CIQ start today; Singapore risks business cred with foreign labour restrictions

And Dakota Crescent to make way for redevelopment.

The new toll rates at the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine Complex (CIQ) at the Sultan Iskandar Building started at 12.01 today. Read about it here.
Singapore risks tarnishing its business-friendly reputation by implementing new labour laws that require companies to prioritise hiring locals over foreigners for middle income jobs, analysts say. Find out more here.
Singapore will soon lose one of its oldest public housing estates as Dakota Crescent has been set for redevelopment under Mountbatten's estate renewal plans. Read more here.

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