Economic Development Board Singapore
The Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), the lead government agency under the Ministry of Trade and Industry, is responsible for strategies that enhance Singapore’s position as a global centre for business, innovation, and talent.
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Trade challenges weakened manufacturing production: analysts
Trade challenges weakened manufacturing production: analysts
Decrease in exports and decline in manufacturing index affected manufacturing.
Manufacturing output up 0.9% in September: EDB
Only biomedical, electronics and chemicals segments posted decline.
Logistics sector is seen to generate yearly VA growth of $6.9b by 2025: Gov't
This will be through efforts of Industry Transformation Maps.
Gov't to increase partnerships between SMEs, international aerospace firms
The government is backing small and medium-sized enterprises' global performance.
Slow industrial production to drag down manufacturing full-year growth: analyst
Industrial production slowed down to 2.7% in August 2022.
Chart of the day: Biomedical segment boosts manufacturing output in August
Manufacturing output grew by 2% in August.
Chart of the day: Manufacturing output growth slows down in July
Manufacturing output grew by only 0.6% compared to 2.6% in June.
Chart of the day: Transport engineering output shoots up 32% in June
Output in the marine & offshore engineering segment increased by 44%.
EDB launches second leg of its corporate venture building programme
A total of $20m of fresh funding will be received by the program beneficiaries.
Chart of the day: Manufacturing output climbs 2.2% in June
However, output fell by 8.5%.MoM.
Chart of the day: Electronics top manufacturing cluster growth at 33.6%
Chemicals and biomedical manufacturing saw slight dip this May.
Foreign workforce revival to help manufacturing but risks remain
The reopening of borders will help sustain the overall manufacturing momentum.
Manufacturing output grew by nearly 14% YoY in May
Without biomedical manufacturing output, it grew by 18%.
Gov’t streamlines entry requirements for vaccinated new work permit holders in CMP sectors
The streamlined process will begin on 13 March.
Singapore EDB lures $11.8b in fixed asset investments in 2021
The investments are expected to create over 17,000 jobs.
Singapore manufacturing output up 15.6% YoY in December 2021
Excluding biomedical manufacturing, output grew by 5%.
Hilleman Laboratories invests $80m in vaccine development hub
The new facility is the first of its kind in Singapore.
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