Economy
Singapore tax revenue up 6.8% to $50.2b
Singapore tax revenue up 6.8% to $50.2b
Economic expansion triggered earnings growth and higher corporate income tax.
Paperless end-to-end trade platform launched to boost productivity
It will let traders share key digital documents such as invoices and permits.
Singapore's household financial assets per capita up 8.9% to $146,000 in 2017
It placed next to Japan's per capita financial assets of $147,000.
6 in 10 Singaporeans eye financial support from CPF by age 62
1 in 2 expects a salary to rely on.
Singapore is fifth most visited city in the world
Visitors stayed for 4.3 nights and spent an average of $391 per day.
Asian cities amongst most visited in the world: study
Bangkok topped the list with 20.05 million international tourists in 2017.
Singapore placed 13th in human capital investments: study
It has beaten both Japan and US that clinched the 14th and 27th spots, respectively.
Singapore's inflation in line with expectations at 0.7%
Thanks to the smaller decline in accommodation costs.
Singapore and Suzhou boost trade partnerships
They eye to bolster manufacturing, biomedicine, and nanotechnology applications.
Singapore hungry for more foreign tech talent
It needs more workers to lure investments and businesses.
Singapore leads Southeast Asia in social progress: study
But it still needs to work on personal rights and inclusiveness to advance in the global rankings.
Escalating trade tensions could hurt Singapore's exports
The rising domestic demand could bring in some relief.
Singapore and Russia to boost startups link
They have identified innovation hubs in both countries for firms that eye expansion.
Chart of the Day: See how NODX cooled down in top markets
US-bound NODX eased down growth by 4.4ppt to 29.3% in August.
Muted growth could threaten exports amidst dull electronics segment: analyst
It could look to increase production of the popular radio frequency silicon-on-insulator (RF-SOI) chips.
NODX eases down growth to 5% in August
The growth in non-electronic NODX outweighed the declines in electronics.
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