Singapore and China to Go Green

Both sides also plan to update their free trade agreement, which may see greater market access to China for Singapore companies.

On Wednesday, China and Singapore signed 14 deals at the annual bilateral cooperation summit. This is the greatest number of deals ever signed at the summit.&...

SINGAPORE TO EXTEND ITS JOB SUPPORT SCHEME, SAYS HENG SWEE KEAT

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• Singapore extends its wage subsidy worth S$8 billion.

 The previous seven-month scheme of JSS (jobs support scheme) has stretched a little ahead now as announced by Heng Swee Keat. The new scheme has promised to hire people from...

Singapore to Push for Electric Vehicles in the 2020 Budget:

Singapore: Heng Swee Keat, The Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore, in his 2020 budget speech has announced that the country plans to phase out all the vehicles running on fossil fuels [internal combustion engine] by 2040. He has in his speech also outlined a slew of measures aimed at promoting th...