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Further scope to review wealth taxes: Heng
THERE is scope for Singapore to further review its wealth taxes - though this will not replace the need for a hike in the goods and services tax (GST) rate, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said in his round-up speech at the […]
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Covid-19 HealthCerts to ease travel; Smart Nation push continues with new cloud migration target
THE government has developed a new global standard, called HealthCerts, to ease cross-border verification of Covid-19 test records, Minister-in-Charge of the Smart Nation Initiative Vivian Balakrishnan announced in Parliament on Friday. […]
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Development charge rates up 0.3% for non-landed residential use, 1.5% cut for commercial use
IN tandem with the improving Singapore private housing market, the government has upped development charge (DC) rates for the landed and non-landed residential use groups for the half-year period starting March 1. […]
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To MBA or not to MBA? : B-Schools are seeing better business than usual in the pandemic, but is an MBA the only fast track to better job prospects?
RABBANI Rosli, a third-year undergraduate at the Singapore University of Social Sciences, believes that a Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a must-have to gain entry or get fast tracked into the C-suite - executive-level management. […]
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Olam shortlists six bourses for big IPO of food ingredients unit
OLAM International has short-listed six rival exchanges including the Singapore Exchange, as a potential venue of choice for the mega listing of its giant food ingredients unit sometime in the second quarter of next year, said the firm's head honcho. […]