Employees Will Be Encouraged to Upskill When More SkillsFuture Funding Is Available Employees in Singapore will be encouraged to upskill themselves when more SkillsFuture funding is available. Experts believe that tax reliefs and subsidised salaries are the way to incentivise employers. The benefit works both ways. With more employees picking up courses that will be…
Parliament In Talks About How Singaporean Workers Will Benefit from New Singapore Work Pass Singapore is planning to introduce the new work pass next year. The work pass is aimed at some of the world’s top foreign talent. The question on the table is how best to track the progress of these pass holders. How…
Indonesia Ratifies Flight Information Region Agreement and Singapore MFA Welcomes This News Singapore MFA (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) is pleased with Indonesia’s ratification of its Realignment of Boundary Agreement. The agreement takes place between the Jakarta Flight Information Region (FIR) and Singapore FIR. The agreement was signed between Singapore and Indonesia in January. Under the…
GPs and Patients Calling for Drug Subsidy Scheme Expansion to Make Healthier SG Initiative More Appealing More patients in Singapore might be encouraged to sign up for the Healthier SG initiative if the cost of more drugs are subsidised. More options on the list of available subsidised drugs would also help. Some doctors in Singapore…
To Promote Local Currency Use in Bilateral Transactions, Indonesia and Singapore Will Explore Cross-border Qr Code Payment Connectivity The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announces that work on cross-border QR code payment linkage between Singapore and Indonesia will commence. The aim is to enhance payment connectivity between the two countries. The cross-border QR payment linkage…
New Work Pass to Launch in Singapore, Hoping to Attract Top Global Talent Applications will commence on 1 January 2023. To be eligible for this work pass, applicants will need to fulfill certain criteria. Among the criteria is a fixed monthly income of at least $30k or more. This criterion is comparable to what the…
Foreign Workers Return As Singapore Opens Borders Thanks to the foreign labour increase in 2022’s second quarter, employment in Singapore is on the rise. Foreign workers are able to return once more as the Government relaxes its border restrictions. There was a strong rebound in non-resident (and resident) employment between April and June this year. …
Changi Airport Singapore Leads the Asia Pacific’s Air Travel Recovery Air travel recovery in the Asia Pacific region is on the rise, led by Changi Airport Singapore. Recovery is only expected to pick up the pace within key markets. Changi Airport is leading the way where international traffic and city links are concerned. Both are…
Singapore Ranked Top Shipping Hub for the 9th Consecutive Year Singapore is the top shipping hub again for the ninth year in a row on the Baltic International Shipping Centre Development (ISCD) Index. The city-state comes in at the number one spot out of the 43 maritime locations assessed on the index. Among the factors…
Digital Economy Agreement Struck Between Singapore and the UK Both countries have come to an agreement in an effort to boost digital trade and data flow between them. A new agreement has been struck between Singapore and the UK. The agreement is the UK-Singapore Digital Economy Agreement (UKSDEA). The agreement was made to help boost…
