General Meetings – Singapore’s Updated Checklist General meetings can now be held virtually or physically – ACRA, MAS and SGD RegCo provide clarification and guidance on the essential points of the checklist. Listed and non-listed entities now have recourse to an updated checklist on the conduct of general meetings. Of importance is that the guideline…
Adopting Digital Earlier Than the Rest Makes Singapore an Asian Digital Leader In today’s world, it is mostly occupied with digitalisation. From merely ordering food, to retaining sensitive information, we seem to rely on computer power and digitalisation to make our lives easier. Admit it, only a few of us can recall the phone numbers…
Point-to-point (P2P) Support Package (PSPP) Extended to Help Taxi, Private-hire Car Drivers and Operators Tide Covid-19 Crisis In what appears to be a balancing act between public health and economy, Singapore’s Ministry of Transport hinted on a package of measures seen to alleviate economic difficulties taxi and private hire car drivers are facing amid a…
No Penalties Imposed for Filing Extensions BizFile has been having issues with the system, and the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) is well aware of it. BizFile users have had to be patient for the past week as ACRA works to resolve the system slowness with urgency. ACRA has acknowledged the issue and thanks…
No Distance Charging Will Be Imposed on Road Users Singapore will be changing to the new Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system. The change is set to take place halfway through 2023. The ERP system alone will not be changing. The change is only that no more big gantries will be required. The other change is…
New Guideline Pricing to Help Curb Errant Business Practices Businesses in Singapore must abide by a new guideline pricing. This will start from 1 November in a bid to curb errant business practices like misleading advertising. Misleading advertising includes omitting mandatory fees and touting misleading prices. Businesses will have two months to get things in…