Economists, government leaders and opposition politicians all agree Singapore must jettison its development model of “extensive growth” based on factor accumulation – the addition of more labour, talent and capital to the singularly scarce resource, land, that defines our territorial…
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AT 50, ACCORDING to George Orwell, everyone has the face he deserves. Singapore, which on August 9th marks its 50th anniversary as an independent country, can be proud of its youthful vigour. The view from the infinity pool on the…
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Between 6th to 13th March, we ran a survey to identify Singapore Muslim community perceptions on several socio-political issues. The survey was based on the Suara Musyawarah report, responses to the report and several AMP studies of the Malay community….
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Amid ongoing business restructuring, last year saw a 40 per cent jump in the number of non-resident workers retrenched, figures from the Ministry of Manpower show. A total of 12,930 workers received the pink slip in 2014, 12 per cent…
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Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said today that Singapore’s 2015 budget continues to show the strength of the government’s institutional and governance effectiveness. This factor is a key support for their sovereign credit rating on Singapore (unsolicited ratings AAA/Stable/A-1+; axAAA/axA-1+)….
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