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Singdollar appreciated at average rate of 1.3% against ringgit over 2020 to 2025: Alvin Tan

Measures to support local businesses, given the impending RTS Link, will be announced later

Jeffrey Siow, Acting Minister for Transport, says recent car rebate changes were implemented with immediate effect to prevent bidders rushing to market.

Parf rebate reduction not expected to change COE renewal behaviour: MOT

Fewer than 2,000 car buyers were affected by the changes, says Acting Minister for Transport Jeffrey Siow in Parliament

Phantom worker arrangements involve employers making false CPF contributions for locals who do not actually work, artificially boosting a firm's foreign worker entitlement.

100 employers caught making false CPF contributions to boost foreign worker quotas from 2024 to 2025

Errant employers face fines of up to S$20,000 per fraudulent work pass application and a ban on hiring foreign workers

MOM has signed a memorandum of understanding with Stas to roll out the pilot programme.
SINGAPORE BUDGET 2026

Budget 2026: New pilot to uplift electrical trade with apprenticeships, career ladders to be launched

Lessons from the programme will be used to scale up efforts for other trades

Artist's impression of the new Woodlands Gateway district, which will offer flexible industrial and office spaces.
SINGAPORE BUDGET 2026

Budget 2026: JTC to develop Woodlands Gateway district as ‘northern gateway’ for Johor-Singapore SEZ

The first phase of the development to be completed around 2030

The semicon sector remains a key pillar of Singapore’s economy, contributing close to 7% to gross domestic product.
SINGAPORE BUDGET 2026

Budget 2026: Singapore commits S$800 million to semicon R&D to deepen ‘high-impact’ tech capabilities

A new S$60 million national R&D centre for power electronics to open by April 2026, to drive partnerships between academia and industry

Lucien Wong, 72, was reappointed in October last year for a fourth term, and will serve until January 2029. He was first appointed the ninth attorney-general in January 2017.

Edwin Tong rebuts claims that attorney-general appointment is ‘thin’ after WP MP questions selection process

Making the process of appointing the attorney-general public risks politicising the office, says the minister

The aim of the new legislation is to make civil enforcement more effective, efficient and affordable.
SINGAPORE BUDGET 2026

Budget 2026: New Bill to be tabled in 2026 to strengthen court powers in civil debt enforcement

New legislation aims to create a new class of officers to help parties recover what they are owed

More than half of the S$500 million invested has gone to the professional services, info-communications and financial services sub-sectors.

450 high-net-worth investors granted permanent residency under Global Investor Programme from 2015 to 2025

About S$500 million of their funds has been invested directly in Singapore-based businesses

The government has been strengthening measures to enhance workers’ career resilience and support career transitions, says Senior Minister of State for Manpower Koh Poh Koon.

S$10 billion invested in workforce initiatives over past five years: MOM

Long-term unemployment rate for PMETs remains within the range observed during non-recessionary periods