Low Youjin
CORRESPONDENT
Low Youjin is a correspondent at The Business Times where he covers Singapore macroeconomics, labour, and manpower policies.
SMRT-UOB partnership lets retail tenants convert rental deposits into bank guarantees
Stellar Lifestyle, SMRT’s business arm, manages about 800 retail spaces across the rail network
Taking growth overseas: Millennium 3 builds on E50 lessons to expand abroad
The raised-flooring specialist is fifth in this year’s Enterprise 50 awards, its best showing yet
Beyond hospitality: Far East Orchard leans on student accommodation for recurring income
It aims to expand the segment and build up fund management capabilities
Economists raise 2025 Singapore growth forecasts on strong Q3, but stay cautious on 2026
Still, most private-sector analysts upgrade estimates for next year, with some projections at the higher end of the official 1 to 3% range
Singapore raises 2025 growth forecast to ‘around 4%’, expects 1-3% growth in 2026
The upgrade is due to better-than-expected Q3 performance, driven by AI chips
Economic Strategy Review aims to give mid-term update, ‘get some funding’ for early ideas
The committees will consolidate ideas and put up final recommendations by mid-2026
Future of Investment and Trade Partnership agrees on supply-chain resilience efforts at first meeting
The group of small and medium-sized pro-trade countries is not ‘against any particular country’, says DPM Gan Kim Yong
NTUC grants platform worker groups full affiliate status in first constitutional change since 2017
Platform work association members will have full voting rights
DPM Gan urges workforce to be AI-ready as NTUC charts next phase of transformation
The labour movement crosses more than 1.4 million members; set to hit 1.5 million by 2030
NTUC’s AI Career Coach draws over 3,500 users amid broader AI and skills push
The labour movement wants every worker to seize new opportunities and succeed in the age of artificial intelligence