Low Youjin

Low Youjin

CORRESPONDENT

Low Youjin is a correspondent at The Business Times where he covers Singapore macroeconomics, labour, and manpower policies.

Excluding the volatile biomedical manufacturing cluster, output grew 17.7% year on year in May. This was down from April’s revised expansion of 20.2%.

Singapore factory output growth eases to 13% in May; electronics to remain key driver

Gallup’s research suggests managers have a substantial influence on workforce engagement.

Singapore’s disengagement crisis costs the economy US$73 billion a year

More cancer survivors are returning to work, but many continue to cope with fatigue, “brain fog” and other lasting effects of treatment that remain largely unseen in the workplace.
BRUNCH

More cancer survivors are returning to work. Are employers ready to support them?

Exposing secondary or tertiary level students to the fundamentals of investing early presents them with a key investing advantage: time.
THINKING ALOUD

As investing becomes more accessible, should financial education evolve?

Siemens' planned 200-million-euro digital factory in Singapore will produce industrial automation products.

Competing on value, not cost: Why Singapore appeals to German manufacturers

Electronic shipments expanded by 57.8% in Q1, up from the 23.4% increase the previous quarter.

Singapore upgrades 2026 key exports growth forecast to 3-5% as electronics shipments power Q1 expansion

From left: DBS chief sustainability officer Kelvin Wong; DBS institutional banking group head of sustainable finance Shilpa Gulrajani; CBI CEO Sean Kidney; and Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu.

Singapore’s first National Adaptation Plan to help firms assess climate risks: Grace Fu

Visitors at the Singapore pavilion viewing a scale model of the Jurong Innovation District at Hannover Messe 2026.

Inside Singapore’s push to transform manufacturing through AI and automation

Singapore's April NODX expansion is more than double the 10.9% growth forecast by private-sector economists in a Bloomberg poll.

Singapore exports beat forecasts with 24.5% April jump; AI demand seen staying strong