Tessa Oh
CORRESPONDENT
Tessa Oh is a correspondent at The Business Times. She covers Singapore macroeconomics and government policy, with a focus on manufacturing, manpower, and the legal sector. Tessa was previously a journalist at TODAY, covering healthcare.
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