Tessa Oh

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.

The winding-up applications were filed in November 2025 as a workaround to an earlier ruling by the Singapore court.

Court nod to wind up 1MDB scandal-linked entities paves way for bank claims by foreign liquidators

Statutory claims against StanChart, BSI Bank will be filed in ‘short order’

Acting Minister for Transport Jeffrey Siow says Singapore must make "bigger and bolder bets" while safeguarding the trust that underpins its public-private partnerships.

Singapore’s public-private partnership model must evolve as other countries ‘roll out red carpet’ for investments: panellists

This playbook may no longer be sufficient, especially in strategically critical areas such as semiconductors

Leaders from around the region have convened in Cebu for the 48th Asean Summit.

Asean must build collective resilience to brace for a world of more disruptions and shocks: PM Wong

Asia will be ‘hardest hit’, given its dependence on energy and other supplies from the Gulf, he says

Ahead of the 48th Asean Summit, PM Lawrence Wong (left) met his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim.

Asean leaders seek to bring regional trade pact into force this year amid Middle East pressures

They want to expedite the process to get the Upgraded Asean Trade in Goods Agreement to take effect

Manpower Minister Tan See Leng says while AI disruptions cannot be fully foreseen, early signs at home and globally offer reason for optimism.

Singapore’s AI transition need not pit workers against businesses, says Tan See Leng

MPs call for AI adoption to be linked to job redesign and worker outcomes; government vows no worker will be left behind

Minister of State for Digital Development and Information and Education Jasmin Lau says human judgment remains indispensable even in an AI-enabled workplace.

Companies that replace workers with AI risk losing competitive edge, relying on vendors: Jasmin Lau

Investing in employees, such as by training them, facilitating their access to frontier AI tools are in firms’ long-term interest, she notes

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong (right) will be accompanied by Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan.

PM Wong to head to Cebu for Asean Summit; leaders to discuss trade, energy security amid Middle East tensions

The prime minister will also hold bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the event

Senior Minister of State for Digital Development and Information Tan Kiat How said the government is working with partners who have access to Anthropic's Mythos to understand its capabilities.

MAS, bank CEOs convene over AI cyberthreats; boards told to own risks, not leave to IT teams

Cyber Security Agency of Singapore also issues letter urging critical information infrastructure owners to commission a board-level review

Retail sales for supermarkets and hypermarkets are up 2.7% year on year in March.

Singapore retail sales grow 4.8% in March, but cool from Chinese New Year-driven February surge

On a seasonally adjusted month-on-month basis, retail sales rise 3.7% in March

The agreement builds on the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency, which Singapore adopted in 2017.

Singapore, Indonesia courts forge cross-border insolvency agreement to streamline debt restructurings

Cases such as FTX’s collapse and Garuda’s restructuring highlight the need for judicial coordination across jurisdictions