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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.

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The transactions – the majority of which occurred in the second half of 2025 – relate to prepayments in connection with new projects.

US$14.8 million in prepayments to vendors behind Mirxes’ missed 2025 results deadline; independent probe set up

The investigation committee will oversee a review of 14 transactions and ‘associated subsequent events’

Mirxes specialises in miRNA technology, developing blood-based diagnostic tests for the early detection of cancer and other diseases.

Singapore biotech Mirxes misses 2025 results deadline as auditors probe vendor payments

Trading in company’s shares is suspended until its results are published

The Court of Three Judges will now determine what sanction, if any, to impose on Wong.

Singapore lawyer referred to disciplinary court for ignoring red flags over mentally frail client’s multimillion-dollar trust

High Court says William Wong failed to protect elderly client who was under her daughter’s undue influence

Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong says Germany, like Singapore, is a hub economy in that it is a key node in the European market and a gateway to eastern and western Europe.

Don’t ditch long-term internationalisation strategy amid global uncertainty, DPM Gan urges Singapore firms

He is speaking ahead of a trip to Germany, where he will meet business associations and companies

Singapore is among 16 economies probed for alleged unfair trade practices by the US Trade Representative.

Singapore will stick to rules-based trade principles, even if unfavourable in short term: DPM Gan

He says negotiations with the US to secure a better trade deal are ongoing

PM Lawrence Wong will also engage the Singaporean community in Hong Kong at a reception.

PM Wong to visit China from Mar 25 to 28 to deliver keynote speech at ‘Asian Davos’ forum in Hainan

He will also travel to Hong Kong to meet Chief Executive John Lee and engage business leaders

Measuring AI’s impact requires looking beyond the bottom line, says Koren Wines, managing director of Xero Asia.

AI adoption without a clear goal is money down the drain, warn industry leaders

Yet firms that deliberate for too long on implementation risk losing ground

Singapore's next monetary policy statement will be released on or before Apr 14.

Iran war raises inflation risks, tips scales for MAS to go for stronger Singdollar in April: economists

Analysts now expect a 50 bps steepening of the S$NEER policy band slope

The collapse of TerraUSD and its sister cryptocurrency Luna in May 2022 wiped out some US$40 billion in market value and triggered a broader crisis across cryptocurrency markets.

Singapore court raises damages payout for investors burned by Do Kwon’s Terraform collapse

But it upholds ruling that those who held TerraUSD past May 12, 2022, were speculating and not relying on misrepresentations

The Court of Appeal found that a provision in the cross-border insolvency framework bars foreign representatives from bringing claims over transactions that predate the law.

Liquidators lose appeal to sue StanChart, BSI over dodgy 1MDB deals

The appellants are pursuing other ‘workarounds’, such as winding up the relevant entities involved

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