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Tessa Oh

Tessa Oh

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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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Prime Minister Lawrence Wong (centre) viewing an interactive station at the opening of Connect by SWDA.

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2026-09-16T04:00:00.000Z
The idea when Raffles Medical was formed was simply to look after patients properly and charge cost plus a margin so that the practice would be sustainable.

Five decades on, Raffles Medical eyes further regional growth and insurance push

2026-09-13T23:00:00.000Z
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong says the consequences of not attracting good people to politics may not become apparent immediately, but in 15 to 25 years.

Ministerial pay rise not a lure into politics, but inaction would leave Singapore to ‘suffer the consequences’: PM Wong

2026-09-10T09:34:20.000Z
Given that the decision to have children is “a very personal decision”, Eugene Tan, associate law professor at SMU, pushed back against the idea of using TFR as a measure.
POLITICAL SALARIES REVIEW

Fertility rates, pollution, income inequality: What could a ‘quality of life’ target mean for ministers’ bonuses?

2026-09-09T12:13:38.000Z
MPs allowances are currently pegged at 17.5% of the starting-grade MR4 benchmark annual salary.
POLITICAL SALARIES REVIEW

Singapore to study delinking MP allowances from ministerial salary benchmark

2026-09-08T05:17:18.000Z
The National Bonus is tied to four indicators: the unemployment rate, real income growth for median and lower-income Singaporeans, and real GDP growth.
POLITICAL SALARIES REVIEW

Singapore tightens national bonus criteria for political salaries, including unemployment, income growth

2026-09-08T05:13:06.000Z
The reference annual salary for an entry-level minister at the MR4 grade will be raised to S$1.8 million, up from S$1.1 million, said Minister Chan Chun Sing.
POLITICAL SALARIES REVIEW

Political salary increase works out to 3.6% a year, below wage growth for Singaporeans: Chan Chun Sing

2026-09-08T05:05:01.000Z
These principles are part of a framework that is “fair to widen the pool of Singaporeans who can realistically consider serving, while preserving the ethos of political service”, said Minister Chan Chun Sing.
POLITICAL SALARIES REVIEW

Political salary framework to keep calibre, commitment, clean-wage principles: Chan Chun Sing

2026-09-08T04:58:15.000Z
DHL will provide companies with dedicated logistics support and facilitate knowledge-sharing within the Life Science Incubator community.

DHL partners local life-sciences incubator to provide cold chain logistics for biotech startups

2026-09-04T10:40:36.000Z
SRC must pay the claimants costs of S$30,000 plus disbursements of S$1,901.83 for the appeal.

Singapore Recreation Club members get second chance to challenge vote to convert billiards room to co-working space

2026-08-27T10:52:07.000Z
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