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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From left: Acting Minister for Transport Jeffrey Siow, Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong and Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth David Neo meeting the media to deliver the midterm update on the Economic Strategy Review in January.

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Singapore’s key exports growth hits 22-year high of 38.4% in May

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