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Singapore

Cost-of-living fears need data backing for government to give more support: Indranee

The public’s deep discontent over soaring costs of living played a key role in handing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his ruling coalition a historic setback in an election last month.
Global Enterprise

Japan’s inflation hovers well above BOJ’s goal even as it slows

The one-off handout will be disbursed from Aug 31.
ASEAN Business

Malaysia PM Anwar unveils cash handout, fuel subsidy revamp as protests loom over rising living costs

Visitors pose for photographs at the entrance to Legoland Shanghai Resort during a media preview in Shanghai, China, June 20, 2025.
Global Enterprise

World’s biggest Legoland adds to China’s amusement park glut

Each person will also get an SG60 postcard - designed by differently-abled artists - in the mail.
Singapore

SG60: Adults to get S$600 in vouchers from July 22

Food inflation was a major driver, with the price of rice - Japan's staple food - jumping 102 per cent from a year earlier.
International

Japan’s prices climb by most in two years ahead of election

Half – or $250 – of the vouchers can be used at participating supermarkets, with the other half at participating hawkers and heartland merchants.
Singapore

Every Singaporean household can claim S$500 CDC vouchers from May 13

A hen walks past a portable chicken coop on a farm where they are raised as part of the "Rent The Chicken" service in Agua Dulce, California, April 21, 2025.
International

Backyard barnyard: rising egg prices prompt hen hires in US

Food inflation is still well below the double-digit peaks seen in 2023 after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drove up fuel, fertiliser and feed costs for farmers.
International

UK food prices rise most in 15 months as tax hike hits: BRC

The tax cut would be temporary and target food items, which have seen prices rise steadily, the Yomiuri said, citing coalition party sources.
International

Japan’s ruling camp to call for sales tax cut: Yomiuri

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