National Day Rally 2026

The $70,000 question: how to master your family’s new financial tailwind

2026-09-06T21:00:00.000Z
In a recent SNEF survey of employers, 83% cited rising manpower cost pressures as a top concern. 

Beyond childcare leave: Building family-friendly workplaces is the critical step

2026-09-03T06:00:48.000Z
According to the PMO, an estimated 640,000 Singaporean children across more than 380,000 resident households are expected to benefit from the measures.

NDR 2026: Every Singaporean child to get direct financial support from birth to age 17

2026-08-31T05:28:31.000Z
Expanded childcare leave provisions are expected to increase the demand for temporary manpower coverage.

NDR 2026: New workplace policies for parents add options to labour market

2026-08-25T11:52:59.000Z
At stake is the business sustainability of independent childcare operators that are not eligible for the enhanced subsidies.

NDR 2026: Bigger childcare subsidies can drive consolidation in pre-school market

2026-08-25T11:41:59.000Z
The challenge for Singapore is to keep two transitions in sync: how quickly AI changes work, and how quickly people move towards new work.

How Singapore can run the global AI race on its own terms

2026-08-24T23:00:00.000Z
Employers will be reimbursed at a rate of up to S$500 a day, or S$1,500 a year, for childcare leave.

NDR 2026: Childcare leave salary caps still leave gaps for higher-income parents

2026-08-24T12:58:01.000Z
Pulau Bukom (pictured) will be part of the new island, which could be tapped for advanced manufacturing.

Singapore’s new Western island offers real opportunity to create ‘next-generation energy hub’: analysts

2026-08-24T12:33:40.000Z
Singapore has cultivated both the expertise and the standing to offer meaningful proposals and enforce necessary rules on how emerging technologies should be deployed.
COMMENTARY

NDR 2026: Singapore wisely says no to tech for tech’s sake

2026-08-24T06:19:20.000Z
With the Republic’s low birth rate ultimately an existential question, what’s at stake is policymakers’ capacity to envision the Singaporean society of the future.
COMMENTARY

NDR 2026: Parenthood policy reset is a window for rethink

2026-08-23T14:30:00.000Z