Singapore Budget 2026

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From Budget to jobs: how employers can shape Singapore’s AI transition

Employers decide whether workers experience change as a ‘cliff’ or a ‘ramp’

How Budget 2026 should affect Singaporean wallets

A wake-up call for early careerists, aspiring parents and middle-class professionals to master personal finance

Singapore’s Parf rebate cut may favour China EV brands as ownership and borrowing costs rise

Industry players say the move will have far-reaching consequences across the automotive value chain

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Early-stage investment allows institutional investors to understand potential listing candidates well ahead of their market debut, says a market player.

EQDP’s expansion to pre-IPO private firms could boost listing pipeline: observers

This will give such companies access to growth capital, and prepare them better for public markets

Amid an AI-driven transformation, talent ramps can help Singapore workers pivot with support, while allowing organisations to maintain enduring relationships with employees, alumni and ecosystem talent.

From Budget to jobs: how employers can shape Singapore’s AI transition

Employers decide whether workers experience change as a ‘cliff’ or a ‘ramp’

The scale of job creation will depend on how effectively workers apply new skills and how the economy transforms, notes Lyon Poh of KPMG in Singapore.

Singapore’s new AI-upskilling push seen as shield against job displacement amid global layoffs

The National AI Impact Programme seeks to train 100,000 workers to be ‘fluent’ in applying artificial intelligence skills in their jobs

The focus lately has shifted decisively towards cost-of-living relief. Transfers for households take the form of, for example, GST vouchers.

Singapore’s special transfers expenditure: a strategic fiscal approach to resource allocation

The mechanism behind this spending shows how institutional design can balance short-term responsiveness with long-term discipline

MOH says advances in medical science mean some preventive treatments for high-risk patients are now considered medically necessary.
SINGAPORE BUDGET 2026

Budget 2026: MOH to extend MediShield Life to selected preventive surgeries, revamp MediSave scheme

An AI tool to help doctors flag Healthier SG enrollees at high risk of chronic disease will also be rolled out

One Pass (AI and Tech) aims to attract those who can build companies and strengthen Singapore’s ecosystem by transferring cutting-edge expertise to the local workforce.
SINGAPORE BUDGET 2026

Budget 2026: Singapore faces stiff competition for talent, despite draws of new AI and tech-focused One Pass

The visa track offers greater career certainty, and Republic’s stability strengthens its appeal to global talent

The new One Pass (AI and Tech) work permit will replace the existing Tech.Pass scheme.
SINGAPORE BUDGET 2026

Budget 2026: AI-focused One Pass to lure top tech talent; airlines can hire cabin crew from more countries

One Pass (AI and Tech) applicants may qualify using a mix of cash and stock-based compensation

Artist's impression of Pearl's Hill BTO project. The development is part of the government's efforts to renew and rejuvenate older towns.
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Budget 2026: HDB to roll out 60-storey BTO blocks in plan to ‘build more, faster, higher’

Pearl’s Hill BTO in Outram will have tallest HDB in Singapore; fresh supply to be injected into Toa Payoh starting with Caldecott BTO

BCA is reviewing the Building (Strata Management) Act, with a focus on maintenance funding, accessibility upgrades in older estates and better estate management.

Budget 2026: ‘Carrots and sticks’ needed in new rules on funding of ageing condo upgrades

Potential changes to the Building (Strata Management) Act include lowering voting thresholds for essential works

The push for more built environment-talent will be given renewed focus, said National Development Minister Chee Hong Tat on Wednesday (Mar 4).

Budget 2026: Time to ‘glow up’ built environment sector with AI, robotics; quantity surveying in focus 

A dedicated workgroup has been set up to strengthen the quantity surveying profession