Economy of Singapore

3 Mar 2013

A higher tax on the owners of Singapore's most expensive homes - the top 1 per cent - resonates here because it is aimed at closing a widening income gap, a problem we share. But it has prompted...

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Singapore sees exports decline again

18 Dec 2012

Singapore's exports unexpectedly fell for the third time in four months last month as shipments of electronics slumped and companies sold fewer goods to US customers.

Work-cheap model hits Singapore inflation wall

7 Dec 2012

When dozens of Chinese bus drivers held Singapore's first strike in 26 years last week, the island deported the perpetrators. Getting rid of the soaring prices that are emboldening calls for...

Memo to C.Y., Singapore isn't better off

12 Jun 2012

'With an economy just half the size of Hong Kong's 10 years ago, Singapore has now surpassed us.'

Leung Chun-ying, chief-executive-elect

Europe feels the pain Asia once endured

8 May 2012

How strange! Markets across Asia plummeted on news of Francois Hollande's election victory in France and of the punishment Greece's mainstream parties suffered at the hands of voters for their...

Opinion

Wang Xiangwei

Super ministries may not be the right answer for mainland China

Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

George Chen

A house is not a home until it becomes affordable

Model behaviour

Hong Kong and Singapore have achieved stunning economic growth over the past decades; but through different approaches. Hong Kong's growth has been driven by the private sector, while Singapore...

Tales of the tigers

In the wake of the Asian markets crash of the late 1990s, it became no longer fashionable to talk about the Asian Tigers and their wondrous performance.

Singapore's 'sorpasso' to cause soul-searching in HK

Italians used to brag about 'Il Sorpasso' - the point in 1987 that Italy overtook Britain to become the world's fifth largest economy.

Singapore exploits labourers from China, report says

The 200,000 migrants from China working in Singapore suffer abuse, discrimination and violations of their rights but few can obtain legal redress because they are under the control of their...

Rise and revolution

Many people have talked about the rise of Asia. This is especially so now, post financial crisis, when prospects for the United States and Europe seem quite weak for the short to medium term....

The past is gone - spending HK's cash won't bring it back

Consequently, while both Singapore and Shanghai were aggressively expanding their positions as international maritime hubs, if Hong Kong continued to do nothing, ultimately it would lose its...