It was announced last week that the Singapore government is introducing a new tech pass to attract highly-skilled tech professionals from overseas to boost the tech sector here. Called Tech.Pass, it will be given to “top-tier tech talent” and experts looking to start businesses, lead corporate teams or teach here. …
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Singapore’s unemployment rate is the highest it has ever been in 10 years. According to data from the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), unemployment rose from 2.4 per cent in the first quarter to 2.9 per cent in the second quarter this year. Of the total unemployment numbers, over 90,500 residents were …
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On Wednesday afternoon (2 Sept), Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spoke in Parliament about Singapore’s response to Covid-19. He said that investment projects will create job opportunities for Singaporeans but first, in order for them to come here, we need to make them feel welcome. This is because Singapore does …
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Singapore has long been known for its liberal foreign worker policy, from blue-collared foreign workers to white-collar expatriates. The city has also long been a coveted choice for expats looking for an entry into Asia — low tax rates and favourable government policies are just among some of the reasons. …
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COVID-19 has badly affected shopping mall Mustafa Centre. In April, the mall was identified as a COVID-19 cluster and was forced to shut down. Its supermarket section reopened a month later in May, but it has yet to resume its regular 24-hour operating hours due to high operational costs and …
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(REUTERS) — U.S. President Donald Trump will suspend the entry of certain foreign workers, a senior administration official said on Monday, a move the official said would help the economy, but which business groups strongly oppose. Trump will block the entry of foreign workers on H-1B visas for skilled workers …
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The Ministry of Manpower will give out almost S$ 675 million in Foreign Worker Levy rebates starting today. Over 62,000 Singapore employers, who have paid at least one month of levy in 2020, will benefit from this. Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat previously said in the Solidarity Budget that employers …
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