Time To Prioritise
IT IS the first adrenaline injection for cardiac arrest, and it is likely that Singapore will restart its heartbeat and blood flow for a while. We would expect more...
Keep The Money Flowing
IT SEEMS that they are following the modern economic crisis playbook, where the focus is on ensuring that liquidity is maintained and money keeps flowing through the economy.
The measures...
Some Questions Unanswered
THIS is a laudable initiative launched by Minister Heng Swee Keat in these troubled times.
At a glance, the Resilience Budget offers several sweeteners for various sectors of the economy.
It...
A Generous Helping Hand
THE Resilience Budget achieves two objectives at one time.
It helps companies most affected by the crisis while, at the same time, it prevents employees from being laid off and...
What About The Hardworking Foreigners?
THE supplementary budget of $48 billion is indeed a very generous one compared to the main budget delivered on 18 February.
In addition to the enhanced measures, a new measure in...
Cash Is King
GOVERNMENT has extended, magnanimously and spontaneously, a strong, steady and trustworthy helping hand with the Resilience Budget.
It is now up to all to reach out to help themselves in...
Living Day To Day
THE COVID-19 pandemic has placed extraordinary demands and created near insurmountable challenges that both governments and business leaders have to respond effectively to.
The humanitarian toll and economic costs create...
Budget 2020 — 4. What Helping Groups Say
EDUCATION and help for the less fortunate are key factors in the push forward as a society, through challenging times. But for groups that help — be they charity...
Budget 2020 — 2. What The Property People Say
BIG and small businesses view budgets differently.
How does Dr Stephen Riady of OUE view the Budget 2020 announcements, and what does Ku Swee Yong of International Property Advisor have...
Budget 2020 — 3. What The F&B People Say
EVEN in the best of times, the food and beverage industry suffers from volatility, gauging from the number of outlets that open and close annually.
With the Covid-19 outbreak, normally...