Daily Singapore News

The Singapore Transport Minister, Mr Raymond Lim, has disclosed that the annual quota of Certificates of Entitlement (COEs) for Quota Year 2009 (May 2009 to April 2010) will be 83,789. This is a substantial drop in number of COEs offered as compared to last year. Read more on COE Quota For Quota Year 2009 (QY09).

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The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) is dishing out S$200 million in total for 2009 to assist airlines as well airport partners ride through the current tough times. This includes a S$63 million relief package composing of rental rebates (S$43 million) and a recently created ‘Promotions Development Fund‘ (S$20 million) for retail, food & [...]

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Starting from 12 February 2009, Singaporeans and Permanent Residents in Singapore will get to enjoy free entry (for first 2009 visitors) to key attractions such as Singapore Flyer, 7% GST waiver at participating retailers and S$209++ per night Sentosa hotel deals! Read more on Free Entry to Singapore Attractions & Other Savings!

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The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has released complete information on BOOST (Building On Opportunities to Strengthen Tourism) – its S$90 million plan targeted at assisting Singapore’s tourism sector weather through the tough times at its Tourism Industry Conference. STB also disclosed its 2009 forecast for the Singapore’s tourism sector; between 9 to 9.5 million in [...]

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The Manpower Ministry has confirmed that the Deepavali 2009 Date in Singapore will fall on 17 Oct 09 (Sat) instead of 16 Nov 09 (Mon). For some in Singapore, this means one less public holiday for the year. Read more on Change in 2009 Deepavali Public Holiday Date.

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By June 2009, patients requiring surgery will need to fork out less from their pockets. Medisave withdrawal limits for each surgical table (.PDF), that starts from S$150 for Table 1A to S$5,000 for Table 7C will be increased significantly to between S$250 for Table 1A to S$7,550 for Table 7C. One the examples provided is [...]

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With the support of the Finance Minister, the Health Minister, Khaw Boon Wan has announced that his ministry will increase the Health Budget by almost S$1 billion to S$3.7 billion which is about 34% difference. This addition will contribute an extra S$700 million to operating budget and S$300 million to capital budget. Read more on [...]

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Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) net profit has fallen by 16.1% to S$799 million for the third quarter (October-December) of 2008 as compared to S$952 million one year ago. Due the fact that a large part of SingTel’s operations is overseas, the stronger Singapore dollar against key currencies in the region has hurt its profit.

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The Energy Market Authority (EMA) is currently exploring options to create more competition in Singapore’s electricity retail market. Apart from the existing Electricity Vending System (EVS) pilot project, EMA is also thinking of tendering out a part of the total domestic electricity demand for the generation companies to bid on. This will benefit households as [...]

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