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Agriculture technology and the startups that innovate around it have become more important than ever in Singapore's vision for food sustainability.
7 minute read Fabled as The Land of Smiles, Thailand is a popular digital nomad destination with Singaporeans and others around the world to live and work. With a lower cost of living, foreigner-friendly culture and a population that can communicate in English, Singaporeans can easily call Thailand home for a few months or longer in their digital nomad journey. For those interested in becoming digital nomads and working remotely while travelling abroad, the thought of having to set up bank accounts, doing cross-border transactions while incurring hefty fees and just finding a way to pay loc...
This article was first published on DollarsAndSense.sg. 2020 has been an unprecedented year with the COVID-19 pandemic. Singapore’s economy is expected to contract 6% to 6.5% in 2020, according to the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI). With a record drop in employment (over 100,000 people become unemployed) in the first half of 2020, the labour market has been hard hit. Jobseekers may be disheartened facing these grim statistics. With vaccines in sight and better understanding and management of the COVID-19 pandemic, Singapore’s economy is expected to recover and grow by 4% to 6%...
This is more than 13 times the credit extended for the whole of 2019.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
7 minute read Employers in Singapore are typically quite well-versed with the CPF scheme. Besides usually being a CPF member themselves, business owners and those who do payroll also have to contribute to CPF for their employees on a monthly basis when they pay salary. While many are fairly familiar with the CPF scheme, there may also be lesser-known requirements we are not fully aware of. In this article, we detail 10 types of payments to employees (apart from their monthly salary) that businesses need to contribute CPF on as well. We also list some salary payments types that businesses don...