The Singapore Budget 2025, presented by Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong, has put a particular emphasis on certain economic areas as being the drivers of SG60 growth. One of them is research and development (R&D) to promote innovation in technology.
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Singapore Budget 2025: Cost-of-living mitigation includes more direct benefits for people of all ages
PM Wong’s budget speech referred to a revision of the taxation system in Singapore in order to meet public spending needs by mopping up more revenue, and also to ensure more fiscal prudence.
What will PM Wong put in Singapore Budget bag for 2025? Catch live broadcast at 3.30pm on Feb 18; sign up for post-Budget dialogues
REACH, the Singapore Government’s feedback and engagement unit, will hold two in-person Budget Conversations in English and Mandarin, on 20 February 2025 and 13 March 2025, respectively.
CDC vouchers worth SGD 300 brighten up the New Year for Singapore households, ahead of Budget 2025
The CDC website has provided a “Step-by-Step Video and Guide for Residents” for help with claiming and using the CDC vouchers. These vouchers can be claimed digitally using Singpass. Flexibility has been ensured by allowing anyone with the CDC voucher link to redeem a voucher; this enables family members to share the vouchers.
Singapore SG60: Mission for 4G leadership is to retain “economic relevance” against “bright, hard-working, hungry” Indians and Chinese
In their recent statements, Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and veteran Indian-origin Cabinet minister K Shanmugam have spoken of the achievements of Singapore and the challenges facing the country, as it enters a new phase.
PM Wong named secretary general of Singapore’s ruling party
Wong succeeds Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who stepped down in May this year from the premiership.
Singaporeans must stand united to be heard on the world stage as global order shifts, says PM Wong at PAP70 conference
Set to become the next PAP Secretary General, completing the Singapore leadership transition, PM Wong told the audience, “With your support, and support from our newly elected CEC, I will lead the PAP into the next general election.”
This era is not of deglobalisation, but of reglobalisation, says PM Wong at G20; emphasises on making ASEAN stronger
Referring to the shifting global dynamics, Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said at the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro that it was necessary “[to] strengthen our own neighbourhood”, meaning the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Singapore ready to host APEC Summit in 2030, says PM Wong in Peru at 2024 meet
APEC Peru 2024 was held from 15 to 16 November 2024, and PM Wong offered to host the 2030 meeting at the closing of this year’s summit. This international forum has 21 member economies, which collectively account for almost half of all global trade and commerce.
Singapore Smart Nation 2.0: New agency to tackle online harm, plus SGD 120 million to boost ‘AI for Science’
The new Singapore government agency could become a “trusted source of support”, acting on behalf of victims and directing “perpetrators and service providers to put a stop to the [online] harms”, said PM Wong. It will be introduced jointly by the Ministry of Digital Development and Information and the Ministry of Law.
