Pritam Singh kept his role as leader of Singapore’s main opposition Workers’ Party after a special vote by cadres following his convictions for lying to a parliamentary committee.
Pritam Singh, secretary general of the Workers' Party, speaks during a party rally in Singapore, on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Singaporeans will head to the polls on May 3 after a mere nine-day election campaign — among the world’s shortest timelines for voters to make a decision.
Singapore will likely hold monetary policy at its meeting next month and consider further moves later in the year after weaker-than-expected inflation data for May, according to economists.
A customer pays for fresh produce at Tekka Center in Singapore.
Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong warned that the economy has yet to feel the full impact of the Middle East conflict, and uncertainty remains over the growth outlook despite a strong performance in the first quarter.
Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong Photographer: Lionel Ng/Bloomberg
Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong warned that the economy has yet to feel the full impact of the Middle East conflict, and uncertainty remains over the growth outlook despite a strong performance in the first quarter.
Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong Photographer: Lionel Ng/Bloomberg
Economists lowered their forecasts for Singapore’s economic growth and raised inflation expectations, according to the latest Bloomberg News survey conducted June 2-5.
Koh Poh Koon, who stepped down as Singapore’s senior minister of state for manpower and health for family reasons, is returning to the healthcare industry as a surgeon.
The head of Singapore’s Workers’ Party, the city-state’s main opposition block, faces a party leadership vote later this month after he was reprimanded for lying to a parliamentary committee, Channel News Asia reported Monday.
Pritam Singh, secretary general of the Workers’ Party, speaks during a party rally in Singapore in April 2025.
Southeast Asia’s manufacturing sector snapped a three-month slowdown in May, as a surge in domestic demand helped offset a downturn in exports.
Workers cut off excess thread from items of clothing at a Thai Son S.P. Co. garment factory in Binh Thuan province, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Thursday, Apr. 10, 2025. For more than 70 years, many emerging nations, especially in Asia, have become the low-cost manufacturer to the US, the world’s biggest consumer.
Singapore’s wage growth is expected to moderate this year as companies adopt a measured approach with heightened geopolitical tensions and inflation risks.
Pedestrians cross a road in the central business district of Singapore.
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