Singaporeans-first Policy to Address Foreign Talent Fears by Locals
There has been hot debate on the way professionals are hired in Singapore. In order to protect the growing number of Singaporean professionals being displaced by professional foreign talents amidst...
View ArticleForeign-Worker Policies to be Tightened
The government of Singapore is revising the Foreign-worker policies. The tightening of the policy is to encourage hiring companies to put Singaporean first. One of the instrument the manpower ministry...
View ArticleNew Guidelines on 2012 Wage Increases for Shanghai Enterprises
The Shanghai government has issued some new guidelines for the suggested wage increases for enterprises in Shanghai for 2012. The guidelines stipulate an average suggested wage increase of 12% for...
View ArticleCutting Tariffs – China reforms foreign trade structure
China plans to cut the tariffs on 700 imported goods in an effort to reduce the amount of pollution in China, says Jia Kang, head of the Ministry of Finance’s Institute of Fiscal Science. Jia stated...
View ArticleAsia pauses before making carbon tax decision
The carbon tax debate is one of the most dividing and hard fought debates to have entered parliament this century. Governments around the world, and now even more in Asia, are debating this issue....
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