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Singapore will spend S$6.6 billion ($5.2 billion) on benefits including tax cuts and rebates as the government prepares to face elections within the next year. The government will hand cash to all adult citizens as a “dividend” from record growth, upgrade homes and invest in improving productivity, Finance Minister Tharman... 

Middle East tensions and concerns about China's latest tightening policy outweighed the Singapore government budget as the stocks dipped in the morning session on Monday, and traders said the market could see further downside in the afternoon. China on Friday raised required reserves to a record 19.5 percent, the fifth rise... 

The government of Singapore will look at ways to help single men and women find partners in a bid to tackle the falling fertility rate, a local newspaper reported on Monday. More people are staying single and those who are married are putting off having babies, the Straits Times quoted Minister for Community Development, Youth...