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February 2007

	28 Feb 2007		Training Programme For Medical Tourism Service Staff To be launched by September, the programme aims to boost industry.

	28 Feb 2007		Employers Urged To Join CPF Scheme Government will not penalise non-CPF paying employers now keen to cash in on the Workfare benefits.

	27 Feb 2007		SMEs To Get S$30 Million GST Grant Money will help defray set-up costs to be compliant.

	26 Feb 2007		Singapore's Industrial Output May Be Fastest In Six Months Pharmaceuticals may lead next growth spurt.

	23 Feb 2007		US$10 Billion Asia Pacific Fund For Water Management Singapore to conduct training and provide guidance on water policies.

	22 Feb 2007		More SMEs Expected To Register For GST Scheme: ASME Registration with scheme will enable SMEs to claim back any GST they pay.

	21 Feb 2007		Singapore Exports Rise In January Electronic shipments rose in four months and more pharmaceuticals sold overseas.

	16 Feb 2007		Singapore Unveils Budget To Grow Economy A balanced, future-oriented budget with provisions to help low-income workers.

	15 Feb 2007		Changes In Corporate Tax And CPF Announced In Budget 2007 While corporate tax goes down by 2%, employer contribution to CPF goes up by 1.5%.

	14 Feb 2007		More Sites To Be Released For Foreign Workers' Dormitories Guidelines reviewed to allow off-site workers to stay in such dormitories.

	14 Feb 2007		Tax Penalties From GST Audits Could Increase With GST going up to 7%, chances of making mistakes in GST audits also increase.

	13 Feb 2007		HSA Gets More Teeth It can now pull unsafe health products off shelves.

	12 Feb 2007		Entrepreneurial Activity In Singapore Down To 4.9% Robust economy is the main pull down factor.

	12 Feb 2007		Weights & Measures Office Increases Checks On Vendors Increased checks despite a 99.9% compliance rate last year.

	09 Feb 2007		10.2 Million Visitors Expected This Year The goal represents a 5% increase in visitor arrivals.

	08 Feb 2007		Precision Engineering Industry To Utilise LEAD Programme’s Grant S$5.6 million grant will help the sector keep pace with market demands.

	07 Feb 2007		Medical Devices To Be Regulated HSA aims to bring all health products under a proposed Health Products Bill.

	06 Feb 2007		New Scheme To Retain And Attract More Researchers Fellowship scheme will give researchers an opportunity to continue their work in Singapore.

	06 Feb 2007		Singapore To Liberalise Postal Sector New players will be allowed to operate from 1 April.

	05 Feb 2007		Singapore Manufacturers Cautiously Optimistic In Next Six Months Sentiment in electronics sector weaker but computer peripherals and chemical sector expected to do well.

	02 Feb 2007		A*STAR Launches Aerospace Research Programme With Industry Heavyweights Local SMEs involved in the MRO and aviation industry can also join in.

	02 Feb 2007		IRAS Launches Online Guide On GST Hike Guide describes how to prepare for the increase from the current 5%.

	01 Feb 2007		Total Employment Creation For 2006 Hits All-Time High Over 173,000 jobs were created, mostly in the services sector.

	01 Feb 2007		Boost For Water Sector With S$1 Million TechPioneer Fund Fund will support firms that use new locally-developed water technologies.

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