Announcement
25 Feb 2013
In February 2013, the government of Singapore announced a change for the labour market access of foreign workers and a targeted tax change.
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Number of interventions
4
4 certainly harmful
0 likely harmful
0 liberalising
List of interventions
Implementation date
01 Jul 2013
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Announced: 25 Feb 2013
Labour market access
In force
In his budget speech of 23 February 2013, the Deputy Prime Minister announced a number of migration policies. One of them were "selective further Dependency Ratio Ceiling (DRC) cuts for sectors where ...
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Implementation date
01 Apr 2013
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Announced: 25 Feb 2013
Tax or social insurance relief
In force
On 25 February 2013, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, held the 2013 budget speech in the Singaporean parliament. Among the biggest changes was the introduction of...
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Implementation date
25 Feb 2013
Revocation date:
31 Dec 2015
Announced: 25 Feb 2013
Local content incentive
On 25 February 2013, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, held the 2013 budget speech in the Singaporean parliament. Among the biggest changes was the introduction of...
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Implementation date
25 Feb 2013
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Announced: 25 Feb 2013
Financial grant
In force
On 25 February 2013, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, also announced the Productivity and Innovation Credit Bonus with a total budget of SGP 450 million (ca. USD ...
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Related State Acts
Announced: 23 Feb 2015
Singapore: Amended state aid schemes and frozen migration restrictions announced in 2015 budget
Announced: 01 Aug 2014
Singapore: Requirement to give preference to local candidates to fill job vacancies
Announced: 21 Feb 2014
Singapore: Numerous state aid programmes announced in 2014 budget
Announced: 21 Feb 2011
Singapore: Increase in foreign worker levy from 2012
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Harmful Trade Policy Measures
This Thread tracks harmful trade policy interventions affecting all products. Covering all types of interventions monitored by Global Trade Alert, it highlights how the yearly number of these measures has evolved over time.
Published: 04 Sep 2024
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