Singapore Aims for All Vehicles to Run on Cleaner Energy by 2040
In the 2020 budget, the Singapore government laid out a vision is to phase out ICE (internal combustion engine) vehicles and have all vehicles run on cleaner energy by 2040. Three measures have been introduced in the budget for this: Enhancement of incentives to...
Singapore Partnering with International Chamber of Commerce for Digitization of International Trade
Alongside the annual World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos in January 2020, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) joined the Singapore government and a growing consortium of key industry partners to accelerate the digitalization of global trade and...
Singapore Passes Bill to Regulate Transboundary Movement of Plastic Waste
In February 2020, the Singapore parliament passed the Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import And Transit) Amendment Bill to comply with amendments to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Basel...