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Low Youjin

Low Youjin

CORRESPONDENT

Low Youjin is a correspondent at The Business Times where he covers Singapore macroeconomics, labour, and manpower policies.

emailyjlow@sph.com.sg
Tribunal Magistrate Jared Kang described dismissal law as “a little more layered, difficult and unclear than it perhaps needed to be”.

Firm loses wrongful dismissal case despite following termination clause

2026-08-10T09:53:52.000Z
Timken claims United Shipping Services imported and sold counterfeit bearings for use in RSAF aircraft, and provided falsified certificates bearing its trademarks.

High Court rejects bid to bring ST Engineering unit into trademark infringement suit over RSAF aircraft parts

2026-08-07T09:16:43.000Z
Singapore exports affected by the 12.5% tariffs include optical instruments and chemical products.

US tariff affects S$9.5 billion of Singapore’s domestic exports: Gan Kim Yong

2026-08-05T12:21:23.000Z
SBF’s head Mark Lee says that if the organisation wants to continue to do good work, it needs to be a “business-building institution” and not just a representative body.

‘Come to us first’, new SBF chairman Mark Lee tells businesses seeking help

2026-08-05T05:24:09.000Z
On a seasonally adjusted, month-on-month basis, retail sales increased 1% in June, reversing May’s 2.2% decline.

Singapore retail sales up 4% in June, missing forecasts

2026-08-05T05:06:01.000Z
Clockwise from top left: The founders of ImmunoQs, AI Seer and DancingMind. All three startups are based at JTC Corp’s LaunchPad @ one-north.

With tech for fact-checking to cancer care, Singapore startups aim beyond home 

2026-08-05T04:00:00.000Z
The PMI for the linchpin electronics sector grew 0.2 points to 52.4, marking the fourteenth consecutive month of expansion.

Singapore PMI edges up to 51.4 in July despite Middle East supply-chain pressures

2026-08-03T13:00:00.000Z
Dennis Au, president of Frencken Group, says the company prefers to partner a relatively small group of top-tier customers to ensure its long-term growth.
TOPLINE

‘Not an easy company to understand’: Frencken wants to be known for more than semiconductors

2026-08-02T04:00:00.000Z
Accommodation companies are positive about the July-to-December period as F1 and concerts will boost visitor arrivals and hotel occupancy.

Singapore manufacturers, services remain upbeat on six-month outlook despite global uncertainties

2026-07-31T07:34:32.000Z
From left: HR practitioner Rachel Foo, NTUC assistant secretary-general Patrick Tay, HR practitioner Tan Ai Sim and co-author Adrian Choo at the launch of the second edition of “Responsible Retrenchment” .

Don’t let the CFO take over retrenchments, urges HR expert

2026-07-31T03:30:50.000Z
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