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WebGuide Singapore

The following WebGuide, compiled by the Ypsilanti U. S. Export Assistance Center, is meant to provide an overview into the many sources of information which must be considered in making a business decision.  Your feedback is appreciated to keep this as comprehensive a document as possible.  For a copy of the Country Commercial Guide, prepared annually by the US Commercial Service, Singapore, please click here. 

 

Airlines

Airline Pilots Association Singapore

http://www.alpas.org/ 

All Nippon Airways Singapore

http://www.ana-sin.com.sg/ 

Cathay Pacific Airways- USA and Latin America

http://www.cathay-usa.com/ 

Malaysia Airlines

http://www.malaysiaairlines.com.sg/ 

Sabena-usa.com

http://www.sabena-usa.com/ 

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) - airline tickets, airfares and travel reservations

http://www.scandinavian.net/ 

SilkAir

http://www.silkair.net/ 

Singapore Airlines (SIA), one of the world's leading passenger and cargo airline

http://www.singaporeair.com/ 

United Airlines Singapore

http://www.unitedairlines.com.sg/  

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Banks

In addition to the following links, the following guide may be of help: Questions for Your Banker.  It has links to several directories of worldwide banks.

ABN AMRO Bank N.V., 63, Chulia Street, Singapore 049514, Telephone: +65 62318888 http://www.abnamro.com 
AFC Merchant Bank http://www.afcmerchantbank.com/ 
ANZ Singapore, 1 Raffles Place, #32-00, OUB Centre, Singapore 048616 http://www.anz.com/singapore/singapore.asp 
CitiBank, #01-01 23, Church Street SINGAPORE 049481 http://www.citibank.com.sg/ 
DBS Bank, 6 Shenton Way, DBS Building Tower One, Singapore 068809 http://www.dbs.com/sg/personal/ 
Monetary Authority of Singapore, 10 Shenton Way MAS Building, Singapore 079117, Tel: (65)-6225-5577, Fax: (65)-6229-9491  http://www.mas.gov.sg/
OCBC Bank, 65 Chulia St, OCBC Centre, Singapore 049513, Tel : (65) 6438 3333, Fax : (65) 6532 2179 http://www.ocbc.com/global/main/index.html 
Standard Chartered Bank, 6 Battery Road, 3rd Floor, Priority Banking Centre, Singapore 049909, Tel: +65 6530 3238  http://www.standardchartered.com.sg/ 
United Overseas Bank Limited  http://www.uob.com.sg/ 

The Association of Banks in Singapore

http://www.abs.org.sg/index.html 

Personal banking services and business financial services

http://www.standardchartered.com.sg/ 

A listing of common banks in Singapore

http://www.qualisteam.com/

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Business with Singapore

Doing Business

http://exportvietnam.com/ 

Asian American Net: Singapore

http://www.asianamerican.net/

Biz2fun - Business & Leisure in Singapore

http://www.biz2fun.com/ 

Singapore Business HomePage Top Contents

http://www.singapore-business.com/ 

Singapore Business Guide - Home

http://www.singaporebusinessguide.com/ 

Explore Singapore

http://www.tourbooks.com/explore.htm 

Doing business in Singapore

http://www.worldbiz.com/singapore.html 

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Chambers of Commerce

American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore

http://www.amcham.org.sg/ 

Australia - Singapore Chamber of Industry and Commerce

http://www.ascci.org.au/ 

British Chamber of Commerce Guinness Dragon Boat Team Singapore

http://www.geocities.com/

Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry in Singapore (JCCI)

http://www.jcci.org.sg/ 

Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCCI)  One of the most established business chambers in Singapore, and has the largest membership of 4,000 local ethnic Chinese enterprises.

http://www.sccci.org.sg/ 

The Singapore Chamber of Commerce (Hong Kong)

http://www.scchk.com.hk/ 

SICC Main Page

http://www.sicc.com.sg/ 

Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry

http://www.sicci.com/ 

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Directories and Databases

Kompass - fee based but extensive free information http://www.kompass.com/ 
Index of Asian business directories http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/

This is an electronic database of Singapore firms registered with the Registry of Companies and Businesses (ROCB). (Note: It is compulsory for persons or firms conducting a business in Singapore to register with the ROCB.) Note: This service is fee based.

http://www.asianconnect.com/ 

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Financing Agencies

Governmental finance programs http://www.business.gov.sg/

finance.today.com.sg  - Singapore Search Engine Portal 

http://finance.today.com.sg/ 

Ministry of Finance

http://app.mof.gov.sg/index.asp  

Monetary Authority of Singapore

http://www.mas.gov.sg/ 

Singapore Commodity Exchange Limited (SICOM)

http://www.sicom.com.sg/ 

Singapore Exchange (SGX)

http://www.ses.com.sg/ 

Singapore Mint

http://www.singaporemint.com.sg/ 

Yahoo! Regional - Finance and Investment

http://sg.yahoo.com/

Yahoo! Singapore Finance

http://finance.yahoo.com.sg/ 

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General Country Information

The World-Wide Web Virtual Library for Singapore http://library.berkeley.edu/
Lycos Guide for Singapore http://travel.lycos.com/
Fodors is known for being the best site for travel offering hotel, restaurant reviews and their series of mini-guides to specific destinations. http://www.fodors.com 

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Intellectual Property Rights

Baker & McKenzie - Singapore

http://www.bakernet.com/

IPOS - Information on Intellectual Property

http://www.ipos.gov.sg/main/index.html 

Legal Environment Regarding IT in Singapore

http://gurukul.ucc.american.edu/

Yahoo guide to IPR in Singapore 

http://asia.dir.yahoo.com/ 

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Market Research

International Data Corporation (IDC) Asia/Pacific

http://www.idc.com.sg/ 

Singapore Market Research Guide

http://www.apmforum.com/
US Department of Commerce's Market Research http://www.buyusainfo.net/

Statistics and Market Research (Compiled by Karen Blakeman)

http://www.rba.co.uk/sources/stats.htm 

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Michigan Exports

Item 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 104104526 96773773 111807673 133775716
325 Chemical Manufactures 40925216 31111708 42146410 41302815
336 Transportation Equipment 9001531 11446051 12320737 25297906
333 Machinery Manufactures 17133340 19168622 19163720 22205206
334 Computers & Electronic Prod. 11640334 12136681 11605067 10908063
326 Plastic & Rubber Products 7769623 5742442 5726122 9034292
311 Processed Foods 2477376 4914646 3390946 4483385
337 Furniture & Related Products 2460637 1928019 2829269 3442302
990 Spec. Classification Provisions 1340074 2240522 4057666 3157075
335 Elec. Eq.; Appliances & Parts 1636284 685467 1884089 2832414
332 Fabricated Metal Products 1819806 1744293 2261205 2753527
339 Misc. Manufactures 1861986 946995 780668 2394562
331 Primary Metal Manufactures 1584645 1966330 1320907 1698105
323 Printing & Related Products 1864044 796509 1337422 1533431
327 Non-Metallic Mineral Mfgs. 452506 716419 360515 680547
322 Paper Products 946967 251342 788411 548502
511 Publishing Industries 0 0 129461 509133
324 Petroleum & Coal Products 193193 502276 1032249 407471
313 Fabric Mill Products 545421 36350 127743 191982
113 Forestry & Logging 10032 0 0 122583
920 Used Merchandise 195486 0 152000 94350
316 Leather & Related Products 82963 106671 208614 78616
212 Mining 40660 89322 100819 59605
315 Apparel Manufactures 27980 10150 0 17053
111 Crop Production 9589 54404 58104 16624
321 Wood Products 81498 35472 11877 6167
314 Non-Apparel Textile Products 0 42082 13652 0
312 Beverage & Tobacco Products 3335 5000 0 0
112 Animal Production 0 0 0 0
910 Waste & Scrap 0 96000 0 0

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Miscellaneous

Colleges and Universities http://www.nus.edu.sg/  National University of Singapore 
Search Engines http://sg.yahoo.com/  Yahoo! Singapore
US Subsidiaries http://www1.ap.dell.com/  Dell Singapore
US Subsidiaries http://www.intel.com.sg/  Intel Singapore
US Subsidiaries http://www.microsoft.com/ Microsoft Singapore Pte Ltd, 5 Temasek Boulevard #09-03 Suntec City Tower 5, Singapore 038985.  Tel: 63376088, Fax: 6337 6788
US Subsidiaries http://www.motorola.com.sg/  Motorola Singapore

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Newspapers

Online Newspaper's index of Singapore Newspapers http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/

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Singapore's Economic Outlook

Asian Business Watch

http://www.asianbusinesswatch.com/ 

CNN.com - Singapore cuts GDP forecast - April 10, 2001

http://asia.cnn.com/

Economic Outlook - the ITEM Club - Latest UK Forecast

http://www.ey.com/

Economic outlook trips Asia - Dec. 27, 2000

http://cnnfn.cnn.com/

Economic Trade Information on Hong Kong 2

http://www.tdctrade.com/main/economic.htm 

World Economic Outlook Database April 1999

http://www.imf.org/

World Economic Outlook Database April 2000

http://www.imf.org/

Yahoo! International Finance Center

http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/ifc/sg/outlook.html 

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Singapore's Government

Accounting & Corporate Regulatory Authority

 http://www.acra.gov.sg 

Agency for Science, Technology and Research (ASTAR)

 http://www.a-star.edu.sg 

Building & Construction Authority

 http://www.bca.gov.sg 

Central Provident Fund Board

 http://www.cpf.gov.sg 

Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore

 http://www.caas.gov.sg 
Customs and Excise Department http://www.customs.gov.sg 

Economic Development Board

 http://www.sedb.com 

Immigration & Checkpoints Authority

 http://www.ica.gov.sg 

Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore

 http://www.ida.gov.sg 

Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore

 http://www.iras.gov.sg 

Intellectual Property Office of Singapore

 http://www.ipos.gov.sg 

International Enterprise Singapore

 http://www.iesingapore.gov.sg 

JTC Corporation

 http://www.jtc.gov.sg 

Land Transport Authority (LTA)

 http://www.lta.gov.sg 

Mediacorporation of Singapore

 http://www.mediacorp.com.sg 

Ministry of Defence

 http://www.mindef.gov.sg 

Ministry of Education

 http://www.moe.edu.sg 

Ministry of Finance

 http://www.mof.gov.sg 

Ministry of Health

 http://www.moh.gov.sg 

Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts

 http://www.mica.gov.sg 

Ministry of Law

 http://www.minlaw.gov.sg 

Ministry of Manpower

 http://www.mom.gov.sg 

Ministry of National Development

 http://www.mnd.gov.sg 

Ministry of the Environment

 http://www.mewr.gov.sg 

Ministry of Trade and Industry

 http://www.mti.gov.sg 
Ministry of Transport http://www.mot.gov.sg 

PSA Corporation Limited

 http://www.psa.com.sg 

Public Utilities Board

 http://www.pub.gov.sg 

Singapore Power Ltd.

 http://www.spower.com.sg 

Singapore Science Centre

 http://www.science.edu.sg 

Singapore Sports Council

 http://www.ssc.gov.sg 

Singapore Tourist Board

 http://www.stb.com.sg 

Spring Singapore –

 http://www.spring.gov.sg 
Urban Redevelopment Authority http://www.ura.gov.sg 
Governments on the WWW: Singapore http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/sg.html 

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Technical Standards

DieselNet: Diesel Exhaust Emission Standards

http://www.dieselnet.com/

ISR: Technical and Regulatory Barriers to Trade

http://www.isr.gov.au/

Singapore Productivity and Standards Board

http://www.spring.gov.sg/

Singapore Standards Catalogue

http://eshop.spring.gov.sg/

Standards: Agencies & Organizations

http://www.rmlibrary.com/

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Transportation

In addition to the following links, the following guide may be of help: Questions for Your Forwarder.  It has links to several directories of worldwide freight forwarders and logistics companies.

Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore

http://www.caas.gov.sg/ 

Open Directory - Regional: Asia: Singapore: Transportation

http://dmoz.org/

Transportation from Singapore Airport

http://www.airwise.com/

Yahoo! Regional>Countries>Singapore>Business and Economy>T...

http://sg.dir.yahoo.com/

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Travel and Tourism

AsiaPlanet.com - Travel and background information for  22 Asian countries. http://www.asia-planet.com/ 

1st SPOT Singapore: newspapers, banks, tourism and entertainment

http://www.soft-strategies.com/

Visit Singapore

http://www.visitsingapore.com/

Singapore - New Asia

http://www.travel.com.sg/ 

Singapore Exhibition and Convention Bureau (SEB)

http://www.meet-in-singapore.com/ 

Singapore Hotel Association

 http://www.sha.org.sg/ 

Singapore Tourism Board (STB)

http://www.stb.com.sg/ 

Singapore Travel Guide for Canadians

http://www.singapore-ca.com/ 

Tourism in Singapore

http://hannover.park.org/

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US Government

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US Commercial Service, Singapore http://www.buyusa.gov/
US Dept. of State's Background Notes http://www.state.gov/
US Dept. of State's Consular Information Sheet http://travel.state.gov/
US Embassy Singapore http://singapore.usembassy.gov/
CIA Factbook http://www.odci.gov/
US Dept. of Energy's Country Analysis Briefs http://www.eia.doe.gov/

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Date Updated: March 27, 2007

 
 

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