Singapore to introduce carbon tax to curb emissions

Madeleine Cuff
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Finance minister reveals plans to impose emissions tax by 2019, with initial price set between S$10 and S$20 per tonne

Singapore is set to introduce South East Asia's first carbon tax in 2019 under plans revealed by Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat yesterday. The scheme, which would see more than 30 of the nation's largest...

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