As a Singaporean, I have not seen this. Do you have any proof?
Re:China is the manufacturing superpower
by fooker on Saturday January 04, 2025 @09:24AM
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Look around from a rooftop, do you see many factories with smoke coming out of chimneys?
Re:China is the manufacturing superpower
by csomar on Saturday January 04, 2025 @10:20AM
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Yes: https://maps.app.goo.gl/1ZDRiQdhr3Ngf5qP6
I'd not be surprised if this activity is quite limited in Singapore given that they have been under a tight microscope lately. Money laundering used to be their business but now they are rich and make money "legitimately" and within the "international" framework.
To be fair, having an industrial district doesn't preclude tariff laundering either. If you're trying to pass chinese goods as singaporean, you'd want your address to be a factory, rather than an office in a business park somewhere. Even if that wasn't a consideration, at the very least you'd need warehouse space to repackage/reship goods, so you'd need to rent out a warehouse/factory anyways.
Re:China is the manufacturing superpower
by bluGill on Saturday January 04, 2025 @09:42AM
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Most factoies don't have a chimney. electric powers them.
Re:China is the manufacturing superpower
by csomar on Saturday January 04, 2025 @10:24AM
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You'd be surprised. Look up Jurong Island.
Re:China is the manufacturing superpower
by whimsicalism on Saturday January 04, 2025 @11:41AM
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frankly i don’t really see many things at all that say “made in singapore”
IIRC, a lot of stuff that's labeled "Made in Singapore" is/was basically that.