The office may never reach its past heights in the post-pandemic world but the outlook for Singapore and Hong Kong offices is promising. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Pushes Digibanks in Face of China, U.S. Crackdown
Singapore’s financial regulator will stick with its plans to award digital banking licenses by the end of the year, undeterred by tightening scrutiny in China and the U.S. that’s hitting major Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
Emily Hoe on How the Singapore Film Festival Planned its Way Through a Virus Hit Year
Emily J. Hoe took over as executive director of the Singapore International Film Festival just as the world was waking up to the coronavirus as a full-on pandemic. A calm head helped prevail and ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia says remains in discussions with Singapore on high-speed rail
Malaysia's government on Friday said it is still negotiating with Singapore on the implementation of a high-speed rail link between the two neighbours, a little over a month before the deadline for a ... ( read original story ...)
Asia Distillates-Gasoil stays firm on U.S., Singapore stock drawdowns
Asia's benchmark 10ppm diesel crack stayed above $5 a barrel for a fourth day this week, following stock drawdowns in the United States and Singapore. - Gasoil stocks held in independent storage in ... ( read original story ...)
France, UN to host new Lebanon aid conference amid deadlock
France and the U.N. will host a new conference next week about aid to Beirut after its devastating port explosion in August, amid political deadlock and a worsening economic crisis ... ( read original story ...)
Kyrgyzstan’s Post-Revolutionary Crossroads
After three revolutions in two decades, the Kyrgyz people have proven to be highly effective at toppling corrupt regimes. But if they cannot learn to build as well as they destroy, they will remain ... ( read original story ...)
The power of Civil Society: making nutrition voices heard in Kyrgyzstan
English News and Press Release on Kyrgyzstan about Food and Nutrition and Water Sanitation Hygiene; published on 27 Nov 2020 by SUN Movement ... ( read original story ...)
Thai Official Warns Laos on Power Purchases from Controversial Dam
The Thai government has warned that it might refuse to buy electricity from a planned hydropower dam in Laos due to the negative environmental impacts, potentially throwing the controversial project ... ( read original story ...)
Laos rebuilds collapsed dam in country’s south
Namnoy hydropower project in southern Laos' Attapeu province has rebuilt a saddle dam at the reservoir after the previous one collapsed two years ago, causing a devastating flood. ( read original story ...)