Confronted with an emigration wave and an aging population, Hong Kong has just registered the biggest decline in its working population in decades. The workforce in the former British colony, which was handed over to Beijing in 1997, fell by 94,100, or 2.4%, to 3.87 million in 2022 from the previous year, according to the […]Continue Reading
Confronted with an emigration wave and an aging population, Hong Kong has just registered the biggest decline in its working population in decades. The workforce in the former British colony, which was handed over to Beijing in 1997, fell by 94,100, or 2.4%, to 3.87 million in 2022 from the previous year, according to the […]Continue Reading
More than once recently, critics of US arms shipments to Ukraine have argued that the weapons should go to Taiwan instead. In the long run, these critics say, China is the more worrisome adversary and its threats to take Taiwan by force must be countered. They’re half right. Yes, the US must stop China from […]Continue Reading
Watch the webinar video Mobile broadband, Cloud computing and Artificial Intelligence are transforming the Global South. The International Monetary Fund wrote this year, “Digital technologies can increase the efficiency of the public and private sectors, expand financial inclusion, improve access to education, and open new markets by allowing companies to serve distant customers.” At the grassroots […]Continue Reading
An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck off the coast of Viga in eastern Philippines on Tuesday (Apr 4), triggering a tsunami warning from the state seismology agency. The quake’s epicentre was about 120km east of Viga and was at a depth of 45km, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) saidContinue Reading
Thailand will continue its policy of negotiating for peace in southern Thailand despite expressing frustration that the Barisan Revolusi Nasional Melayu-Patani (BRN) did not show up at the last scheduled talks in Kuala Lumpur.Continue Reading
The Move Forward Party (MFP) says its policy of scrapping military conscription has met with wide approval from the general public, citing a survey.Continue Reading
When students with autism turn 18, they graduate from special education schools and may face the “post-18 cliff effect” where services drop off and they find it difficult to get the support that caters to their needs.Continue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: China will invest an estimated RM170.07 billion (US$38.64 billion) in Malaysia, including in the petrochemical and automotive industries, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Tuesday (Apr 4). Rongsheng Petrochemical will invest an estimated RM80 billion in a petrochemical refinery in southern Malaysia, Anwar said in parliament. Automaker GeelyContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered on Tuesday (Apr 4) that assembly elections in two provinces should go ahead by May 15 after it ruled that an election commission delay of the votes was illegal, three TV news channels and a lawyer said. The provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa wereContinue Reading