The steel-hulled ferry could accommodate up to 430 people and was not overcrowded, said another coast guard official, Commodore Rejard Marfe. According to the manifest, it was carrying 205 passengers and a 35-member crew, Marfe said. In addition, it had a security contingent consisting of four coast guard marshals, whoContinue Reading
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday Japan must come up with a “permanent source of revenue” to fund childcare policies, but voiced caution over the idea of issuing extra debt. Ranil Salgado, the International Monetary Fund’s Japan mission chief, urged Tokyo to target such financial incentives towards low-income households.Continue Reading
CHON BURI: Sixty-six Chinese nationals from 16 families have been detained for overstaying their visas following a police raid on a resort in Bang Lamung district on Friday.Continue Reading
CHON BURI: Sixty-three Chinese nationals detained in Pattaya for overstaying their visas are members of a self-exiled Christian congregation seeking United Nations protection from religious persecution, their supporters say.Continue Reading
Over the past two years, a drumbeat of calls for reforming the World Bank has pushed its way onto the front pages of major newspapers and the agenda of heads of state. Many low- and middle-income countries – the population the World Bank is tasked with helping – are falling deeper into debt and facing […]Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: For a period of about eight years from 2013, Andrew Lim Kian Kok, then a senior team leader at NTUC FairPrice, asked for bribes from fish suppliers in exchange for him procuring more fish and seafood from them on behalf of the supermarket chain. Lim, 48, also recruited hisContinue Reading
JAKARTA: Indonesian property firm PT MNC Land launched on Friday (Mar 31) a 1,040 ha tourism complex on Java island, where former US President Donald Trump’s company will operate a hotel and a golf course. Indonesian President Joko Widodo also inaugurated a special economic zone within MNC’s tourism project, whichContinue Reading
JAKARTA: Indonesian property firm PT MNC Land launched on Friday (Mar 31) a 1,040 ha tourism complex on Java island, where former US President Donald Trump’s company will operate a hotel and a golf course. Indonesian President Joko Widodo also inaugurated a special economic zone within MNC’s tourism project, which isContinue Reading
Huawei and Chinese Electronic Design Automation (EDA) companies have reportedly developed an integrated circuit (IC) design automation platform for producing semiconductors with features as small as 14 nanometers (nm). Evaluation and testing of the technology should be completed this year, according to a Chinese media report. Asia Times could not independently confirm the report. If […]Continue Reading
The Complementarity Assessment Framework (COMPASS) will apply to new Employment Pass applications from Sep 1.Continue Reading