Clogged drainage along rivers among key reasons why Johor is grappling with floods: Experts
2023-03-08
Overdevelopment, deforestation and dumping of trash in rivers may also have led to the massive floods across Johor.
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China in a hard pivot to more supply-side reforms
2023-03-08
Ten years ago, when China’s leader first took power, Xi Jinping pledged to let market forces play a “decisive” role in economic policy and financial regulation. At the time, and since, foreign investors assumed that meant the government would set the private sector free. Yet a decade on, Xi is now making an argument few […]Continue Reading
Philippines confirms African swine fever outbreak in Cebu
2023-03-08
MANILA: The Philippines’ agriculture department on Wednesday (Mar 8) confirmed an outbreak of African swine fever in central Cebu province, and has deployed response teams to detect the extent of infection. The department’s Bureau of Animal Industry said 58 out of 149 blood samples from Carcar City in Cebu testedContinue Reading
Eco-friendly ‘tiny houses’ on Lazarus Island to be open for public bookings in May
2023-03-08
As of Wednesday (Mar 8), more than 600 people have registered online to secure an early-bird discount.Continue Reading
Tourists warned about wearing school uniforms
2023-03-08
Young Chinese women visiting the country have taken to dressing up in Thai school uniforms, and the Ministry of Education is less than thrilled by their fashion statements.Continue Reading
China’s students leap ‘Great Firewall’ to get homework help from ChatGPT
2023-03-08
BEIJING: Chinese schoolchildren are turning to AI bot ChatGPT to slash their homework time – vaulting the country’s “Great Firewall” to write book reports and bone up on their language skills. With its ability to produce A-grade essays, poems and programming code within seconds, ChatGPT has sparked a global goldContinue Reading
Malaysia PM Anwar addresses investors’ concerns over proposed capital gains tax
2023-03-08
KUALA LUMPUR: In addressing investors’ concerns, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said that the proposed capital gains tax on unlisted shares announced during the recent tabling of the budget will only be finalised after engagement with the stakeholders. He said on Wednesday (Mar 8) that Putrajaya wanted to better meetContinue Reading
First female fighter squadron commander, Malay magazine editor inducted into Singapore Women’s Hall of Fame
2023-03-08
Pioneer of performance art Amanda Heng and Esther Tay, the first Singapore fashion designer to break into the Japanese retail market, were also inducted this year. Continue Reading
No decision to revive KL-Singapore HSR yet, private sector proposals welcomed: Anthony Loke
2023-03-08
The HSR project, which aimed to reduce travel time between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur to about 90 minutes, was discontinued after multiple postponements at Malaysia’s request and an eventual lapsing of an agreement in December 2020. Malaysia paid more than S$102 million in compensation to Singapore for the terminated project.Continue Reading
2,336 emergency cases attended to through SCDF’s community response app last year
2023-03-08
An update to the myResponder app will widen the alert radius from 400m to a maximum of 1.5km, and let users choose to respond either on foot or vehicle.Continue Reading