HONG KONG: A member of China’s top political advisory body said she would propose allowing unmarried women to access egg freezing as a measure to preserve their fertility after the country’s population fell last year for the first time in six decades. Lu Weiying, a member of China’s top politicalContinue Reading
The updated five-year transformation roadmap also hopes to grow the professional services industry by 3 to 4 per cent each year up till 2025.Continue Reading
It comes after months of investigations into alleged corruption in the planning and sponsorship of the event.Continue Reading
More than 20 proposals have been received under the Energy Market Authority’s requests for proposals, said Second Minister for Trade and Industry Tan See Leng.Continue Reading
The initiative is part of the temple’s pledge to stop using live animals for festivals.Continue Reading
MANILA – The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, composed of Australian, India, Japan and the United States and better known as the Quad, has billed itself as a robust partnership centered and fortified on shared interests and values. Combining strategic resources with ideological posturing, the Quad seemed to have all the makings of an “Asian NATO” built […]Continue Reading
The war in Ukraine continues to send shockwaves around the globe. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was a disaster foretold, yet there was little action on the part of most of the trading partners of these countries. In spite of the fact that tensions had been simmering and continually escalating over the previous eight years, our […]Continue Reading
REPUTATIONAL RISK Volkswagen says it has never found evidence of forced labour among its Xinjiang workforce and its presence is positive for the local population. It denied maintaining the plant was a condition imposed by Beijing to keep producing across China. The carmaker was initially praised for setting up theContinue Reading
HONG KONG: Two Reuters journalists had their identities faked by an unknown person or people who then used sham social media accounts to engage with Chinese activists on several online platforms over several months. The false representations of the two journalists, Shanghai bureau chief Brenda Goh and Hong Kong-based correspondentContinue Reading
For ACS (Primary), it would not be tenable for the school to remain boys-only after moving to Tengah because it would constrain school options for families in the area, says the Ministry of Education. Continue Reading