SINGAPORE: Singapore’s national water agency PUB plans to launch its inaugural green bonds later this month. The bonds will be part of a new S$10 billion multicurrency medium-term note programme, the agency said on Thursday (Aug 18). “This will mark another milestone in PUB’s journey to advance sustainable development and climateContinue Reading
“Our relationship is not something which should be judged … by the politics of the day,” Jaishankar told an audience at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. As a direct neighbour India could not avoid dealing with the military junta regime because of border issues such as organised crime, coronavirus and IndianContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: A former UOB Kay Hian (UOBKH) trading representative was issued with prohibition orders by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Thursday (Aug 18) for false and unauthorised trading. The four-year prohibition orders against Ms Chua Kah Boey took effect on Thursday. A civil penalty of S$100,000 was alsoContinue Reading
The urgent global need to meet climate ambitions, growing uncertainty about securing vital energy resources due to the ongoing Russia–Ukraine conflict and the inability of renewable resources to meet exponentially rising energy demand is bringing momentum back to the nuclear energy debate. Some argue that a zero-carbon future will remain an unattainable dream if nuclear energy is […]
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KUCHING: The Sarawak government is prepared to have additional State Legislative Assembly seats as currently, 108 seats have been made available at the assembly hall, says Speaker Tan Sri Mohamad Asfia Awang Nassar. Read full storyContinue Reading
PUTRAJAYA: The talent ecosystem, supply chain and facilities at the Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER) will see further improvement to attract more investment into the area, says Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. Read full storyContinue Reading
At a time when geopolitical storms are hammering Taiwan’s coast, Japan’s senior national security official met his Chinese opposite number for seven hours of talks in the Chinese city of Tianjin on Wednesday (August 17), Japan’s Kyodo News Wire reported. The development comes amid a newly activist US stance on Taiwan, with two groups of […]
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The campaigners have been accused of a conspiracy to commit subversion, after participating in an unofficial, non-binding primary election in 2020. Government prosecutor Andy Lo had alleged the activists tried to cause an “acute crisis” and to paralyse government. So far, 29 of the 47 have pleaded guilty, including legalContinue Reading
The campaigners have been accused of a conspiracy to commit subversion, after participating in an unofficial, non-binding primary election in 2020. Government prosecutor Andy Lo had alleged the activists tried to cause an “acute crisis” and to paralyse government. So far, 29 of the 47 have pleaded guilty, including legalContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: A cyclist was on Thursday (Aug 18) jailed for 12 days for causing the death of a 73-year-old pedestrian in an accident. Daniel Woon Hock Soon, 46, pleaded guilty to one charge of causing death by a negligent act. Another charge of not wearing a helmet under the RoadContinue Reading