BANGKOK: Thailand’s ruling pro-military Palang Pracharat party has chosen political veteran and former army chief Prawit Wongsuwon as its prime minister candidate, a senior official said on Friday (Jan 27), as parties gear up for an election that must be held by May. Prawit, an adept political dealmaker in Thailand’sContinue Reading
Marcus Kong Wei Keong was given a jail term of about one year and seven months last year.Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: Private home prices rose at a slower pace in the fourth quarter of 2022 amid lower sales due to a lack of major launches, cooling measures, rising interest rates and weaker global economic projections. Prices of private residential properties rose 0.4 per cent in Q4 of 2022, compared with the 3.8Continue Reading
Expect art installations, food and drinks, music and… the Beam of Pain? Artbox 2023 takes place over two weekends, starting Feb 24. Continue Reading
Resale transactions in the fourth quarter of 2022 fell by 12.6 per cent.Continue Reading
But some industry players have said they believe the city’s tourism trump card could be in reviving cruise tourism and tapping the Greater Bay Area, made up of Hong Kong, Macao and nine cities in Guangdong province. Last Wednesday, Silversea Cruises’ Silver Spirit became the first international cruise liner toContinue Reading
Several cities in the US and China have already put driverless cars into commercial service. SUSS’ Ku Swee Yong and Dr Sheila Conejos look at how close Singapore is to weaving this technology into its transportation mix.Continue Reading
Banks in Singapore are now offering higher interest rates for some foreign currency fixed deposits than Singdollar deposits.Continue Reading
Poh Yuan Nie is suspected to have fled Singapore.Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: Starting Jan 31, phone messages from organisations that have not enrolled in a central SMS registry will be labelled “likely scam”. As part of measures to protect consumers against scams, all organisations that send SMSes using alphanumeric sender IDs – SMS labels with alphabets or numbers typically sent through applications –Continue Reading