SINGAPORE – Dirty water has been seeping from a wall in the master bedroom of her Punggol Housing Board home since June 2018. Despite contacting both HDB and the Pasir Ris-Punggol Town Council at the time, Ms Viola Lam’s family still has to clean up the mess every day and deal with the damage to the […]
If you are reading the headlines in the Indian media, you get the impression that India might forfeit the 16 June group game against Pakistan in Manchester. This is in protest against this month’s suicide attack in Kashmir in which more than 40 Indian paramilitary police were killed. A Pakistan-based militant group has taken responsibility. […]
BEIJING — Kai Li, an American businessman born in China, had stepped off a plane in Shanghai, preparing to visit his mother’s grave. Instead, Chinese state security officers grabbed him and accused him of spying, and a court later sentenced him to 10 years in prison after a short, secretive trial. Now, two and a […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Europe’s main benchmarks barely budged on Friday but company results including Sweden’s Elekta, Switzerland’s Sika and France’s Sopra Steria drove big swings in stocks as investors awaited news from crucial U.S.-China trade talks. The STOXX 600 and Germany’s DAX were up 0.1 and 0.2 percent by 0930 GMT, with the main action […]
PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The house of former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng has been raided by the police. It is learnt that the raid was conducted on Tuesday, and that the police seized three cars and around RM49,000 in cash. When contacted, Bukit Aman CID Anti-Money Laundering division chief Senior Asst […]
BEIJING (CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The Spring Festival hongbao, or red envelope, a child receives as a festival gift can contain as much as 10,000 yuan ($2,000) or as little as 100 yuan, although the amount is generally several hundred yuan. Also, the average sum varies from province to province. A recent survey by […]
KUALA LUMPUR (BLOOMBERG) – Want a unique way to spend your holiday in Malaysia? How about traipsing around some controversial palm oil plantations. Yes, you can go snorkelling in the crystal clear waters of Langkawi and taste some of the best street food in Penang, but the Primary Industries Ministry wants tourists to head to […]
SINGAPORE – Students who sat the GCE A-level examination in 2018 achieved the best passing rate since the curriculum was revised in 2006. Last year, 13,042 students took the exam as school candidates, with 12,170 students or 93.3 per cent of candidates achieving at least three H2 passes, as well as a pass in General Paper […]
SINGAPORE – By providing support and infrastructure, the Government is committed to helping workers and businesses here seize opportunities offered by the digital economy, said Minister for Communications and Information S. Iswaran. But the minister also said national efforts – such as the 23 Industry Transformation Maps and the $150 million set aside for AI […]
JAKARTA (AFP) – Armed with crowbars and wearing protective gear, three women assembled at a Jakarta stress clinic survey the cluster of bottles they’re about to smash to pieces. “I feel relieved. It’s like something I have been holding inside is finally released when I smashed those bottles,” Genta Kalbu Tanjung, a 20-year-old university student, […]