BANGKOK – Politicians contesting Thailand’s March 24 legislative elections began registering their candidacy on Monday (Feb 4) in an exercise that will run through Friday. There was an energy in the air not felt since the last general election in 2014. However, the atmosphere was quieter than in the past as the Election Commission banned […]
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) says that when a person adopts extreme political, religious or social views, they could be radicalised over time and may even want to engage in terrorist activities. Possible signs of radicalisation include: 1. Expressing the belief that violence is justified 2. Idolising, showing support or sympathising with terrorists and […]
SINGAPORE – Goh Oh Keing, a 94-year-old resident of Henderson-Dawson ward in Tanjong Pagar GRC, attended a Lunar New Year’s Eve reunion lunch on Monday (Feb 4) organised by the Henderson-Dawson Citizens’ Consultative Committee. She was in a wheelchair and accompanied by her neighbour. Mdm Goh is just one of the 130 elderly residents of […]
BANGKOK • The Thai government has apologised to Bangkok citizens about the air pollution that continues to disrupt their daily lives and is threatening their health. The amount of harmful PM2.5 dust particles in the air has exceeded the safe limit in the capital and adjacent provinces almost daily since late December. The blue sky […]
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Australian government is due to release on Monday the final recommendations of the independent inquiry that exposed systemic wrongdoing in Australia’s financial sector last year, likely leading to sweeping changes to the country’s banking industry. The big banks, insurers, pension funds and regulators who oversee the financial industry are bracing for […]
A Singapore-flagged ship with 26 crew members on board has been seized off Cameroon in central Africa in an apparent commercial dispute, it was learnt on Sunday (Feb 3). The vessel, Barents Sea, was seized by local Cameroonian private militiamen armed with AK-47 submachine guns at the Sonara refinery in Limbe, Cameroon, Singapore-based ship management company Eastern […]
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar held near a one-week high against the yen on Monday, supported by a stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs and factory data, although gains are likely to be capped on caution about Federal Reserve policy and amid thinned holiday trade in Asia. Data released on Friday showed that the U.S. economy created 304,000 […]
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Australian government is due to release on Monday the final recommendations of the independent inquiry that exposed systemic wrongdoing in Australia’s financial sector last year, likely leading to sweeping changes to the country’s banking industry. The big banks, insurers, pension funds and regulators who oversee the financial industry are bracing for […]
It might look like Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have been out and about on the streets of Hong Kong, posing for pictures and toasting one another over a fried chicken dinner. But, on closer inspection, it turns out the pair are in fact a couple of impersonators. Meet the […]
TAIPEI (DPA) – Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen delivered Chinese New Year greetings in a video message released late Sunday (Feb 3), as the island prepares for the arrival of the Year of the Pig. Ms Tsai delivered New Year’s wishes in various languages, including Mandarin, Minnan, and Hakka. She also addressed ethnic Chinese living outside Taiwan […]