BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – Piecing together Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent speeches and a barrage of new regulations that have roiled markets, one savvy internet user this month created a satirical image of what passes for an ideal youth in today’s China. “The socialist successor of the new era does not attend after-school tutoring, does not […]
SINGAPORE – Short-term pass holders who have been in Singapore for an extended period of time can now receive their free Covid-19 vaccination under the country’s vaccination programme. Those eligible are short-term work pass and special pass holders, such as those on training employment passes, training work permits and work holiday passes. The vaccine is […]
KABUL (AFP) – A statue of a prominent anti-Taleban fighter killed by the group before they took power for the first time in the 1990s has been decapitated in Bamiyan city, residents said on Wednesday (Aug 18). Mr Abdul Ali Mazari, a political leader who represented Afghanistan’s ethnic Hazara community, was declared a national martyr […]
SINGAPORE – The classification of Housing Board towns into mature and non-mature estates based on the availability of land, instead of the age of existing flats, is a sound metric that is commonly used in urban planning, say analysts. It also gives buyers a sense of the pricing and amenities expected, they added. In a […]
SINGAPORE – More people are dissatisfied with the cleanliness of food outlets, but it appears some patrons are not contributing enough to keep the places clean. A survey conducted by the Singapore Management University (SMU) showed that fewer than half of the respondents had returned their trays more than half the time in coffeeshops. The […]
KUALA LUMPUR – The King has called a meeting of Malaysia’s nine state rulers on Friday (Aug 20) that could be the penultimate act in resolving the month-long political crisis which has left the nation without a prime minister for the second time in 18 months, after Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin was forced to resign on […]
SINGAPORE – The British national seen in a video without a mask while riding in an MRT train on May 7 resisted arrest two days later and told police officers that Covid-19 was a “hoax”, a district court heard on Wednesday (Aug 18). Taking the stand on the second day of Benjamin Glynn’s trial, Inspector Chee […]
PHNOM PENH (AFP) – A Cambodian court on Wednesday (Aug 18) jailed outspoken union leader Rong Chhun for two years on incitement charges relating to comments about the country’s border, the latest legal case activists say is aimed at cracking down on opposition voices. Rong Chhun, the leader of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions, was […]
TOKYO (BLOOMBERG) – Japan’s vaccine drive was slow to get going, but it’s on track now to beat the current US inoculation rate within weeks – good news for an economy that’s endured one virus emergency after another. If the current pace is sustained, Japan will have 51 per cent of its people fully vaccinated […]
SINGAPORE – A woman has been detained after shouting in court during the trial of Benjamin Glynn on Wednesday (Aug 18) morning. The judge had told the woman, whose mask had broken, to leave the court. But she refused to comply and started shouting “kangaroo court” several times. She was also heard calling herself a […]