BEIJING — They flocked together in silky, flowing gowns, arms draped in billowing sleeves, with many wearing high black hats or intricate floral headpieces as a flourish. If they resembled time travelers teleported from a Chinese imperial ritual of a thousand years ago, that was just the desired effect. These hundreds of retro-style dressers, gathered […]
JAKARTA (REUTERS) – Indonesia plans to cut taxes on luxury properties and revise other tax rules in a bid to support the real estate industry and attract investment in South-east Asia’s biggest economy, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said. The threshold for a luxury tax of 20 per cent applied to houses and apartments would […]
SEOUL (AFP) – North and South Korea have connected a road across their shared border for the first time in 14 years, Seoul’s defence ministry said Thursday (Nov 22) in the latest reconciliation gesture between the neighbours. The dirt road, which is wholly within the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) that divides the peninsula, will be used […]
At least 18 injured after a car rammed into a group of schoolchildren in Huludao, northeastern China, state media said. A car rammed into a group of schoolchildren crossing a street in front of an elementary school in northeast China, killing at least five people and injuring another 18, state media reported. Police took the […]
SINGAPORE – A row of eight single-storey hospital buildings with blue roofs stand on a hill at Moulmein Road. Although they would not look out of place in a war movie, few people in Singapore even know about their existence. The National Heritage Board (NHB) is aiming to change that by including the pavilion wards […]
SINGAPORE – Indonesian domestic helper Maryani Usman Utar, who pleaded guilty to causing the death of a toddler in her care, was convicted on Thursday (Nov 22) in the High Court and jailed for seven years. Maryani, 25, had caused the death of one-year-old Richelle Teo Yan Jia between 2am and 7.36am at a flat […]
Have you always wanted to be able to take care of your own Pokemon, and bring it out with you? Wait no longer, as an official collaboration will bring to consumers the first ever Pokemon Tamagotchi. The toy will allow owners to take care of their very own Eevee, a Pokemon that is known for […]
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s corporate regulator told an inquiry on Thursday that funding cuts and an increasing mandate had hampered its ability to prevent wrongdoing in the financial sector, and slammed bank bosses for failing to properly respond to its inquiries. Australian Securities and Investment Commission Chairman James Shipton told the inquiry into financial sector […]
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (REUTERS) – Tesla Inc is cutting the price of its Model X and Model S cars in China by between 12 and 26 per cent, the US electric carmaker told Reuters on Thursday (Nov 22). The move comes amid rising trade tensions between China and the United States, which has seen extra tariffs slapped […]
SINGAPORE – Like their seniors in the previous two years, the class of 2018 has seen 98.4 per cent of pupils who took the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) doing well enough to progress to a secondary school. It matched the number set in 2016 and 2017, and remains the best performance since the national […]