When Ms Pham Ngoc Mau Tam first arrived in Hong Kong last September, she felt lost and alone. The 19-year-old almost wanted to pack her bags and fly home to Vietnam, but a chance encounter with fellow students from Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) changed her mind. She recalls: “It was a random encounter; a […]
HONG KONG (AFP) – A Hong Kong journalist was arrested on Tuesday (Nov 3) in a probe linked to a recent documentary she co-produced investigating an attack on democracy supporters by government loyalists, a move her employers described as “chilling”. Public broadcaster RTHK said officers searched producer Choy Yuk-ling’s home following her arrest. Police confirmed […]
FILE PHOTO: A warning information notice is seen affixed to a town signpost indicating social distancing guidelines to comply with the government’s highest level of lockdown restrictions, Level 5, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues in Foxford, Ireland, October 28, 2020. REUTERS/Clodagh KilcoyneDUBLIN (Reuters) – Around 85,000 more people have claimed temporary COVID-19 jobless […]
HONG KONG — The police in Hong Kong arrested a prizewinning journalist on Tuesday whose work had exposed the authorities’ delayed response to a mob attack on antigovernment protesters last year, intensifying concerns about a crackdown on press freedom in the semiautonomous Chinese city. The journalist, Choy Yuk-ling, who also goes by the name Bao […]
SINGAPORE – Distressed micro and small companies will be able to restructure their debts quickly and deal with the economic impact arising from the coronavirus pandemic, with a scheme available from Tuesday (Nov 3). The Simplified Insolvency Programme (SIP), which also comprises processes to help companies which are no longer viable to wind up efficiently […]
SYDNEY (AFP) – The world’s largest pink diamond mine has shut its doors after exhausting its reserves of the expensive gems, global mining giant Rio Tinto said Tuesday (Nov 03). The Argyle mine, in the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia, churned out more than 90 per cent of the world’s pink diamonds – sought […]
MANILA (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The Philippines saw its overall number of new cases drop by 25 per cent last month, in part driven by the continued decline in the number of infections in Metro Manila, the epicentre of the country’s outbreak. Department of Health (DOH) data showed that three to four weeks […]
SINGAPORE – President Halimah Yacob has formally assented to the third Supplementary Supply and Budget Adjustments Bill that provides for an extra $8 billion in Covid-19 support, said Speaker Tan Chuan-Jin when Parliament sat on Tuesday (Nov 3). The Bill was introduced last month and 33 MPs aired their views during a two-day debate. The extra […]
SHANGHAI (REUTERS) – China reported 49 new Covid-19 cases for Nov 2, up from 24 a day earlier, the national health authority reported on Tuesday (Nov 3). The National Health Commission said in a statement 44 of the new cases were imported infections originating from overseas and the other five were locally transmitted cases in […]
SHANGHAI (REUTERS) – China reported 49 new Covid-19 cases for Nov 2, up from 24 a day earlier, the national health authority reported on Tuesday (Nov 3). The National Health Commission said in a statement 44 of the new cases were imported infections originating from overseas and the other five were locally transmitted cases in […]