Twenty new district councillors for North West Community Development Council (CDC) were appointed and another 38 reappointed during the North West CDC Appreciation and Appointment Ceremony on Thursday night (Oct 29). All are volunteers. Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung was guest of honour at the event, which was also attended by North West district mayor […]
SINGAPORE – The Singapore-Hong Kong air travel bubble will be an important test that will determine if similar arrangements for leisure travel can be made with other governments. Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung told The Straits Times on Thursday (Oct 29): “We need to persuade our partners… that it is possible to stay safe and […]
KUALA LUMPUR – The call by the Malaysian King for federal lawmakers to approve the upcoming budget has raised a stir, with some questioning whether he has overstepped his constitutional limit. Sultan Abdullah Ahmad Shah on Wednesday (Oct 28) called on MPs to “give fulsome support” for Budget 2021 that will be presented in Parliament […]
NEW DELHI (REUTERS) – New Delhi’s air quality was at its worst this season on Thursday (Oct 29, as winds heavy with toxic smoke from polluting vehicles and smouldering crop waste fires in neighbouring states lingered low over the Indian capital. Average air pollution this month hit its worst in two years after farmers made […]
SEOUL, South Korea — The Supreme Court of South Korea on Thursday upheld a 17-year prison term for former President Lee Myung-bak and ordered him sent back to prison. Mr. Lee, who was president from 2008 to 2013, was expected to be taken to prison in a few days, making him the second former South […]
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan on Thursday trimmed its economic and price forecasts for the current fiscal year but offered a more upbeat view on the recovery outlook, signalling that it has delivered enough stimulus for the time being.FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective mask walks past the headquarters of Bank of […]
HONG KONG (AFP) – A teenage Hong Kong activist was charged on Thursday (Oct 29) with secession, the first public political figure to be prosecuted under a sweeping new national security law Beijing imposed on the city. Tony Chung, 19, appeared in court charged with secession, money laundering and conspiring to publish seditious content, two […]
CAPE YORK, AUSTRALIA – Scientists have discovered a massive coral reef – higher than the Empire State Building – at the northern tip of the Great Barrier Reef. Measuring more than 500m high, the detached reef is the first to be discovered in over 120 years, California-based non-profit group Schmidt Ocean Institute announced earlier this […]
CAPE YORK, AUSTRALIA – Scientists have discovered a massive coral reef – higher than the Empire State Building – at the northern tip of the Great Barrier Reef. Measuring more than 500m high, the detached reef is the first to be discovered in over 120 years, California-based non-profit group Schmidt Ocean Institute announced earlier this […]
TAIPEI (BLOOMBERG) – A Taiwanese fighter jet crashed and its pilot was killed while training over the Western Pacific, highlighting concerns about the island’s ageing military fleet at a time of increased pressure from China’s air force. Rescuers are searching for a Taiwanese F-5 jet after it plunged into the sea just a few hundred […]