Tuesday, 10 July 2018

Singapore stands by its HSR and water pact obligations, says Vivian

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Singapore yesterday reiterated that upholding international law and respecting the sanctity of international agreements is a tenet basic t...
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Malaysia chose not to review water pact in 1987, says Vivian

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KL didn't ask for revision then as it would have affected price of water sold to Johor
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Monday, 9 July 2018

Singapore will honour 1962 Water Agreement, expects Malaysia to do the same

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Singapore will fully honour the terms of the 1962 Water Agreement with Malaysia, including the price of water stipulated in it, and expect...
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Singapore has spent S$250m on HSR project; to lay out S$40m more by December

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Singapore has already spent more than S$250 million on the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) project, and is likely to expend a...
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Saturday, 19 May 2018

Film explores the history and legacy of Chinese Exclusion Act, a racist stain on the American dream

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More than a century before US President Donald Trump began blocking arrivals from the Middle East and Africa, the American immigration deb...
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Thursday, 17 May 2018

Australian Jordan Lee Plant jailed, fined for assaulting two police officers

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Tuesday, 15 May 2018

Why should China change its successful trade policies just to please the US, given America’s own history of violations?

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Dani Rodrik says when crafting a global trading environment, it’s important to realise that all nations have different political and socia...
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Wednesday, 9 May 2018

Briton Benjamin John Holman given four weeks' jail for assault

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Tuesday, 10 April 2018

Forget the trade war. China wants to win the computing arms race

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As the US and China threaten to impose tariffs on goods from aluminum to wine, the two nations are waging a separate economic battle that ...
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Sunday, 18 March 2018

Hong Kong mulls over tax on unsold apartments to unlock supply

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Financial Secretary says the levy would probably need to "have a particular target, and not apply across the board"
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Thursday, 22 February 2018

US national security strategy reflects flaw in Western thinking: an antagonistic worldview

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Tian Feilong says America sees China and the rest of the world through a ‘friend or foe’ mentality that squanders opportunities for cooper...
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Tuesday, 31 October 2017

Multitasking is a myth - it makes people more inefficient

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"Work smarter not harder" is a common exhortation by CEOs. Another common directive is "to do more with less". But how?...
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How dealers woo buyers of Supercars

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They use social media to keep the romance alive with long-time clients.
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Thursday, 19 October 2017

Declassified embassy files detail US support for Indonesia’s 1965-66 massacre of communists

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Thousands of files from the US embassy in Jakarta made public after a declassification review that began under the Obama administration ...
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Tuesday, 17 October 2017

Kobe Steel faked quality data for more than 10 years

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Kobe Steel Ltd falsified data on product quality and specifications longer than the 10 years that the company had previously stated, a sour...
Wednesday, 20 September 2017

Briton James Martin Anthony Rabl Radcliffe jailed for punching GrabCar driver twice

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Not only did a senior recruitment consultant kick a car, causing a dent, he attacked the GrabCar driver who had asked him why he had done so...
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Tuesday, 12 September 2017

American Peter Thomas Juliano jailed 2 weeks for taking upskirt video

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There was no one else on the the escalator, but an IT project manager chose to stand directly behind a couple as they were going up.
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Saturday, 5 August 2017

Tell the truth of Nanjing Massacre to prevent repeat of tragedy, says son of Japanese veteran

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The son of a Japanese war veteran has called for reflections on the Nanjing Massacre, as 2017 marks the 80th anniversary of the tragedy.
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Sunday, 11 June 2017

America is unable to admit it will become No. 2 to China

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That is a problem and partially why Trump happened, says Prof Kishore Mahbubani, dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, in a wid...
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How the Western media gets the Korean crisis wrong

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It is one more reason for Singaporeans to be wary of Western narrative on Asian issues.
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