Launch of CareShield Life in 2020: How the long-term disability insurance will impact you CareShield Life will be a compulsory long-term care insurance for Singapore residents born from 1980 onwards, regardless of their health, disability […]
BNN confiscates assets of drug convict accused of continuing business behind bars The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) has confiscated several assets belonging to Muhammad Adam, a convicted drug dealer it accuses of controlling international drug […]
Crime up 7% in first half of 2019, mainly due to rise in scam cases: Police The total number of reported crimes in Singapore increased by 7 per cent in the first half of 2019 […]
Indonesia pledges $40 billion to modernize Jakarta ahead of new capital: minister The Indonesian government is not abandoning Jakarta after announcing plans to move the country’s capital, its planning minister said, pledging to spend $40 […]
US-China trade war could have some positive spillover effects for region: Experts There can be positive spillover effects for the region from US-China trade tensions, said leaders and experts at the Singapore Institute of International […]
Rp865bn ‘Down Payment’ to Build New Capital City, Minister Says Minister of Public Works and Housing Basuki Hadimuljono said that the construction of infrastructure buildings in the new capital city will require a “down payment” […]
Bad debt in Singapore predicted to increase due to Sino-US trade war, part of overall dismal economic trends On the heels of a dismal economic growth prediction this year and even the prospect of a […]
Better human capital ‘key’ to escaping lower middle-income trap, economist says Indonesia may escape from the lower middle income trap that the country has faced since 1985 by improving its human capital through increased attention […]
MOM warns of fake employment pass application website The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has warned members of the public of yet another fake website that is pretending to be the ministry and duping users into […]
Jokowi names Penajam Paser Utara as new capital city site President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has named Penajam Paser Utara and Kutai Kertanegara in East Kalimantan Province as the sites of the new capital city. — […]
Haze returns to S’pore end-August 2019 The National Environment Agency (NEA) said this was caused by a brief shift in the direction of the prevailing winds that blew from the southwest on Sunday. — Mothership […]
Why Indonesia Is Shifting Its Capital From Jakarta Jakarta is soon to become an ex-capital city. Indonesia is planning to move its administrative headquarters from its richest island of Java to the forest island of […]