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The View | Asia’s property markets are shrugging off political risks

Despite the prominence of domestic and geopolitical strife, it is policy that ultimately matters most to markets in Hong Kong, Seoul, India and Japan.

9 Dec 2024 - 4:30PMvideocam

Diplomacy

Singapore police: no China request to arrest money launderer

8 Dec 2024 - 7:51PM

Australia

Australian man charged for threatening to crash plane at Changi Airport

8 Dec 2024 - 6:44PM

Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s hotel industry faces ‘worrying’ troubles in tax and Trump

A 3 per cent tax on hotel guests on January 1 and looming troubles from the Trump presidency could undermine the city’s tourism sector.

8 Dec 2024 - 4:03PMvideocam

Travellers at the arrival hall of the Hong Kong International Airport in Chek Lap Kok. Photo: Elson Li

Crime

Singapore jails man who attempted to rape Thai disco singer

The attack happened just hours after the victim and Yeo Zhuo Ping met for the first time in 2018.

7 Dec 2024 - 12:50PM

Business of climate change

Hong Kong’s status as aviation, maritime hub faces green fuel challenge

Hong Kong has to act fast if it wants to become a green fuel hub for the aviation and maritime sectors, as both Singapore and China are way ahead, analysts say.

7 Dec 2024 - 10:20AM

Ageing society

Elon Musk’s ‘going extinct’ jab at Singapore spotlights birth rate challenges

‘Ultra low’ fertility rates could affect Singapore’s social fabric and economic competitiveness in the long term, analysts say.

7 Dec 2024 - 12:39PM

A young child flanked by his parents in front of the Rain Vortex waterfall inside the Jewel Changi Airport mall in Singapore. Government data showed that Singapore’s total fertility rate fell to a historic low of 0.97 last year. Photo: EPA-EFE

Australia

Australia faces seismic shift over social media ban – and it’s felt across Asia

As Thailand’s youth advocate for similar bans on under-16s, Malaysia and Singapore ramp up their own efforts to combat online dangers.

9 Dec 2024 - 10:05AM

Jobs

Singapore’s Carousell lays off 76 workers, cites ‘slowdown’ in consumer demand

The job cuts by Carousell reflect a wider trend in the tech sector due to overexpansion and economic headwinds, an analyst says.

6 Dec 2024 - 7:31PM

Malaysia

Malaysian MMA fans hail UFC legend Khabib’s plan to launch gym in Johor

Khabib Gym is set to draw combat sports fans from Malaysia and across the region and become a platform to groom professional fighters.

6 Dec 2024 - 5:54PM

UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov of Russia raises his champions belt in the city of Makhachkala in 2018. Photo: AFP

Indonesia

Indonesia arrests Chinese man wanted by Beijing over money laundering charges

The man, also a Singapore permanent resident, is involved in moving over 130 million yuan (US$17.8 million) in an online crime ring.

5 Dec 2024 - 8:56PMvideocam

Indonesian immigration officials hold Yan Zhangxing, who was detained on Monday by immigration officers at a cross-border ferry terminal on Batam island, next to Singapore. Photo: EPA-EFE

Malaysia

Will Malaysia’s Mahathir face criminal probe over island lost to Singapore?

A commission claims Mahathir misled the government about a disputed island awarded to Singapore, risking up to seven years in prison if convicted.

5 Dec 2024 - 6:20PM

Malaysia

Chinese man accused of kidnapping girl could face up to 7 years in Malaysia jail

Huang Xiaonan, a university student studying in Singapore, was charged with kidnapping the 15-year-old in Johor.

5 Dec 2024 - 2:00PM

Crime

How a brazen nickel scam allegedly ensnared some of Singapore’s brightest

Ng Yu Zhi stands trial for allegedly orchestrating Singapore’s largest Ponzi scheme that defrauded nearly 1,000 investors.

5 Dec 2024 - 11:02AM

Ng Yu Zhi is accused of orchestrating one of Singapore’s biggest investment frauds. Photo: Reuters

Biomedicine: Companies

Hong Kong residents reticent to get latest Covid-19 jab, Moderna survey finds

About 52 per cent of Hong Kong respondents said they were willing to get the updated vaccine, compared with 58 per cent in Singapore.

4 Dec 2024 - 8:22PM

Moderna’s survey results indicate a “growing complacency” even as coronavirus variants continue to evolve. Photo: Shutterstock

Thailand

Nvidia to help build Thai ‘sovereign cloud’ in nation’s AI push

Data stored on Thailand’s sovereign cloud server could be used to power a local ‘AI ecosystem’ like a generative AI chatbot fed by Thai data.

4 Dec 2024 - 6:58PMvideocam

Semiconductors

Dutch firm NXP, TSMC affiliate plan to expand US$7.8 billion Singapore venture

NXP also plans to broaden its supply chain in mainland China, where it has a testing and packaging facility in Tianjin.

4 Dec 2024 - 4:44PM

Crime

Malaysia arrests Singaporeans in US$51 million fraud case

The couple were handed to Singapore on the same day of their arrest, and each given one holding charge in the State Courts.

4 Dec 2024 - 4:28PMvideocam

Ng Teck Lee, who was the CEO of then-listed recycling firm Citiraya Industries, and his wife Thor Chwee Hwa being handed over to CPIB officers. Photo: CPIB

Malaysia

Malaysia, Singapore postpone Johor special economic zone deal

Malaysia’s prime minister said the planned signing was rescheduled after Singapore’s Lawrence Wong contracted Covid-19.

4 Dec 2024 - 3:25PM

China's economic recovery

Will Taylor Swift accept Hangzhou’s outstretched hand for a China show?

Keen to capitalise on the economic windfall that comes from big-name international performers, Chinese cities are making a concerted effort to host high-profile concerts.

3 Dec 2024 - 8:30PMvideocam

Australia

Australia warns against China’s normalisation of ‘dangerous actions’ in rows

Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s comment comes as an Australian government delegation visits Singapore to discuss deepening their ties.

3 Dec 2024 - 6:19PMvideocam

Chinese coastguard personnel appearing to wield bladed weapons during a clash in the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea. Photo: AFP

Chinese culture

Why the coming Year of the Wood Snake could be lucky

With 12 animals and 5 elements, the Year of the Wood Snake comes around every 60 years, and 2025’s may be more favourable than 1965’s.

7 Dec 2024 - 8:37AM

A snake at a farm in Bangkok, Thailand. The next lunar new year will be a Year of the Wood Snake, which comes around every 60 years. The previous one, in 1965, saw dynamic change and upheaval. Are we in for more of the same? Photo: Getty Images

LGBTQ

Letters | Hong Kong courts back rights of gay couples. Government should too

Readers discuss the court rulings upholding equal rights on housing and inheritance, the city’s less-than-busy roads, what sets Singapore’s housing estates apart, and Australia’s social media ban.

2 Dec 2024 - 11:30AM

Old Hong Kong

When a blackmail plot ended in Australian tourist’s murder

Fifty-four years ago, Ronald Alan Coombe was found stabbed to death in his hotel room after a confrontation with a fellow countryman, Graham Edwards.

1 Dec 2024 - 6:15AM

Stocks

Rush to ‘value up’ may be Asia stocks’ best defence against Trump

Governments and regulators across Asia are hurrying to implement their own versions of Japan’s decade-long ‘Value Up’ programme.

30 Nov 2024 - 3:29PM

Donald Trump’s US election victory and his adversarial trade policies threaten to undermine Asia’s economic growth and corporate earnings. Photo: Getty Images via AFP

Asia travel

5 of the best urban hikes in Asia, including Hong Kong’s Dragon’s Back

From a tropical rainforest trek to a stroll through parks and gardens to bracing uphill walks rewarded with great views, city trails in Asia.

1 Dec 2024 - 9:34AM

Trekkers on Dragon’s Back in Hong Kong. Photo: Shutterstock

Alibaba

Alibaba’s DingTalk sees Hong Kong as pathway to expansion of collaboration app

City is expected to provide a solid foundation for the workplace app’s international business development strategy.

29 Nov 2024 - 7:00PM

Investing

Singapore households spending more, but incomes rising faster: official survey

While this suggests a positive economic outlook, economists warn that rising costs of living for housing, food and healthcare remain a concern.

29 Nov 2024 - 10:30PM

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29 November, 2024