Asian Economy

Asian stocks rose Monday, tracking a healthy lead from Wall Street as bargain-buyers moved in following a recent sell-off, though advances were limited by worries about fresh virus spikes and the reimposition of economically damaging containment measures. Traders are also...

Singapore -- Ho Ching, CEO of Temasek Holdings has taken to Facebook (16 Aug) to defend her staff members against people who have doxxed them for alleged unfair hiring practices without any evidence. Ho is the chief of the investment...

Singapore -- There is unhappiness online with the prices of Build-To-Order (BTO) flats in this month's sales launch by the Housing and Development Board (HDB). Demand, however, remains high. On Aug 13, the HDB released on Facebook and its website...

Singapore -- In a recent interview on CNN International, Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing was asked why Singapore chose to hold elections, slated for July 10, during a pandemic and when facing challenges on the economy. Mr...

Singapore--A 60-year-old Keban Baru resident working part-time who wants to remain anonymous, criticized the CPF retirement scheme. He states how in order to withdraw from his CPF, he has to be 65 years of age. "I want to stop work...

Singapore -- The Labour Market Report First Quarter 2020 was released on Monday (June 15) with Manpower Minister Josephine Teo addressing the impact that Covid-19 has had on the first quarter of the year. The latest numbers show that...

In the third MeetPSP webinar on Thursday (June 11), a question was posed to one of the Progress Singapore Party panellists, Mr Brad Bowyer, on what he thought of the People's Action Party's performance in the isolation, containment and...

During the debate on the Fortitude Budget (Jun 4), MP Sylvia Lim, in her speech, commented on the “blind spots” that have been uncovered because of Covid-19. One such “blind spot” includes the inequalities in lives between men and...

Former Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) and Workers’ Party (WP) politician Yee Jenn Jong took to his blog on 8 June to respond to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s speech on Singapore’s post-Covid-19 future, the first in a series...

On Sunday (June 7), Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong made a national broadcast on the theme: Overcoming The Crisis Of A Generation. It was the first in a series of six ministerial broadcasts from June 7 to 20 on...