Asian Economy

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, in the first of a series of national broadcasts by Government leaders, spoke on Sunday (June 7) on the topic, "Overcoming the Crisis of a Generation". Mr Lee outlined how Singapore has to learn to...

In an op-ed piece for the Sydney Morning Herald, Tom Stevenson, an investment director at Fidelity International, wrote about The New Economic Order, a paper that came from the company’s investment strategists. The paper predicts that there will be...

by Sam Reeves / with Beiyi Seow in Beijing A global condom shortage is looming as the coronavirus pandemic shutters factories and disrupts supply chains, the world's top maker of the contraceptives said, with the United Nations warning of "devastating"...

The planned increase in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from seven to nine percent will not take place in 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 infection, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on February 18. But on...

In a Facebook post written earlier today, Monday (Feb 17), Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat explained that despite their usual efforts to settle budget details “as early as possible,” the 2020 Singapore Budget “will include measures that were...

Markets in Asia-Pacific rose on Wednesday following another positive lead from Wall Street with investor sentiment mixed about the immediate and long-term impact of the coronavirus outbreak. The virus, officially named COVID-19 on Tuesday, has spooked markets around the world,...

by Dan Martin Millions more people have been ordered to stay indoors as China battles to curb the spread of a new virus that authorities said Wednesday has already killed nearly 500 people. With more than 24,000 cases in China, a...

Beijing announced Saturday that US imports that can be used in China's fight against a deadly new virus will be exempted from retaliatory tariffs imposed in the trade war. The decision comes as China is scrambling to contain the spread...

A high-speed rail line to the east, a deep-sea port to the west, and a makeover for commercial heart Yangon -- Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrives in Myanmar on Friday laden with investment pledges worth billions which could reshape...

Hong Kong Chief Secretary for Administration Matthew Cheung expressed disappointment at the latest violent demonstration last Sunday after police fired tear gas at protesters. “The work of stopping the violence has not yet been completed, we need to keep working...