Mary Ho, 81, plays a mean electric guitar. The feisty grandmother is now gearing up for the performance of a lifetime – playing for thousands at Singapore’s annual National Day Parade in August. Video by Heather Chen, Muhammad Fahmi and Aimran Supardi. ( read original story ...)
Difficult negotiations for South China Sea code of conduct going forward: Vivian Balakrishnan
MANILA: While ASEAN and China adopting a code of conduct framework on the South China Sea is “good news”, Singapore Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan says he does not want to “trivialise how difficult negotiations will be going forward.” ( read original story ...)
Li Shengwu responds to AGC: Earlier post not in contempt of court
He added that he has amended the post to remove any misunderstanding, but will not delete it. On July 15, he wrote that the “Singapore government is very litigious and has a pliant court system”, pointing out that foreign media had been cowed into self ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Orders Expulsion of American Academic
BANGKOK — Singapore has ordered the expulsion of a noted American academic for what it said was his covert effort to influence Singapore’s foreign policy on behalf of an unnamed foreign government. The academic, Huang Jing, was accused of passing ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore, six ways
Off the eastern coast of Singapore lies the island of Ubin, a haven for nature lovers. The island attracts local wildlife enthusiasts as it is home to several rare species such as the mangrove blue flycatcher and the elusive mouse deer. Chek Jawa, the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore PM’s nephew defiant as government accuses him of contempt of court
Development threatens to reignite family feud over the estate of the Lion City’s late founding father Lee Kuan Yew The nephew of Singapore's prime minister, who faces contempt of court proceedings for comments he made suggesting the city-state's courts ... ( read original story ...)
Targeting Singapore’s property market, Chinese developers leave a trail of unease
For more than a decade, a plot of land roughly the size of three football fields sat empty at the heart of Singapore’s oldest public housing estates. As property developers snatched up parcel after parcel in the Queenstown estate, named after Queen ... ( read original story ...)
Lee Kuan Yew’s grandson faces threat of legal action
Singapore's government has announced it is taking legal action against the grandson of founding leader Lee Kuan Yew over a Facebook post linked to an ongoing family feud. In a statement late on Friday, the Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) said it was ... ( read original story ...)
In Singapore, Family Feud Deepens Over Facebook Posts
In the Facebook post last month, he said that some foreign news outlets engaged in self-censorship when covering the prime minister, because of the threat of legal action in Singapore. The dispute is the latest in a bitter family drama that has riveted the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore cancels permanent residence of academic deemed agent of foreign influence
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore on Friday said it has canceled the permanent residence status of a professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, whom it identified as being a U.S. citizen and an agent of influence by a foreign country. The ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore bans Chinese-American scholar as foreign agent
Singapore's government has declared a distinguished scholar of Chinese studies with a prestigious appointment at a local think-tank persona non grata, alleging that he has been identified as an agent of influence of a foreign country. An announcement late ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore expels US-Chinese professor for ”espionage”
Huang Jing, an expert on US-China relations, worked at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP) in Singapore and was Director of the Centre on Asia and Globalisation, Efe news reported. Huang "has been identified as an agent of influence of a ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore expels professor, calls him ‘agent of influence’ for foreign power
(CNN)An academic will be forced to leave Singapore forever after the government accused him Friday of acting as "an agent of influence of a foreign country." Huang Jing, and his wife, Shirley Yang Xiuping, have had their entry permits to Singapore canceled ... ( read original story ...)
Uber knowingly rented out faulty cars, WSJ says; firm says problem fixed
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] knowingly rented its drivers defective cars at risk of catching fire, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, and the ride-hailing firm said it moved to fix the problem after one of the vehicles ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore cancels permanent residence of ‘U.S. citizen’ for ‘collaboration’ with foreign agents
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore on Friday said it has canceled the permanent residence status of a professor at a prominent postgraduate school whom it identified as a U.S. citizen and an agent of influence by a foreign country. The Ministry of Home ... ( read original story ...)
Bubble tea chain Gong Cha plans Singapore return
SINGAPORE: Bubble tea chain Gong Cha is set to return to the Singapore market after the company behind the brand, Royal Tea Taiwan, appointed a new master franchisee here on Friday (Aug 4). Gong Cha said it appointed Gong Cha (Singapore) as the new master ... ( read original story ...)