SINGAPORE — Her residents erupted into cheers, drowning out Madam Halimah Yacob before she could complete her sentence. For months, there had been speculation that the Speaker of Parliament would contest the coming Presidential Election (PE), and on ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore FDI keen to expand
In recent years, Vietnam and Singapore’s matured co-operative relationship has given signs that it is entering its prime. Singapore’s Ambassador to Vietnam Catherine Wong Siow Ping told VIR’s Thanh Tung that Vietnam will continue to see robust ... ( read original story ...)
Pimpaka Towira Appointed Program Director at Singapore Festival
Well-known Thai director and producer, Pimpaka Towira has been appointed as program director of the Singapore International Film Festival. She replaces Zhang Wenjie, who stepped down at the end of last year. As well as making films “Mae Nak” and “One ... ( read original story ...)
Land deal talk damaging, says MP
HERBERT MP Cathy O’Toole has labelled speculation on whether Townsville will lose its share of the $2.25 billion Singapore deal due to ongoing land acquisition discussions as very “damaging”. Senator Ian Macdonald raised concerns last month that a ... ( read original story ...)
SCHOOLING FLAMED FOR SAYING HE WILL “TEACH” MALAYSIANS “A THING OR TWO” @ SEA GAMES
Singapore's most famous national swimmer Joseph Schooling has received brickbats for saying he will "teach" the Malaysians "a thing or two" in their "backyard" during a Channel News Asia interview about his chances at the upcoming SEA games, which are to ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s hard rock granny – BBC News
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 ...)