Commuters to Malaysia asked to plan journey for holiday season

Traffic is expected to be particularly heavy on weekends throughout the holiday…

ComfortDelGro embarks on autonomous vehicle trial in real traffic conditions

A trial of an autonomous shuttle bus service in real traffic conditions in…

The next General Election “will be a new test for the PAP”: PM Lee

While he believes that the People’s Action Party (PAP) had managed to…

DASTAK, Singapore’s Hindi Theatre Festival is back again on 15-18 November

DASTAK, Singapore’s first and only 3-day Hindi Theatre Festival, announced its 3rd…

Bus services affected by road closures due to the 33rd ASEAN Summit

Five SBS Transit bus services – 70M, 111, 133, 162M and 502…

Stripe’s merchants can now pay their service providers instantly using Visa Direct

Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, has teamed up with Stripe,…

2,000 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes seized at Woodland checkpoint

More than 2,000 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes were seized at Woodland checkpoint…

ICA to implement new multi-biometrics system at checkpoints starting April next year

A new scanning system which will include the use of two additional…

Amnesty International revokes Aung San Suu Kyi’s Ambassador of Conscience Award

Amnesty International has withdrawn the Ambassador of Conscience Award, its highest award,…

中国总理李克强访新 促加快RCEP谈判 放眼新、中青年科技领域交流

中国国务院总理李克强到访新加坡,争取尽快结束“区域全面经济伙伴关系协定”(RCEP)谈判,对维护以世界贸易组织为核心的自由贸易体制和经济全球化具有重要意义。 李克强形容RCEP谈判“不能再拖”,中方奖推动各国积极磋商,这个基于WTO规则的世界重要的一个区域性合作协议。尽快找到各国能接受的方案。 同时,也认为南海各方行为宣言(DOC)的基础上制定“南海行为准则”,是维护南海和平稳定的一把“金钥匙”,并表示中方“愿和本区域国家一道努力,加快推进‘南海行为准则’磋商,共同维护南海和平与稳定。” 签署《自由贸易协定升级议定书》 根据《新华社》报导,李克强总理和李显龙也于昨日傍晚,见证了中新自由贸易协定升级议定书的签署,大幅提高双方贸易便利化水平。 《议定书》对原中新自由贸易协定的原产地规则、海关程序与贸易便利化、贸易救济、服务贸易、投资、经济合作等6个领域进行升级,还新增电子商务、竞争政策和环境等3个领域。 两国总理也见证双方代表签署其他协议。其中,双方同意将中新(重庆)战略性互联互通示范项目旗下的“南向通道”,正式更名为“国际陆海贸易新通道”(New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor)。 同时,广州知识城已上升为国家级双边合作项目。李克强呼吁双方要积极拓展智慧城市建设合作,推动城市管理升级和人工智能发展,探讨新的地方合作。…