Politics

The debate between the five men vying to be the UK’s next Prime Minister emphasizes that the pound and UK assets can be expected to fall further, according to a press release by deVere, the world’s leading independent international financial consultancy. The comments from Nigel Green, founder and CEO of deVere Group, which has $12bn under advisement, comes following former …

Workers’ Party’s Member of Parliament (MP) for Hougang SMC Png Eng Huat took to his Facebook on Saturday (15 June) to question who is in charge of implementing Housing Development Board’s Neighbourhood Renewal Programme (NRP). NRP was introduced by HDB in 2007 to handle block and neighbourhood improvements, and it is fully-funded by the Government. In Mr Png’s post, he …

Indonesia’s Constitutional Court has allowed the hearing of opposition former presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto’s lawsuit against his political opponent President Joko Widodo, who remains keen on challenging the latter’s victory in the archipelagic nation’s Presidential Election held in Apr. The Straits Times reported that the court has decided to schedule a hearing next Tue (18 Jun), a day later than …

In early 2019, Facebook released a new tool called ‘Page Transparency’ which allows people access to more information about a page and who is managing it. The tool is intended to help users determine whether a page can be trusted or not. The Page Transparency tab shows users information about when the page was created, a history of page name …

Malaysia’s Economic Affairs Minister Azmin Ali has vehemently denied the allegations surrounding his purported involvement in a sex video scandal, dismissing it as “a nefarious plot” to “assassinate” his “reputation and character” in a bid to damage his “political career”. In an official statement on Wed (12 Jun), he added that “this is clearly the latest in a series of …

On Monday (10 June), Jose Raymond of Singapore People’s Party took to his Facebook to seek answer on why the residents of Potong Pasir were not given adequate information or consulted regarding the construction of a new nursing home in the vicinity. The politician was referring to the building of a nursing home with 438 beds in Potong Pasir by …

It was reported earlier this week that Jun Low, the Director of JC Global Concepts, posted a message on her Facebook page, highlighting that the Government should step in to prevent retail landlords from bullying tenants, specially with regard to raising rentals during every renewal period for the tenants. Ms Low is a prominent food and beverage (F&B) entrepreneur who …

Cambodian Prime Minister, Mr Hun Sen took to his Facebook page on Friday to remark that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s comment made on 31 May is a reflection of Singapore government’s support of the Khmer Rouge regime and is also an insult to those who liberated Cambodia from genocidal regime. This is the latest in the aftermath from PM’s …

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s recent remarks on Vietnam’s intervention in Cambodia preceding the Khmer Rouge regime’s downfall “suggest an insolence” to over 1.6mil victims of the genocide, said Singaporean international human rights lawyer Ravi Madasamy, more commonly known as M Ravi. In the wake of former Thai PM and President of the Privy Council Prem Tinsulanonda’s passing, Mr Lee …

In his post on Facebook (31 May) expressing his condolences for the passing of the former Thai Prime Minister and President of the Privy Council General Prem Tensulanonda, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong wrote, “His (Gen Prem’s) leadership also benefited the region. His time as PM coincided with the ASEAN members (then five of us) coming together to oppose Vietnam’s …