[ad_1] South China morning post Canada had to arrest Meng Wanzhou and it was not arbitrary, but the detention is now illegal, says his lawyer. Canada was forced to arrest Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver airport more than two years ago, but his detention has now been revealed as illegal, the …
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[ad_1] HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – When China regained control of Hong Kong more than two decades ago, the Communist Party entrusted the city’s wealthiest tycoons with enormous influence over local politics. This week, President Xi Jinping took his most dramatic step yet to regain some of that power. Xi’s radical …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore’s COVID-19 vaccination program and digital vaccination passports will be discussed when Parliament meets on Monday (April 5). Several members of Parliament asked a total of 14 questions on the issues. Commercial Commercial MP Foo Mee Har (PAP-West Coast) asked if there can be a waiting line at …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: More private housing, community facilities, and even a retirement village – These are ideas that real estate analysts have come up with for large tracts of land in Jurong previously reserved for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) project, which since scrapped. Such developments will be in line …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore and China are discussing how travel ties between the two countries can be resumed, Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said on Wednesday (March 31). Dr. Balakrishnan spoke at the end of a two-day visit to Fujian, where he met with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The designated dean of the National University of Singapore (NUS) School of Law has resigned from his upcoming appointment for personal reasons, just over two weeks after his appointment was announced on March 12. Professor Simon Chesterman, who was appointed Dean of NUS Law on January 1, …
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[ad_1] South China morning post China’s digital currency ‘to provide backing’ for Alipay, Tencent’s WeChat Pay if ‘something happens’ to internet giants A key goal of China’s sovereign digital currency is to maintain financial stability in case “something happens” to Tencent’s Alipay and WeChat Pay, the two private platforms that …
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[ad_1] Business Goldman Sachs Group Inc sold off $ 10.5 billion worth of stock in block deals as part of a selloff that wiped out $ 35 billion of the stock values of major companies, Bloomberg News reported Saturday. FILE PHOTO: The Goldman Sachs company logo is seen in the …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singapore’s largest employer, the Government, is encouraging civil servants who can work from home to return to the office three out of every five working days as a general guideline. This follows a loosening of the Covid-19 measures announced last week, allowing up to three-quarters of a …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden has invited 40 world leaders to a live-streamed Climate Leaders Summit that he will host on April 22-23. Guests include Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. “The Leaders Summit … will underscore the urgency – …
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