Australia is still popular with Chinese investors despite tricky ties but government figures show yearly approvals of new US investments have surged. Investors from Singapore have been piling funds into the real estate sector.
Using data trusts in garden communities
By pulling together and making use of data from various sources, garden communities can improve the lives of those who live and work there, attract new people to these places and ultimately enhance the value of the land and facilities.
Data trusts and the road to net zero
As more and more developers incorporate net zero ambitions into their project plans, the ability to monitor and respond to carbon emissions throughout the project life cycle will become increasingly important.
Government support critical to garden communities’ success
Government and local authority support will be critical to the planning, funding, delivery and stewardship of future UK garden communities, according to those already involved in their creation.
Singapore jails Australian for killing man in ‘act of religious hostility toward Muslims’
Andrew Gosling was sentenced to five and half years in prison for killing an elderly Singaporean man and hurting his wife with a thrown wine bottle in what the judge called an act of religious hostility toward Muslims.
US arrests Japanese ‘yakuza chief’ who sought missiles for Myanmar, Sri Lanka rebels in exchange for drugs
US authorities arrested a Japanese “yakuza” organised crime leader and three Thai men who trafficked heroin and methamphetamine and tried to acquire surface-to-air missiles for rebel groups in Myanmar and Sri Lanka.
EU removes UAE from tax blacklist
The Council of the European Union has removed the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from its ‘blacklist’ of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes.
1MDB-linked offshore companies now being used to recover stolen money
Three British Virgin Islands-based companies linked to 1MDB filed for bankruptcy in Florida in effort to recover portion of US$8.5 billion allegedly stolen from fund.
On Thailand’s Koh Samui, chain hotels look beyond Chinese tourists for a post-pandemic rebound
High-end hotel chains on the southern resort island are gearing up to take advantage of pent-up demand as Thailand further eases entry rules for vaccinated visitors.
Tropical Singapore wants to lure snowboarders to land of ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ in bid to boost tourism
Country’s tourism board wants to create an integrated facility where people can skate, surf, ski and snowboard indoors and help the tourism sector recover from the global pandemic.