Both countries voiced support for Palestinian membership in the United Nations, with Widodo also encouraging China to invest in Indonesia’s new capital.
JCT updates design and build standard form construction contract
Changes to the Joint Construction Tribunal (JCT) standard form “design and build” contract through the publication of the new 2024 contract form will require employers and contractors within the construction industry to review their styles and precedents, an expert has said.
Pakistan officials say climate change ‘major factor’ in historical downpours that have killed 65
Lightning and heavy rains led to the heaviest downpour in decades, flooding villages in Pakistan’s southwestern coast.
Philippines to probe ‘creeping invasion’ of Chinese students in province near Taiwan
Some 4,600 Chinese nationals have been recorded to be living in the Cagayan area and enrolled in private universities in the city of Tuguegarao.
Rent controls may be deterring investment in Scotland’s private rented sector
The Scottish government’s proposal to introduce permanent rent controls to protect tenants concerned about rent increases will not sufficiently address the issues facing the private rented sector, as evidence suggests potentially billions of pounds worth of investment into building new homes is being held back due to these measures.
Singapore’s incoming PM, Lawrence Wong, says current leader Lee Hsien Loong to serve as senior minister
Lawrence Wong, who will assume power on May 15, said Singapore’s incumbent leader Lee Hsien Loong would serve as a senior minister in his cabinet.
Philippines’ Marcos Jnr says any Filipino death due to ‘foreign power’ could activate defence treaty with US
The Philippine leader says the US has given its commitment to honour the Mutual Defence Treaty with Manila.
Red Sea shipping crisis costs redress possible via Middle East civil codes
Contractors involved in the construction of oil and gas infrastructure in the Middle East may be able to look to civil codes in operation in the region for a legal basis to recover increased time and costs incurred as a result of the Red Sea shipping crisis, experts have said.
Philippines will not hand Duterte to ICC over drug war, President Marcos Jnr says
ICC launched an inquiry into Duterte’s drug crackdown in September 2021, but suspended it two months later when Manila said it was re-examining cases of drug operations.
Singapore’s Lee Hsien Loong will hand over power to deputy Lawrence Wong on May 15
Wong, 51, is the youngest among three front runners in the city state’s fourth-generation leaders initially tipped for the top post.