Higher education institutions in the UK must ensure they are alert to suspicious financial activity and have processes in place in order to avoid inadvertent non-compliance with financial crime laws, an expert has said.
Does Chinese privilege exist in Singapore? Study finds views differ by age, race
Das still remembers an offhand remark from a former colleague who, upon seeing his hairy legs, said that they resembled a monkey’s.
For the 30-year-old ethnic Indian Singaporean postgraduate student, who spoke to This Week in Asia under a pseudonym, the comment reflected a kind of casual insensitivity he said he had encountered as a racial minority in Singapore.
“I would ascribe the confidence of saying such things without having to endure a blowback or to blow it off as a joke to Chinese…
Thailand-Cambodia row benefits Bali, as tourists trade temples for beaches
The tourism industry in Indonesia’s holiday hotspot Bali is preparing for a potential influx of travellers who are re-routing their holidays from Thailand, spooked by the recent border conflict with Cambodia, even though a fragile ceasefire is now in place.
Local officials and hotel operators have reported early signs of shifting travel patterns as global tourists seek out safer alternatives in Southeast Asia, according to I Gusti Agung Ngurah Rai Suryawijaya, deputy chair of the Indonesian…
Australia’s next set of Privacy Act reforms will address innovation and protection
A further package of privacy reforms could still be released this year after attorney general Michelle Rowland confirmed that a second set of reforms to amend Australia’s Privacy Act is currently being prepared for cabinet approval.
Inflation, political turmoil won’t put investors off Japanese property
Japan has entered a period of profound change. Inflation has returned after decades of deflation and stagnation. Japan’s relations with the United States, which helped underpin the post-war global order, have deteriorated dramatically. A culturally homogenous nation is experiencing an epic boom in tourism.
More surprisingly, a country renowned for political stability is at risk from the anti-establishment populism that has upended politics in other advanced economies.
The ruling Liberal…
‘Terrible’: Sara Duterte impeachment ruling sparks Philippine constitutional row
Monday’s opening of the Philippines’ Congress has been thrown into chaos by a Supreme Court ruling that effectively killed the long-awaited impeachment trial of Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio.
The Supreme Court’s decision, delivered late on Friday, quashed the Senate’s long-delayed trial on a technicality, ruling that the impeachment violated the constitutional “one-year rule” against multiple proceedings within a year for the same official.
The fallout has cast a pall over what would…
Brave migrant workers rescue woman from Singapore sinkhole
Migrant workers in Singapore have been praised for their quick action in saving a woman after her car was swallowed by a sinkhole.
Social media videos showed a three-metre (10-foot) deep sinkhole suddenly appearing on Saturday evening along Tanjong Katong Road in the eastern part of the city state, causing a black Mazda to topple sideways into the hole.
Immediately afterwards, nearby construction workers can be seen in the footage rushing to the woman’s rescue. One worker leans into the sinkhole…
Anwar’s chief justice pick tests Malaysia’s faith in the courts
As the gavel passes to Malaysia’s new chief justice, old questions echo through Putrajaya. Can a judiciary led by a former Umno party insider truly deliver impartial justice, or will the shadows of political allegiance darken the bench?
Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh, previously a Court of Appeal judge and once deputy home minister under prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, is set to assume the judiciary’s highest seat on Monday.
But his past life as an Umno politician, and personal associations…
How China’s ‘big winner’ BYD conquered Sri Lanka’s car market
Aggressive pricing, shrewd tax engineering and a trusted local partner have propelled China’s BYD to a commanding position in Sri Lanka’s electric vehicle and hybrid market, disrupting a sector long constrained by import restrictions and setting the stage for dramatic expansion.
Sri Lanka’s car market, starved of new imports for nearly five years under a sweeping ban imposed in the lead up to the economic crisis of 2022 to stabilise foreign reserves, reopened in February as the government lifted…
Philippines debates jailing adult children for parental neglect
Should adult children face prison for failing to care for their elderly parents? That’s the contentious question dividing the Philippines after a senator revived a bill to make filial neglect a criminal offence.
Senator Panfilo Lacson first pushed his Parents Welfare Act in 2019 but it failed to gain much traction. The bill, which he refiled earlier this month, recognises care for the elderly as a shared duty of children and the government, but if enacted it would empower courts to penalise…