Lee Hsien Loong says the timing of a general election that must be held by 2025 will be a key factor in determining when he will step down and hand power to Wong, who was backed by 15 out of 19 ‘stakeholders’ to become the next leader
Singapore’s new PM-in-waiting: what you need to know about Lawrence Wong
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s guitar-shredding successor grew up in a public housing flat and went to non-elite schools – and is expected to favour ‘not rocking the boat’ when he takes over the top job.
Ukraine war: Indonesia ‘consulting’ G20 members over Russia’s role but Moscow, Tokyo will attend finance chiefs meeting
The G20 host said decision on Moscow’s participation in the Bali summit will be revealed after the foreign minister submits her report to President Widodo.
Indonesia’s Singkawang – with its ethnic Chinese population – is Muslim-majority nation’s most tolerant place
Four in 10 residents of the Indonesian city that’s within a province bordering East Malaysia are ethnic Chinese. A new survey has found it’s the most tolerant place in the Muslim-majority nation of 270 million people.
Concept of AI inventor rejected in Australian patent ruling
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems cannot be inventors under Australian patent law, some of the country’s most senior judges and intellectual property (IP) law experts have unanimously agreed.
Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022: impact on lenders
Lenders against UK property should review their existing loan portfolios and take steps to ensure that their current borrowers and new ones they onboard are compliant with economic crime laws recently updated by UK law makers.
UK government’s ZEV green paper a ‘significant change in direction’ on HGVs
The UK government’s response to a consultation on a zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate for cars and vans “provides the strongest indication yet” that ministers also plan to apply the regulatory framework to heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), according to one legal expert.
South Korea’s unification minister pick hints lifting ban on flying anti-North propaganda leaflet balloons
Kwon Young-se called the measure imposed by the outgoing administration a violation of the right to free speech.
Malaysia to speed up hiring of 180,000 foreign workers to ease shortage
A special committee will meet daily from April 15 to quicken the approval process to alleviate a labour crunch that has hit the palm oil plantation sector hard.
Regulatory risk ‘shifting upwards’ as FCA publishes new-look business plan
UK firms should be wary of how “regulatory risk may be shifting upwards”, according to two legal experts, after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) unveiled a new-look business plan for the next 12 months alongside its three-year strategy.