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US should give Australia access to operations in Singapore, Guam, Philippines: report
Australian and US military forces should integrate further under a “collective deterrence strategy” aimed at China’s rise, giving Canberra access to American operations in the Philippines, Singapore and Guam, a new report argues.The allies should look at new “combined access arrangements” among a number of ways to strengthen “integrated deterrence” against Beijing’s growing assertiveness in the region, according to the report released by the Sydney-based United States Studies Centre on Friday…
The new e-money regulations
This guide is subject to UK law and was last updated on 1st February 2011. New regulations coming into force in April 2011 aim to encourage more firms to set up electronic money schemes and introdu…
Ex-Malaysian PM Najib Razak’s wife Rosmah Mansor to visit Singapore after court orders temporary release of passport
Rosmah Mansor, the wife of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, has been allowed a temporary release of her passport for her to travel to Singapore to visit her pregnant daughter who is expected to deliver soon.The High Court in Kuala Lumpur on Friday allowed the application by Rosmah, who is currently on trial for graft, for the temporary release of her travel document after it was informed that the prosecution was not objecting to it.Justice Mohammed Zaini Mazlan made the order for…
Bisexual Superman comic ruffles feathers in Muslim-majority Indonesia
New Superman comics that depict the man of steel as bisexual are ruffling feathers in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country.Jon Kent, son of the original Superman Clark Kent and journalist Lois Lane, comes out of the closet and kisses his male friend, the reporter Jay Nakamura, in the fifth and latest issue of Superman: Son of Kal-El, by DC Comics, which is to be released on November 9.While the news has been welcomed by LGBT (Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender)…
Discord grows in Indonesia over noisy mosque loudspeakers but few complain fearing arrest, attack
Every night at 3am, Rina is jolted awake by blaring speakers so loud she has developed an anxiety disorder: she can’t sleep, she’s too nauseous to eat – but she is also too scared to complain because doing so could see her jailed or attacked.The noisy neighbour is the local mosque in her Jakarta suburb, and the clamorous sound is the call to prayer.Both are so sacred in Indonesia, the world’s biggest Muslim-majority nation, that criticising them can lead to accusations of blasphemy, a crime…
Financial complaints data highlights need for firms to maintain robust controls
The UK’s Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has released its quarterly complaints data, showing that while some Covid-related complaints are on the decline the impact of the pandemic on people’s financial lives remains profound.
Hong Kong-born Singaporean doctor who died from Covid-19 remembered for going beyond call of duty
An outpouring of tributes have flowed from former patients of a Hong Kong-born Singaporean doctor who died this month from Covid-19, with many recalling his altruism and readiness to go beyond the call of duty.Raymond Yuen, a family physician and an occupational medicine specialist, would charge patients only what they could afford or allow them to defer payment until their financial situation improved, according to stories shared with the TodayOnline news website.A devout Christian, Yuen also…
Build a security culture to manage cyber risk
A transparent, supportive and open security culture will make a business more resilient to evolving cyber threats by empowering their people to make the right decisions.
Singapore’s anti-foreign interference law will ‘substantially narrow’ civic space, rights groups say
Eleven prominent international rights groups on Wednesday said Singapore’s “already limited civic space” could be further narrowed as a result of the country’s contentious new anti-foreign interference law, and urged authorities to withdraw it altogether.In a joint statement, the groups – comprising organisations such as Access Now, Human Rights Watch, Article 19 and the International Commission of Jurists – reiterated concerns earlier flagged by local activists about the law’s broad provisions…