The quality, performance and safety of medical devices intended for the EU market is the subject of stricter new regulation that has come into effect.
EU standard contract clauses bolstered for international data flows
The European Commission has published updated standard contractual clauses to support the transfer of personal data outside of the EU.
Two Indian parties can choose a foreign seat of arbitration, court rules
The Indian Supreme Court has confirmed that two Indian parties are allowed to choose a forum for arbitration outside India to resolve a dispute.
Thai general Manus Kongpan, jailed for trafficking Rohingya refugees, dies in prison
Manus Kongpan, the former Royal Thai Army lieutenant general who was jailed in 2017 for human trafficking and corruption after the discovery of Rohingya refugees in mass graves, has died in prison.At least 30 bodies were found in 2015 at an abandoned human trafficking camp in Thailand’s Songkhla province, near the border with Malaysia. Some were in shallow graves, while others were left to die in the open. Investigations revealed they had died of starvation or disease as traffickers waited for…
Japan lures TSMC with US$1.8 billion plan to revive domestic chip industry
The Japanese government has placed semiconductors at the heart of its future economic growth strategy, announcing this week a research and development fund designed to attract foreign chip manufacturers and marry them with domestic firms.The plans, outlined in a draft paper unveiled on Wednesday, indicate that Japan intends to do everything in its power to safeguard supplies of components that are critical to domestic companies but have been severely disrupted as a result of the trade dispute…
Appeal court confirms validity of ‘contracting out’ statutory declaration
Commercial landlords and tenants are not required to specify the actual date of grant of the lease when ‘contracting out’ of the security of tenure provisions in the 1954 Landlord and Tenant Act (1954 Act), the Court of Appeal has confirmed.
Azmin Ali, Malaysia’s power grab architect, under fire for ‘half-baked’ coronavirus lockdown
Tens of thousands of people on Thursday signed an online petition calling for the resignation of Malaysia’s International Trade and Industry Minister Azmin Ali as anger brewed over the large number of businesses granted permission to operate during an ongoing Covid-19 “total lockdown”.Critics said the waivers, some of which were handed to non-essential businesses, would severely compromise the impact of the June 1 to June 14 lockdown just as the health-care system was reaching breaking point.An…
Japan likely to defend Taiwan if Beijing makes moves, former US national security official Matt Pottinger says
Tokyo would step up militarily to defend Taiwan if Beijing moved to reunify the island with mainland China by force, former deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger said in a panel discussion on Tuesday with other top Trump administration officials.Pottinger, considered one of the key architects of the Trump administration’s hardline China policies, said Japan first suggested a quadrilateral alliance with the US, India and Australia – now known as the “Quad” – as a defence strategy…
Coronavirus: Rodrigo Duterte urges public to get vaccinated after Philippines misses targets; Vietnam resumes flights
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte appealed to the public on Wednesday to get vaccinated against Covid-19, after data showed the government was far behind its immunisation targets as it battles one of Asia’s worst and longest-running outbreaks.“I invite all our countrymen to be vaccinated at the earliest possible opportunity because this is the most, if not the only way, effective way, to defeat the Covid-19 pandemic,” Duterte said in a televised address.“Let us all keep in mind that the…
Emirate of Sharjah raises minimum wage for UAE nationals
The ruler of the emirate of Sharjah has increased the minimum wage for United Arab Emirate (UAE) nationals to AED 25,000 (US$6,800) from AED 17,500.