The Singapore government has announced a scheme, “Platform Worker CPF Transition Support,” to provide support to lower-income platform workers as they make increased Central Provident Fund...
SINGAPORE — The Singapore government will increase the minimum monthly payout for the Retirement Sum Scheme (RSS) from S$250 to S$350 starting 1 June 2023, as...
SINGAPORE — Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong revealed new measures on 14 February in his delivery of Budget 2023 to address the issues...
SINGAPORE — During his Budget 2023 speech on 14 February, Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced a suite of support measures to help Singaporeans cope with...
NEW DELHI, INDIA — Indian tax authorities raided BBC’s New Delhi offices on Tuesday, weeks after it aired a documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s actions...
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim reaffirmed that the Malaysia government will not reintroduce the Goods and Services Tax (GST) or any...
SINGAPORE — The Budget 2023 will be delivered by Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong in Parliament today at 3.30 pm. Ahead of the announcement of the...
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA — Cambodia on Tuesday hit back at “politically driven” and “biased” concerns from Western governments over the shutdown of one of the country’s...
MALAYSIA — For many who commute from Johor to Singapore, the Causeway jam is unavoidable. Spending hours on the road before work starts can be frustrating,...
The interim draft of the Workplace Fairness Legislation, aimed at safeguarding workers against nationality and age discrimination, as well as implementing new penalties for noncompliant employers,...
SINGAPORE — A Tripartite Committee on Workplace Fairness released an interim report on Monday (13 Feb) containing 20 recommendations for anti-discrimination workplace legislation. These include stronger...
JAKARTA, INDONESIA — Parliamentarians from Southeast Asia condemn in the strongest terms the shutting down of the last independent media outlet operating in Cambodia, Voice of...
JAKARTA, INDONESIA — One of Indonesia’s most senior police officers was sentenced to death on Monday over the murder of his bodyguard. Ferdy Sambo, a two-star...
Last May, Indian state-run insurance company, Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India, went public. Among the investors who had subscribed to its shares included Singapore sovereign wealth...
Reuters reported on Monday (13 Feb) that the rout in the share prices of India’s Adani Group continued despite the group trying to assure investors that its...