ST Engineering (SGX: S63) has tripled in market capitalisation over ten years. The question worth asking is how much of that reflects genuine business transformation — and how much reflects a market willing to pay an ever-higher price for the…
Beijing is projecting a carefully constructed image on the world stage. The substance behind that image, however, remains harder to locate. The Strategic Messaging Rex Li, Professor of International Relations at King’s College London, argues that China is pursuing a…
Singapore Opens Nuclear Readiness Review While Stressing Constraints Singapore’s Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, Grace Fu, told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference in Vienna on Monday, September 14, that the city-state is approaching nuclear energy with…
There is a particular rhythm to Abdul Hadi Awang’s public declarations. They arrive at intervals, sketch a vision of government that reserves its highest deliberative functions for Muslims, and then recede into the ambient noise of Malaysian political life —…
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has issued a pointed warning that economic hardship, left unaddressed, can corrode the social and racial bonds Singapore has spent decades constructing. Speaking at the Singapore Kadayanallur Muslim League’s (SKML) 85th anniversary dinner on Saturday, he…
OpenAI Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki has publicly called for a broad deceleration of artificial intelligence development across the entire industry, warning that machine intelligence is advancing faster than humanity’s capacity to understand, govern, or safely contain it — a striking…
Thailand’s decision to raise excise taxes on fully imported electric vehicles is not simply a protectionist reflex — it represents a deliberate attempt to convert a consumption boom into durable industrial capacity. The country’s EV board has agreed to restructure…
A pronounced wave of Chinese-owned businesses is reshaping Malaysia’s commercial landscape, from the hair salons of Kuala Lumpur’s integrated townships to automotive service chains operating across more than a dozen outlets. These operators compete on price, operating hours and digital…
A Landmark Revision to Already-Record Salaries Singapore has announced a sweeping upward revision to its ministerial salary benchmarks, increasing Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s annual compensation from S$2.2 million to S$3.6 million — a rise of roughly 64% that brings his…
The Regulatory Thesis Singapore’s Online Criminal Harms Act Office has issued a set of binding codes of practice that fundamentally recast the legal obligations of messaging services, social media platforms, and e-commerce operators — and the central argument embedded in…
