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US, Australia seek new military cooperation in face of China

23Aug

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US, Australia seek new military cooperation in face of China

US, Australia seek new military cooperation in face of China US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo listens while Australia's Foreign Minister Marise Payne speaks during a press conference. WASHINGTON: The United States and Australia said Tuesday they will expand military cooperation as tensions soar with China, presenting a common front between the allies. Going ahead in Washington with annual talks despite the coronavirus pandemic, Australia's foreign and defense ministers offered clear, if more mildly stated, support for a hawkish shift on China by President Donald Trump's administration. "The United States knows the threats that you and the rest of the free world face. And the United States stands with you in our unbreakable alliance," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the Australian ...

20Aug

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Singapore, World

Infofed adds online events to services

Infofed adds online events to services Bangkok-based e-sports startup Infofed has diversified into the online events business, citing the impact of the pandemic, and aims to raise Series A funding by the end of 2020. Newzoo, a global games and e-sports market research firm, downgraded the world's e-sports market in terms of sales of tickets and souvenirs from US$122 million to $107 million this year. The revenue outlook from e-sports media rights was downgraded from $185 million to $176 million, and that from sponsors was revised down from $637 million to $615 million. "We faced cancellation of offline e-sports events during the pandemic and lockdown," said Jirayod Theppipit, chief executive and founder of Infofed, which owns Thailand E-sports Arena on Ratchadaphisek Road. "And we nee...

More infectious coronavirus mutation may be ‘a good thing’: expert

20Aug

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Singapore, World

More infectious coronavirus mutation may be ‘a good thing’: expert

More infectious coronavirus mutation may be 'a good thing': expert A lab technician places a face mask through a particulate filtration efficiency tester during a media tour of a Setsco laboratory that tests surgical masks in Singapore on Tuesday. (AFP photo) SINGAPORE: An increasingly common mutation of the novel coronavirus found in Europe, North America and parts of Asia may be more infectious but appears less deadly, according to a prominent infectious diseases doctor. Paul Tambyah, senior consultant at the National University of Singapore and president-elect of the International Society of Infectious Diseases, said evidence suggests the proliferation of the D614G mutation in some parts of the world has coincided with a drop in death rates, suggesting it is less lethal. "Maybe that...

US, Chinese tech giants look to Singapore for IP services

19Aug

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Singapore, World

US, Chinese tech giants look to Singapore for IP services

Even as the United States leads in overall patent and trademark applications in Singapore, more Chinese companies are also filing here, posting the fastest growth rate among Asian countries in the last three years. Figures from the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (Ipos) show Alibaba Group and Huawei Technologies ahead of US giants Qualcomm and Amazon Technologies as the top individual patent and trademark filing applicants last year respectively.

19Aug

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Singapore, World

50,000 Thai workers to head overseas

Suchat: Workers needed for recovery Labour Minister Suchat Chomklin on Sunday revealed his ministry is aiming to send more than 50,000 Thai workers overseas by September due to the kingdom's success in handling the Covid-19 outbreak. Mr Suchat said the ministry aims to send 52,253 Thais to work in parts of Asia and the Middle East such as Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Israel. Taiwan is expected to receive 20,120 Thai workers, the highest amount when compared to other countries. Some workers have already left Thailand to work overseas. Mr Suchat said the ministry decided to send the workers overseas because Thailand has reported a decreasing rate of local Covid-19 infections, and the government is easing lockdown measures, preparing to reopen the kingdom. The mini...

Singaporean pleads guilty to working for Chinese intelligence

4Aug

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Singapore, World

Singaporean pleads guilty to working for Chinese intelligence

The US Department of Justice in a statement on July 24 said that a Singaporean national has pleaded guilty to using his political consultancy in the United States as a front to collect information for Chinese intelligence.The department said that Jun Wei Yeo, who is also known as Dickson Yeo, entered his plea in federal court in Washington, DC to one charge of operating illegally as a foreign agent. “Yeo was central to a Chinese government scheme to obtain sensitive information from US citizens,” the department said."In response to taskings from his Chinese intelligence contacts, Yeo worked to spot and assess Americans with access to valuable non-public information, including US military and government employees with high-level security clearances," it said.“He then paid some of those indi

3Aug

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Business, Singapore, World

Tech tops business priorities

Tech tops business priorities Across Asean, Thailand had the highest proportion of respondents prioritising technology investments in 2020, as small businesses in the region count on technology to help them overcome the impact of the Covid-19, a survey by United Overseas Bank (UOB) found. Technology was ranked the top investment priority for 2020 by two in three (64%) small businesses, including those who currently have cash flow concerns. This is according to a recent survey of 1,000 Asean small businesses conducted by UOB, Accenture and Dun & Bradstreet. The research sought to understand how small firms were adapting to the business environment given the changes brought on by the pandemic. The Asean SME Transformation Study 2020 was conducted among 1,000 small businesses with an annua...

IMDA CEO Tan Kiat How to leave post, expected to enter politics in upcoming Singapore general election

29Jun

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Politics, Singapore, World

IMDA CEO Tan Kiat How to leave post, expected to enter politics in upcoming Singapore general election

SINGAPORE - Mr Tan Kiat How, chief executive of the Info-communications Media Development Authority (IMDA), will step down on Saturday (June 20). He is the latest of a string of senior public servants to have recently left their posts. Party sources have tipped them to enter politics under the banner of the ruling People's Action Party in the upcoming general election, with Mr Tan possibly fielded in East Coast GRC. The constituency, which was hotly contested by the Workers' Party in previous elections, is expected to see two MPs leave - Mr Lim Swee Say and Mr Lee Yi Shyan. Mr Tan was a guest speaker in a webinar on digitalisation for East Coast residents and MPs last Saturday (June 13). Earlier this month, he also took part in a webinar on job opportunities and digital skills, hosted b...

[South East Asia] Malaysia, Singapore agree to defer HSR project until December 31

17Jun

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Asia, Singapore, World

[South East Asia] Malaysia, Singapore agree to defer HSR project until December 31

Malaysia and Singapore on Sunday came to an agreement and said that they have decided to defer the long-awaited Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail (HSR) project again until the end of the year.The construction of the 350km-long HSR project has been suspended since September 2018 and was due to resume at the end of May.The update comes after Singapore Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan on Friday said that Singapore was considering Malaysia’s request to extend the suspension period of the project.In a Facebook post, Khaw wrote that Malaysia had requested a seven-month extension to allow both sides to discuss and assess Malaysia’s proposed changes to the project."In the spirit of bilateral cooperation, we have agreed to a final extension of the suspension period to 31 December 2020," said K

Malaysia minister says ‘news’ that Singaporeans not welcomed is fake

14Jun

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Singapore

Malaysia minister says ‘news’ that Singaporeans not welcomed is fake

Malaysia's Senior Minister for Security Ismail Sabri Yaakob has fallen victim to fake news claiming that he does not welcome Singaporeans to the country."The truth is, our borders are still closed to everyone, including Singaporeans, so such news is malicious," he said at his daily briefing on Malaysia's coronavirus situation yesterday. "This act can sour the relationship between Malaysia and our neighbour Singapore."Sabri also noted that his voice had been doctored in the offending tweet."I have lodged a report with the police and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC)," he said.Malaysia has closed its borders to foreigners since March 18, when it implemented a partial shutdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus.Although, it has since eased movement restrictions ...

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