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A group of 100 Filipino women arrive in Seoul on August 6 to take part in South Korea’s first-ever pilot project for domestic workers from the country. Photo: Yonhap/EPA-EFE

Why will Filipino helpers earn more in South Korea than Hong Kong, Singapore?

Foreign domestic workers will enjoy high wages under a government pilot project – raising affordability concerns among Korean families seeking care.

Foreign domestic workers will enjoy high wages under a government pilot – raising affordability concerns among Korean families seeking care

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Editorial | Step up fight against Hong Kong online scam scourge

Hong Kong police arrest 27 in crackdown on money-laundering gangs

Prudential posts surprise interim profit drop due to investment losses

Profit from new business, a key measure of sales and the future growth of insurance companies, increased 8 per cent to US$1.47 billion, bolstered by improving sales in Southeast Asia and on the mainland.

Prudential’s signage atop a building in Hong Kong on August 2, 2024. Photo: Bloomberg

Singapore stays ahead of Hong Kong in JLL’s real estate market transparency list

Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Singapore are the best four among Asia-Pacific property markets in JLL’s latest transparency survey. The UK, France and US top the list globally.

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Reality bites: should Singapore spend more to curb rising costs?

As inflation weighs heavily on young families and older citizens alike, observers argue Singaporeans need more than just short-term relief.

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Singapore’s education culture has to change alongside programme revamp: experts

While more policy revamps and cultural shifts are needed, observers note mindset change among parents will also take time.

Pupils leave school after class in Singapore. The education ministry has tried to make the system fairer and less stressful for students, experts say. Photo: Xinhua

Singapore’s currency scales new heights as traders bet on diverging policy paths

The Singapore dollar has surged to levels not seen since 2014 as traders wager on a hawkish policy stance from the city state’s central bank.

Malaysian navy ship sinks near Singapore after suspected underwater collision

The KD Pendekar was completely submerged less than four hours after Sunday’s suspected collision off the coast of Johor.

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‘Powerful’ MoMA showcase for late Filipino artist Pacita Abad’s work

Pacita Abad’s political fabric art was dismissed as folksy in her lifetime, much of it spent in the US. Now, 20 years after her death, it is the subject of a major retrospective at New York’s MoMA PS1.

LA Liberty, a 1992 piece by Filipino artist Pacita Abad. Photo: Max McClure

China tourists say Singapore tour bus driver ejected them for not shopping enough

A tour bus driver taking Chinese visitors around Singapore ejected them for not buying enough souvenirs, even refusing one passenger access to her blood pressure medicine.

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A group of Chinese tourists has accused a tour bus driver in Singapore of kicking them off the vehicle because they did not buy enough souvenirs. Photo: SCMP composite /Weibo

‘Priced out’: Singapore’s housing affordability dilemma looms over coming vote

With home prices soaring and wallets squeezed, simmering anger over the government’s handling of the housing market threatens to boil over.

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Explainer | Is badminton the Hong Kong answer to sexual impulses in schoolchildren?

Education Bureau sex education suggestion that school-age couples should quell sexual impulses by playing badminton attracts mockery online.

Convicted Singapore tycoon’s mansion sold at US$3.1 million discount

A significant discount offered on OK Lim’s high-end property indicates valuations at the pointy end of the market are under pressure.

OK Lim, founder of oil trading group Hin Leong, speaks during an interview in Singapore in 2013. Photo: Reuters

Energy-hungry Singapore eyes Malaysia’s rainforests, Australia for clean power

Singapore is looking to its neighbours for sources of renewable energy as it aims to reach net zero by 2050 despite challenges.

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Rainforest is cleared in Malaysian Borneo. Officials from Malaysia’s Sarawak reference Singapore’s demand when discussing plans to bolster renewable generation. Photo: Shutterstock

‘Singapore slays’: travel expert rates best – and worst – early morning airports

With plenty of hotels and food options, Singapore’s Changi Airport is ideal for an early flight. The UK’s Stansted? Not so much.

He was obese. Doctor said he ‘could be dead’. So dad shed 40kg in 3 years

Singaporean executive Alex Tan’s obesity was killing him, so he took back control of his health and shed 40kg in 3 years on his journey from fat to fit, meeting a new partner along the way.

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Hollywood, UK-based creative agencies tapped to publicise Hong Kong policy address

Firms, talent featured in government video tout city’s access to mainland China market and opportunities it brings.

Daniel Seah, CEO of Digital Domain Holdings, was featured in the government video. Photo: Facebook/ John KC Lee

Singapore’s ‘balancing act’ respects past, mus not constrain nation’s future: PM

Singapore’s PM Wong said multiculturalism, an ethos of self-reliance and a focus on families are important values and fundamentals that his team wants to preserve.

Singapore ramps up mpox screenings at airports, border checkpoints

Travellers who have fever, rash or symptoms compatible with mpox will be referred for medical assessment.

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Chinese Robotaxi start-up WeRide delays US IPO on paperwork delay

The postponement complicates WeRide’s listing plan, as Beijing’s approval for the deal is set to expire at the end of this week.

WeRide has postponed its listing on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange. Photo: Shutterstock

Elon Musk praises Singapore’s Lee Hsien Loong for ‘wisdom’ on woke culture

The Tesla CEO shared a clip of Lee saying the wokeness movement leads to ‘extreme attitudes and social norms’.

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Singapore’s former prime minister Lee Hsien Loong said the wokeness movement leads to “extreme attitudes and social norms” in academic institutions. Photo: dpa

Mainland Chinese buying spree boosts AIA’s first-half profit 53%

Asia’s largest insurer posted its best first-half profit in five years at US$3.31 billion and beat analysts’ estimates of US$3.27 billion.

Kishore Mahbubani calls criticism of his memoir ‘fossilised’ thinking

Singapore’s veteran diplomat denies saying that Lee Kuan Yew was jealous of him over a global magazine ranking.

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US$13.5 billion Australia-Singapore undersea solar power project gets go-ahead

Sun Cable, the company behind the initiative, said electricity supply is expected to begin in the early 2030s.

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A solar farm in Australia. Photo: Shutterstock

Southeast Asia ramps up mpox countermeasures amid optimism of containment

Singapore, Malaysia, and other countries have stepped up surveillance measures and prepared their healthcare experts to contain mpox.

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A child with mpox gets treatment at a hospital near Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo: Xinhua

Singapore moves to rein in million-dollar public flats ahead of elections

Prices of second-hand flats have surged in recent years, driven by pandemic-induced construction delays and high demand.

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Exclusive | How Hong Kong intends to hit AI computing power goal and supercharge start-up fund

Tech minister Sun Dong outlines path towards establishing 15,000 petaflops and making Innovation and Technology Venture Fund more aggressive.

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