SINGAPORE (The Strait Times/Asia News Network): Asia's second-wealthiest man, Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, is setting up a family office in Singapore, according to people familiar with the move.
SINGAPORE (The Strait Times/Asia News Network): Singapore's labour market recovery is expected to be sustained this year as business activities continue to pick up, although this could be affected by rising uncertainties in the global economic outlook amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.
BANGKOK (The Strait Times/Asia News Network): For more than a century, the Hua Lamphong Railway Station has greeted and sent off tens of thousands of commuters each day in the heart of Bangkok's Chinatown.
Health workers disinfect a street in Solo, Indonesia, on June 25, 2021.- AFP
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Indonesia plans to impose stricter restrictions starting on Wednesday (June 30), as South-east Asia s most populous country battles a second wave of coronavirus infections driven by the more transmissible Delta variant.
President Joko Widodo will lead an internal meeting on Tuesday (June 29) to discuss details of the planned new measure, called Pemberlakuan Pembatasan Kegiatan Masyarakat (PPKM) Darurat, or emergency public activity restrictions, according to two senior government officials and a lawmaker who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The new measures may require all workers in the non-essential sector to work from home and no dining in at restaurants, a member of Parliament s health committee told The Straits Times in a text message.
It is almost de rigueur these days for celebrities to have an active social media presence.
There are exceptions though, and Tony Leung Chiu Wai is one of them.
Married to actress Carina Lau, the Hong Kong actor has a Weibo account although his last update was in August 2018 when he promoted his movie
Europe Raiders (2018), the third instalment in director Jingle Ma s Raiders action-packed adventure series.
Leung stirred up excitement among fans on Friday (Dec 11) when he posted a video for a mobile phone game endorsed by him.
The 58-year-old wrote: People often ask me what exactly is acting? Let me act for you in this mobile game.