Singapore Leader: East Asia Diverse
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East Asia is so diverse that it would take a long time for the region to craft an economic community similar to that of the European Union, Singapore&#39;s founding father said Monday.
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SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore yesterday announced a partial relaxation of rules on political expression but warned that race and religion will remain sensitive issues subject to restrictions.
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SINGAPORE Placed in charge of securing his city-state&#39;s economic future in the face of growing competition from China and India, Singapore&#39;s new prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, is calling for his citizens to be more productive - literally.
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SINGAPORE, NOV 3: Southeast Asia&#39;s largest telecom group, Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (SingTel), will join an alliance with six other carriers that will invest US$30-40 million over 3 years in regional mobile phone technology including India.
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Mark Chen (é³åå±±) yesterday blamed the uneven levels of democratization in Singapore and Taiwan for Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong&#39;s (æé¡¯é¾) refusal on Sunday to support Taiwan if it provoked cross-strait conflict over
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IT is a special honour for me to be speaking before such a distinguished gathering, including my illustrious predecessor and his colleagues from Korea and Japan who are all well-known for their visionary ideas and as proponents of East Asian cooperation.
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Singapore&#39;s foreign ministry said yesterday that it welcomed President Chen Shui-bian&#39;s (é³æ°´æ) address a day earlier, calling it a development that would reduce tensions between Taiwan and China.
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Singapore says it hopes to double manufacturing output in 15 years as regional competition heats up from lower-cost rivals such as fast-growing China and India.
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By Channel NewsAsia&#39;s Malaysia Correspondent Melissa Goh. KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi has urged his East Asian neighbours to step up efforts to safeguard regional security and create
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Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX), which operates the local stock market, aims to have more than half of its listings be foreign firms by 2012, a top executive said in remarks published Thursday.
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Biologist Jane Goodall brought her trademark message to Singapore on Tuesday: human beings and chimpanzees are more alike than one would think.
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French President Jacques Chirac began an Asian tour with a lightning visit to Singapore, where terrorism and a potential billion-dollar jet fighter contract were hot topics of his discussions with the city-state's leaders.
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Singapore's new Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong outlined his vision for the city-state Sunday, vowing to deliver on his call for a more open society by easing restrictions on free speech in the famously strait-laced country.
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President Roh, who is visiting Laos to attend the 8th ASEAN+3 (Korea, China, Japan) conference, met with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsieng Loong at the International Trade Exhibit &amp; Convention Center (ITECC) in Vientiane yesterday afternoon and
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By Andrew Yeh and Francesco Guerrera in Hong Kong and Mure Dickie in Beijing. He has been in China on &quot;family matters&quot; since late November but plans to return soon to answer investigators&#39; inquiries, the Singapore
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The Nasdaq Stock Market   has appointed new management in Asia, seeking to boost  listings by companies in China and elsewhere in the region.
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Singapore&#39;s prime minister is making his second visit in three weeks to Indonesia for talks with new President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono expected to focus on boosting ties between the two Southeast Asian countries.