Flexible work has become a hot-button issue in the city state since the government announced last week that all employers must allow formal requests for flexible work arrangements from December.

Readers discuss the need to train Hong Kong’s workforce as the digital economy gathers steam, the importance of applied science education, and a change in the qualification required to teach English at local schools.

As China works to sell itself as a viable destination for international firms to air their disputes through arbitration, more must be done for these efforts to meet with success, analysts and professionals say.

Centre for Food Safety this month ordered four pre-packaged spice mix products from India to be recalled after it found the pesticide ethylene oxide in samples.

Spanish police have sent a sample of the soil embedded in the soles of the Nike shoes for a lab analysis to determine if it matches the soil found on the body of Audrey Fang.

M Krishnan, 40, had a ‘propensity for abusing his domestic partners’, the court heard. He punched and kicked the victim to death after learning about her relationships with other men.

Hong Kong’s SMEs are more optimistic than their peers in mainland China, Singapore and Australia when it comes to growing their businesses this year, thanks to government support and an increase in online sales, a survey shows.

The city state’s incoming PM inherits a currency that has risen 40 per cent against its major trading partners over the past two decades, while the economy has doubled in size and total assets under management have climbed more than eight-fold.

Jewellery chain Chow Tai Fook promises more technology-led shopping because ‘that’s what younger customers want’.

The scandal now engulfing Cordlife Group Ltd. has implications across the region, given its operations in Hong Kong, Macau, Indonesia, the Philippines and India.

Singapore authorities have granted workers right to request four-day weeks, more work-from-home days under new flexible employment guideline.

If Lawrence Wong hopes to win over the Gen Z segment in the next general election, he needs to rule on social media, according to analysts.

Those who know Wong say he is a ‘highly relatable political leader’, and laud him for being a team player, a quiet go-getter and a persistent doer.

Shanmugam said The Economist could not resist “sneering” at Singapore and the British commentariat class cannot stand seeing the island nation “doing better”

A Singaporean man was arrested in connection with the death of Audrey Fang, who has been missing since April 9.

The plans come as Apple CEO Tim Cook meets with Singapore’s prime minister-designate Lawrence Wong as well as the city state’s incumbent leader Lee Hsien Loong this week as part of his Southeast Asia tour.

Singaporean director and writer Yeo Siew Hua talks about addressing the age of surveillance in his new film Stranger Eyes, Chinese philosophy, and why he is on the lookout for collaborations.

The 12-time winner was edged out of the top spot by its Middle Eastern rival in the Skytrax World Airport Awards 2024.

Vanke has held discussions with parties including state-owned investment company Guangdong Holdings and a Tianjin-based state-owned firm to exit its investment, said people familiar with the matter.

With themes from colonial opium dens to 1970s hip-hop to post-World War II, these six Singapore speakeasies are some of the best hidden bars in the Lion City – and here’s how to find them.

In the last few months, political observers have noted Singapore’s political elite expressing greater empathy for the plight of Palestinians.

Lawrence Wong, who will assume power on May 15, said Singapore’s incumbent leader Lee Hsien Loong would serve as a senior minister in his cabinet.

Employees will also be entitled to ask for other arrangements such as flexible work locations and staggered work timings come the end of this year.

Wong, 51, is the youngest among three front runners in the city state’s fourth-generation leaders initially tipped for the top post.

Singapore’s food safety watchdog says a product marketed as confectionery with claims of male sexual-enhancement effects contained a potent prescription medicine used to treat erectile dysfunction.

Mallika died of a head injury in 2019 after Krishnan assaulted her repeatedly following her confession that she had sexual relations with other men.