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Jean Iau
Senior Reporter, Asia
Jean Iau writes for the Asia desk, covering politics, law and security-related issues in Singapore. She began her journalism career in 2019 at The Straits Times where she covered breaking news, crime and politics. She has a Masters Degree in Socio-Cultural Anthropology from Durham University.
Jean Iau writes for the Asia desk, covering politics, law and security-related issues in Singapore. She began her journalism career in 2019 at The Straits Times where she covered breaking news, crime and politics. She has a Masters Degree in Socio-Cultural Anthropology from Durham University.
Areas of Expertise:
Singapore politics, court reportingLanguages Spoken:
English, Mandarin
Data centres crave cold. Southeast Asia is anything but. Now, the AI boom is pushing tropical engineering to the limit.
The city state wants 100,000 workers to become ‘AI bilingual’. But with entry-level roles already vanishing, time may not be on its side.
As the city state battles a record low fertility rate, analysts say deeper anxieties and rising opportunity costs continue to shape decisions.
Foreign minister says the city state must assert its distinctiveness to remain relevant and will not act as a proxy for any major power.
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MPs have questioned whether the GST rise was necessary after the government projected a US$12 billion surplus in the current financial year.
The platform’s departure has underscored the challenge of turning a profit in a dense, tightly contested market.
About three-quarters of the record 245 million travellers who crossed Singapore’s checkpoints last year went via the land border.
Two Singapore passport holders were among the close to 200 Southeast Asians who fought for Israel, according to two media reports.
Burnt-out US-based singles could win a free luxury trip if they ditch the dating apps and opt to let outspoken older women play Cupid.
PM Lawrence Wong says while defence spending will be kept at about 3 per cent of GDP, Singapore is prepared to spend more if the need arises.
The US and China are the top two trading partners for Asean but it is questionable how long that status quo will last, observers say.
Indonesia’s top economic minister Airlangga Hartarto and Hong Kong’s Leung were speaking at the SCMP’s China Conference: Southeast Asia.
With Boeing and Airbus set back by production bottlenecks, airlines are eager for more supply to tap Southeast Asia’s potential, analysts say.
By launching a national space agency, Singapore aims to scale its satellite capabilities and lead the Asia-Pacific in space sustainability.
Wang says in his book that there are no borders between civilisations and that the past provides the ‘guideposts to the future’.
Several ministers have spoken about a “we first” society, prompting some Singaporeans to question whether it benefits foreigners more.
While the zone has attracted sizeable investment since its launch last year, experts call for better coordination to ensure seamless operations.
The city state’s president urges nations to build resilient global alliances and, at a separate panel, calls for ways to boost job creation.
The PMO says the LO office will ‘remain vacant until such time that the WP is ready to nominate someone to take on this responsibility’.
In light of recent US actions, Anjani Sinha’s call could be deemed as the embassy trying to ‘shake down businesses’, an analyst says.
But the city state also ranks highest in trust among people with differences in society, tied with Saudi Arabia in the Edelman global report.
The post is vacant after Pritam Singh’s removal, sparking discussions on its non-statutory nature and executive control.
Wong invites the Workers’ Party to nominate another elected MP to serve as the next Leader of the Opposition.
The 11 WP MPs present opposed the motion, while the rest of the House, mainly PAP MPs, voted to deem Singh unsuitable for his role.
The city state’s business federation and accounting firm PwC Singapore say such a move will ramp up the region’s allure to global investors.
Parliament will soon debate a motion to consider whether Singh’s ‘conviction and conduct render him unsuitable to continue’ in the role.
The city state has always made its stance clear on such issues, such as when it opposed the US invasion of Grenada in 1983, the ex-PM says.
Haresh Singaraju, a newly nominated member of parliament, was spotted in a shirt with the logo of the ruling PAP at an activity in 2023.
Local politics, tariff concerns, a horrific child abuse case and noise disputes dominate the headlines this year.
