Labour Day Special: On May Day, others strike, Singapore celebrates

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If you have been following international news, you would have heard of the recent strikes in the UK where tens of thousands of doctors, teachers, civil servants, lecturers, London Underground drivers, and Amazon workers took part in. Or the strike by South Korean truckers estimated to have cost more than $1.6 billion in lost shipments. […]

The importance of political stability and why it matters.

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Pakatan Harapan (“HARAPAN”) is known as the Alliance of Hope for Malaysia. In 2015, the Pakatan Rakyat coalition was replaced by the political centre-left alliance HARAPAN, initially led by Dr Mahathir Mohamad (“Dr Mahathir”). HARAPAN’s victory in the Malaysian general election in 2018 overthrew the 60-year-old Barisan Nasional coalition government. Among the activists in Singapore […]

UK is applying to join the CPTTP; Will the US rejoin the pact?

UK to join CPTTP

UK is applying to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership – or CPTPP.  Since last year, UK’s bid to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership – or CPTPP- has been generating momentum. The British Government hope to have 80% of UK trade covered by FTAs by 2022. The accession […]

Freedom of speech is not unfettered speech. Period

Freedom of speech is not unfettered speech

Twitter’s ban and Facebook’s “indefinite” suspension of Donald Trump’s account prove one thing: that freedom of speech does not mean unfettered speech. Period. Twitter has permanently suspended President Donald Trump from accessing his account. In a tweet, Twitter said: “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we […]