UK is applying to join the CPTTP; Will the US rejoin the pact?
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 […]
Singapore attracted $17.2 billion in Fixed Asset Investments in 2020 despite pandemic gloom
Despite the pandemic gloom, Singapore secured S$17.2 billion in Fixed Asset Investments (FAI) and S$6.8 billion in Total Business Expenditure last year (2020), Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing said. This is a strong performance in an exceptionally challenging year, the minister said. The FAI secured in 2020 significantly exceeded the medium to long-term […]
Singapore confirms one case of COVID-19 with the contagious UK strain
The MOH on Wednesday (23 Dec) confirmed that Singapore saw one imported case of the potentially more contagious strain of the COVID-19 virus. The confirmed case is a 17-year-old female Singaporean who had been studying in the UK since August 2020. She returned to Singapore on 6 December and served SHN at a dedicated SHN […]
Foreigners who break our laws should not expect to be treated any differently from Singaporeans
A diplomatic row has broken out between the UK and Singapore after British Ye Ming Yuen was reportedly caned 24 times in one go. “The Briton was sentenced to 20-years jail for drug-related offences”. The British Foreign Office has condemned the caning. The Daily Mail quoted his sister, Elysia Yuen as saying that the caning […]