Bill Gates among star speakers at Singapore's biggest fintech festival

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Singapore's biggest fintech festival and innovation week kicks off on Monday (Dec 7) with a star-line up of speakers, including Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Google chief executive Sundar Pichai and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

HK set to tap new growth engines to spur recovery

HONG KONG (China Daily/ANN): The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government will discover new areas for growth as it is key for Hong Kong's economic recovery, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po vowed in his official blog on Sunday (Dec 6).

Thailand risks US trade hurdles under Biden over rights abuses, academic warns

BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): Former Rangsit University dean of the economic faculty, Anusorn Tamajai, has warned the Thai government to prepare for a new US trade policy under President Joe Biden who will take office next month.

Chongqing told to put safety first after 23 die in China coal mine tragedy

BEIJING (China Daily/ANN): Municipal government officials in Chongqing were warned on Sunday over the city's work safety record after the southwestern metropolis witnessed another major coal mine accident on Friday (Dec 4) that claimed 23 lives.

Finding security in uncertain times

THROUGH the decades, a small-scale family business providing autogate systems has evolved into a company that specialises in complete solutions in security and automation systems.

Dataset launched for observing Qinghai-Tibet Plateau land-atmosphere interaction

BEIJING. Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese institute has launched a dataset for hourly observations of integrated land-atmosphere interaction on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Department store’s car contest garners overwhelming response

SOGO’s Jom Balik Kampung car contest, now in its seventh year, upped the stakes of the annual campaign, with one lucky grand-prize winner driving away with a Honda HR-V 1.8L E.

Petros enters gas business in Sarawak and Indonesia

State-owned firm to supply LPG from January

Luno processes over RM827mil worth of transactions a year

Hong Kong tech firms pitch in to fight Covid-19

HONG KONG, Dec 6 (China Daily/ANN): Technology firms at the Science Park are using their know-how to help fight the pandemic.