How Hong Kong can cut wasteful spending and boost revenue
[South China Morning Post] - 01/22/2025
Reducing energy consumption and reclaiming plastic bag levy revenues are just some options available instead of cutting public services.
In Chinese newspapers
Accepting a nuclear North Korea was never US policy … until Trump 2.0?
Donald Trump’s convention-busting acknowledgement of North Korea as a nuclear power bucks years of US policy – and (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Hongkonger dies, another injured after knife attack in Yuen Long
Knife-wielding attackers assaulted two men near Hi Yip Factory Building, police say.
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Singapore takes first step towards general election, analysts predict midyear polls
The next election – the first since Prime Minister Lawrence Wong took office – is likely to centre on (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Trump’s speech signals more ‘cajoling and containing’ for China, analyst says
Address underlines changed reality for the US as China’s influence has grown, along with its economic, technological (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
‘No chance’: in Myanmar, Asean’s pleas for peace fall on deaf ears
Despite Asean’s call to prioritise peace over a sham election, Myanmar’s military rulers appear bent on clinging to (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
China’s vice-premier says chaotic competition on AI could bring ‘grey rhino’
Ding Xuexiang also tells Davos that Beijing isn’t pursuing a trade surplus and there are ‘no winners in a trade war’.
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
How Hong Kong can cut wasteful spending and boost revenue
Reducing energy consumption and reclaiming plastic bag levy revenues are just some options available instead of (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Panama audit of Hong Kong’s Hutchison aims to counter US canal narrative
‘The [Panama government] needs concrete data to counter this China is controlling the canal narrative,’ insider says.
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Malaysia makes a Trump pivot, seeing risks to its China investments
The managing director of Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund says it could face challenges in China – but remains (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Instagram launches Teen Accounts in Singapore with enhanced safety features
Offering enhanced safety features for teens aged 13-18, these accounts are private by default, limit contact (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
More Hong Kong home buyers may forfeit their purchase deposits amid high rates, agents say
Deposit defaults on new homes shot up by 75 per cent to 449 last year, and property agents see the trend continuing (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025