Showing 1 - 7 of 7
Singapore 'willing' to discuss Malaysia high-speed rail
Bloomberg News, Published on 04/08/2023
» Singapore is open to start on a “clean slate” on a proposed high-speed rail link with neighbouring Malaysia, acting Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat said in Parliament on Thursday.
Prayut clears multi-billion spending plan as election nears
Bloomberg News, Published on 14/03/2023
» The cabinet approved a raft of proposals in what’s likely to be its last meeting before Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha dissolves parliament to pave way for a general election.
Singapore says Malaysia suggested reviving high-speed rail talks
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/11/2021
» Singapore’s goal is to keep reopening more borders with Malaysia, despite governments around the world imposing a flurry of travel restrictions to curb the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant.
Thailand to shift strategy to ‘learning to live with Covid-19’
Bloomberg News, Published on 23/08/2021
» Thailand is preparing for life with Covid, with preliminary plans being drawn up to relax some restrictions and reopen its borders to vaccinated visitors even as new cases hover around 20,000 a day.
Malaysia to terminate $20bn China-backed rail project
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/01/2019
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will terminate a $20 billion rail project with contractor China Communications Construction Co, Economic Affairs Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali said.
Bag backlash
Asia focus, Bloomberg News, Published on 10/10/2016
» After charging customers a nominal fee for plastic bags since February, an Indonesian minimart chain has made the bags free again, in a setback to government-backed efforts to curb waste.
Obama seeks minimum wage rise
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/02/2013
» WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama called for raising the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour and warned he will use executive powers to get his way on issues from climate change to manufacturing if Congress does not act, laying out an assertive second-term agenda sure to provoke Republicans.