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Indonesia's next leader faces challenges
Oped, Collins Chong Yew Keat, Published on 29/02/2024
» Prabowo Subianto's electoral victory is expected, especially since he named Gibran Rakabuming, President Joko Widodo's eldest son, as his running mate. The "Jokowi effect" is firmly driving an upward momentum of support.
Asian companies must 'act now'
Oped, Koh Matsuki, Published on 26/01/2023
» Some of Japan's biggest energy and resource companies are pushing full steam ahead to expand fossil fuel projects across Asia. But banks across Asia and corporate Japan -- including Mitsubishi, Mizuho Bank and J-Power -- are feeling the heat from major investors calling for greater action to tackle the climate crisis.
Taking back the oceans, before it's too late
Oped, Alexander Kozul-Wright, Published on 27/08/2022
» The United Nations convened its Ocean Conference (Unoc) in Lisbon, Portugal in June. The goal was to “to propel much needed science-based innovative solutions aimed at starting a new chapter of global ocean action” The world needs a “sustainably managed ocean”, according to the UN’s under-secretary-general for legal affairs, Miguel de Serpa Soares, who hailed the conference as an “enormous success”. If only.
Fighting global hunger properly
Oped, Alexander Muller, Violet Shivutse & Jes Weigelt, Published on 22/06/2022
» The global food system is broken. Although it produces more than enough calories to feed everyone, up to 811 million people -- more than 10% of the world's population -- go to bed hungry each night. Sadly, effective governance to ensure access to food for all is still lacking. A globally coordinated effort to address both the short- and long-term aspects of the hunger crisis must therefore be the top priority.
Singapore greens the investment landscape
Oped, Joel Chong, Published on 20/01/2022
» 'Overall, it's a good thing to have," said Khoo De Wan. He was speaking of Singapore's Environmental, Social and Governance standards, or ESG, which listed companies in the nation must abide by. The local resident and investor added, "It may help to bring in more business, but by itself it's not enough to make a company an investable company. That's my thinking."
Tackling humanitarian impacts of climate crisis
News, Alexander Matheou, Published on 17/11/2020
» Imagine two neighbouring communities. One a wealthy neighbourhood next to a lake, its large houses surrounding a community hall that doubles as an evacuation centre. The other, a densely packed, low-income fishing village at the nearby harbour.
MH370 report is a much needed 'wake-up call'
News, Alan Chong & Jun Yan Chang, Published on 27/08/2018
» The release of the MH370 "Safety Investigation Report" at the end of July marked the culmination of a four-year fruitless search for the missing airliner. The search began as if looking for a needle in the haystack that is the South China Sea, before Malaysia dramatically revealed that it was the wrong haystack. The search finally ended in the Southern Indian Ocean, to which the term "haystack" does not even begin to describe.
English proficiency in Thailand still a ways to go
News, Alexander Franco & Scott S. Roach, Published on 09/07/2018
» Past assessments of English proficiency within Thailand have been disappointing. English First (EF), a private company that collects data based on results from English proficiency tests, found that Thailand ranked 53 out of 80 countries globally and 15 out of 20 Asian countries examined. These scores actually reflect an improvement over prior years with Thailand now outscoring some of its neighbours, namely Cambodia and Laos. Myanmar's dedication to English proficiency is so low that it does not even have an EF presence. However, Thailand is still outranked by regional countries like China, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam.