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SINGAPORE/HONG KONG -- Some of China's wealthy families are turning to Hong Kong as an alternative place to manage their riches as their plans to set up shop in Singapore are slowed by intense scrutiny by the city-state following a massive money laundering bust.
The father of a Malaysian man who attacked a police station and killed two police officers last month was charged on Wednesday with inciting terrorism in his family. His Singaporean wife and three other children were also brought to court to face charges.
A woman who brainwashed her “spiritual” followers into believing she was a deity and subjected them to cruel punishments for disobedience, including being forced to eat faeces and having their teeth pulled out, was sentenced to jail on Wednesday.
The United States has approved the $360 million sale of more than 1,000 small armed drones to Taiwan, as the self-ruled island claimed by China aims to strengthen its asymmetrical warfare abilities with an eye on successful tactics used on the battlefield in Ukraine.
The collision created a rupture in one of the oil cargo tanks on Marine Honor, which caused low-sulphur fuel oil to leak into the sea, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, National Environment Agency, National Parks Board and Sentosa Development Corporation said in a joint statement on Sunday.
“This meant that they had been benefiting from our diesel subsidies for decades. Not only them, there were foreign fishermen and others at the country’s borders making use of our subsidies.”
Asia's biggest financial hubs have once again clinched the top spots for being the costliest cities for international workers to live in, according to Mercer.