Archive for November 26th, 2019
Business Briefs 26 November 2019
* Kienlongbank will launch a credit package worth VND600 billion between December 2 this year and February 29, 2020 to meet loan demand for business, shopping, and home [...] » More
Facebook removes fake NUS student union page slammed by Shanmugam
Facebook has removed the Nussu-NUS Students United page, which was earlier blasted in a statement by Law and Home Affairs minister K Shanmugam for misquoting him. The page, [...] » More
Fake news law used for 1st time over PSP member’s FB post
The government has invoked the Protection against Online Falsehoods and Manipulations Act (POMFA) for the first time, as the POFMA Office issued a correction notice to [...] » More
Asian shares advance amid hopes for US-China trade deal
Global shares were higher Monday amid some optimism that the US and China may edging closer to a trade deal. France’s CAC 40 added 0.6 percent in early trading to [...] » More
Asian markets rally on fresh trade hope, elections lift HK
Asian markets rose Monday on fresh optimism over the long-running China-US trade talks after Beijing offered an olive branch on the key issue of intellectual property, while [...] » More
HK’s district councillors traditionally handle municipal matters. But this election was a global event as almost 3 million residents clamoured to be heard
Nearly 3 million Hongkongers voted in Sunday’s district council elections, the record-breaking turnout sending a peaceful but powerful signal of their demand for a say [...] » More
HK voters deliver landslide victory for pro-democracy campaigners
Hong Kong’s voters have delivered an unprecedented landslide for pro-democracy candidates in local elections, in a powerful show of solidarity with the city’s [...] » More
HK actor and singer Jordan Chan faces six months’ jail for posting ballot paper on social media
Hong Kong actor and singer Jordan Chan faces a possible six months jail for posting an image of his ballot paper for the island state’s district council elections on [...] » More
Despite a landslide win for HK’s pro-democracy parties, the ‘root’ of the problem remains
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy candidates won big in local elections on Sunday, but there will be no easy solutions to the issues hanging over the territory as protesters [...] » More
UK welcomes HK’s Lam promise to reflect seriously after election
Britain said on Monday it welcomed a promise by Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam to “seriously reflect” after democrats in the city scored a landslide [...] » More
Fresh headache for China after HK democrats rout pro-Beijing candidates
After months of sometimes-violent unrest in Hong Kong, an election with record turnout handed a big victory to pro-democracy local district council candidates, posing a new [...] » More
Factbox: What people in HK are saying about district council elections
Here are comments from voters, politicians, activists and academics on Hong Kong’s district council elections, where pro-democracy candidates romped to a landslide and [...] » More
Protests drive record 70pct poll turnout in HK
Hong Kong’s voters turned out in unprecedented numbers Sunday for local council elections that the city’s pro-democracy movement hopes will pile pressure on the [...] » More
‘A tsunami of public opinion’: unexpected winner hails HK voters
Tommy Cheung, a round-faced 25-year-old former student activist, did not expect to emerge a winner in the electoral battle for Yuen Long district council, a heavily [...] » More
HK democrats cheer landslide victory in local elections amid political crisis
Hong Kong’s democrats romped to a landslide and symbolic majority in district council elections after residents turned out in record numbers on Sunday to vote following [...] » More
