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...By rights, Wong should be prime minister by now but I think Lee will now hold on until the next election,” which must be held by 2025, said Michael Barr, associate professor of international relations at...
...Plus, the FT’s Mercedes Ruehl explores whether an influx of Chinese migration and money to Singapore could threaten its status as a neutral safe haven....
...mercedes.ruehl@ft.com This article has been amended to remove an incorrect reference to the size of MP salaries in the penultimate paragraph....
...Michael Wu, senior equity analyst at Morningstar, said adjustments to the FTSE index “would help with better alignment and overall reflection of the Chinese economy”....
...In what Michael Rice, a lawyer at not-for-profit group ClientEarth, calls “a gold standard for protecting forests”, the law also requires importers to collect precise geolocation information on the growers...
...But if I was the Singapore government, I would be very happy with where things are headed,” said Michael Marquardt, Asia chief executive of IQ-EQ, an investor services firm....
...Prior to the pandemic it wasn’t as deep,” says Michael Marquardt, Asia chief executive of IQ-EQ, an investor services firm that sets up family offices....
...“You’re seeing a series of reactions based on insecurity,” said Michael Barr, an associate professor in international relations at Flinders University and the author of several books on Singapore politics...
...It started when Michael D Higgins, the head of state, whose role is largely ceremonial, accused the government of allowing a dangerous “drift” from Ireland’s traditionally neutral defence policy....
...As late as last December, Byju’s was reported to be in talks to go public in the US by combining with a blank cheque company, or Spac, led by Michael Klein’s Churchill Capital, in a deal that would have...
...In Germany, for instance, Michael Kretschmer, the Christian Democratic premier of the state of Saxony, called this week for a diplomatic end to the war....
...Michael C Horowitz and Lauren A Kahn explain the role that AI and emerging technologies will have. Asia’s Gen Z represents a key cohort for many tech companies operating in the region....
...an inquiry from the Indian government’s corporate affairs ministry, which is owed the accounts, and shone a harsh spotlight on to the country’s most valuable nascent unlisted company, the FT’s Mercedes Ruehl...
...“It is a shame we haven’t been able to stamp it out as a country,” said Michael Robins, a reggae label owner and DJ locked down in Kaukapakapa, a rural area north-west of Auckland....
Company faces stiff competition from MercadoLibre as it targets the region’s $105bn market
...When sages speak The Korean way with data: Evan Feigenbaum, Michael Nelson and several other authors explore how South Korea is unleashing the power of data in this excellent report for the Carnegie Endowment...
...Additional reporting by Maiqi Ding in Beijing and Mercedes Ruehl in Singapore...
...Additional reporting by Oliver Barnes in London, Mehreen Khan in Brussels, Michael Bruning in New York, Mercedes Ruehl in Singapore, John Reed in Bangkok and Amy Kazmin in New Delhi...
...“There are quite a few unicorns already in south-east Asia and more next generation companies coming through, some of which are ready for public markets,” said Michael Aw, chief executive of Provident Acquisition...
...Hudson and Michael Page, which specialise in finance and technology recruitment, said 15 to 20 per cent of their business this year had been helping financial groups to move roles from Hong Kong to Singapore...
...The FT’s Benjamin Parkin and Mercedes Ruehl have more in their latest Big Read....
...A quick glance at the big picture, says Michael Power, strategist at asset manager Ninety One, makes clear the answer is no. Also check out this piece on US-China semiconductor competition....
...Such an overriding majority voting right for a chief executive was “unprecedented” for a company seeking a Spac route, one lawyer told the FT’s Mercedes Ruehl....
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