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...In the most serious case, transport minister S Iswaran was arrested last month as part of a high-profile corruption investigation that also ensnared billionaire Ong Beng Seng....
...The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau confirmed on Friday that both hotelier Ong Beng Seng and transport minister S Iswaran had been arrested on Wednesday before being released on bail....
...“Yiwu is leading the pack in China’s efforts to make the renminbi an international currency,” said Dan Wang, chief economist at Hang Seng Bank China....
...In Asian equity markets, Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 closed 1.8 per cent higher, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index was flat....
...The Hang Seng Property index, which tracks Hong Kong-listed developers, was down as much as 1.9 per cent....
...Close contacts have been quarantined while visitors and discharged patients who were at Tan Tock Seng Hospital during the “infectious period” will be tested, the ministry said....
...The Hang Seng Stock Connect China AH Premium Index, for instance, which tracks the price differential for dual listed shares, stood at a 47.1 per cent premium on mainland listed stocks on December 24....
...Ming Tan, a director at the credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s who follows Chinese banks, said Evergrande defaulting on its debts was unlikely to cause a credit crisis in the world’s second-largest economy...
...A nurse working at Tan Tock Seng Hospital first tested positive for the virus last week, forcing the hospital to close wards and isolate staff and patients to prevent further spread of the infection....
...The lockdown comes after a nurse working at Tan Tock Seng Hospital tested positive for the virus earlier this week, prompting the closure of a ward and the discovery of eight further infections....
...The largest cluster, which emerged at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, has resulted in 2,300 people being quarantined, while more than 12,500 people have been tested since April 28, when the first case — a staff...
...The number of locally transmitted cases hit 60 in the past week, 40 of whom were linked to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, said Gan Kim Yong, Singapore’s health minister....
...Wang Dan, analyst at Hang Seng Bank China, said Ant could still try to convince regulators it was only an intermediary and not a bank....
...Lorraine Tan, director of Asia equity research at Morningstar, said a similar rebound could be on the cards now....
...The benchmark Hang Seng index fell almost 3 per cent amid reports that chief executive Carrie Lam would use the “emergency regulations” ordinance to ban protesters from wearing face masks....
...With us to throw light on these subjects are Geoffrey Prentice, chief executive of leading Asian fintech start-up Oriente, and Jason Tan, partner and chief investment officer at Jeneration Capital, one of...
...In Asia on Tuesday, the Hang Seng index shed 0.5 per cent as consumer cyclical stocks fell 1.3 per cent....
...In case you missed it, check out our recent interview with Grab co-founder Anthony Tan....
...The benchmark Hang Seng index rose 2.3 per cent, helped by a gain of 3.2 per cent for Chinese gaming company Tencent....
...In May 2018, he donated HK$100m to Hang Seng Management College — a contribution that helped him make good on a promise to donate HK$1bn to charity when the Hang Seng index passed 30,000 points again, which...
...Country Garden, which joined Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng index on December 4, has an impressive top-line spreadsheet....
...The hotelier said that Tan Kian Seng, its current chief and staff president of its Asia division will become interim CEO from March 1 following the resignation Aloysius Lee....
...“Formula One is still the peak period for the hospitality sector in Singapore,” said Derek Tan, analyst at DBS Vickers. “But the benefits are mixed....
...Britvic has had no such such difficulty in landing overseas deals, beginning the year with tan agreement to buy Brazilian juice business Bela Ischia for R$218m ($66m)....
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