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Policy Matters

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Interior Ministry working to get rid of abusive local powers: Interior minister

The Interior Ministry is considering revising its definition of “influential figures” to include local administrators who abuse their power as if they were above the law.

  • Published: September 15, 20237:53 am
  • Author The Nation
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Tharman sworn in as S’pore’s 9th president, reiterates plans to unite nation

Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam stressed that more than ever before, Singaporeans must grow their sense of togetherness.

  • Published: September 15, 20237:50 am
  • Author The Straits Times
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Proposed KL-Selangor merger challenging and impractical, say MPs

Subang Jaya assemblyman Michelle Ng said it would take longer than one or two years to negotiate the terms of the merger and transition to a “mega metropolis”, should such a…

  • Published: September 15, 20237:49 am
  • Author Jade Chan, Shalini Ravindran, Farid Wahab, Rahimy Rahim and Khoo Gek San
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Jokowi installs new maritime security, quarantine agency chiefs

Barantin, a new national agency Jokowi created through a government regulation signed in June, supplants the previous quarantine bodies that existed under three ministries.

  • Published: September 15, 20237:48 am
  • Author Dio Suhenda
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Emission trading system under construction in Vietnam

Deputy Director of the Department of Climate Change Mai Kim Lien said the emission trading system would come into official operation in 2028.

  • Published: September 15, 20237:39 am
  • Author Viet Nam News
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China’s new regulation turns focus to off-campus training bodies

According to the regulation, any individual or organization illegally enrolling preschool children, primary and high school students will be punished.

  • Published: September 14, 20232:29 pm
  • Author Cheng Si
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No policy issued to ban purchase, use of iPhones: Chinese foreign minister

China is Apple's third-largest market and accounted for 19 per cent of the company's US$394 billion revenue last year, Bloomberg reported.

  • Published: September 14, 202310:10 am
  • Author Zhou Jin
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Thai academic warns of economic downside from government’s THB10,000 handout scheme

Researcher Nonarit Bisonyabut urged the new administration to reduce spending and utilise some of the money to create social welfare for the people instead.

  • Published: September 14, 202310:07 am
  • Author The Nation
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TikTok opposes mooted Indonesia social media transaction ban

Indonesian users spent more money on TikTok than anywhere else in South-east Asia over the past year, as the app's e-commerce arm rapidly grew to gain a substantial regional…

  • Published: September 14, 202310:04 am
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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Indonesian police arrest 43 after riot over China-backed Rempang city project

The protesters were demonstrating against a plan to relocate all 7,500 residents of Rempang in order to clear space for the construction of a multibillion Chinese glass factory,…

  • Published: September 14, 20239:12 am
  • Author Ann Asianews Network

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