By Simon Tay and Lau Xin Yi All major Singapore banks recently announced that they will stop financing new coal-fired power plants. This is significant in aligning Singapore as a financial hub with the position of many Western financial institutions. But it opens up more questions...
Event Details Topic: The Future of Europe Date: Wednesday, 29th May 2019 Time: 5:30pm - 7:00pm (Registration begins at 5:30pm, talk commences at 6:00pm.) Venue: Singapore Institute of International Affairs 60A Orchard Road (Level 4M) Tower 1, The Atrium @ Orchard, International Involvement Hub, Singapore 238890 Dress Code: Office Attire Programme: 5:30pm Registration 6:00pm Opening Remarks 6:05pm Keynote on "The Future...
Indonesia KPU: Jokowi Wins the 2019 Presidential Election (21 May) The General Elections Commission (KPU) announced that incumbent President Joko Widodo “Jokowi” won the 2019 presidential election early on Tuesday morning, 21 May. The results were in line with unofficial counts conducted by reputable pollsters such...
Tech Business & Policy Singapore to roll out at least two 5G networks by 2020 (8 May, 13 May) Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) plans to roll out at least two 5G networks in Singapore by 2020, to enable 5G-enabled applications such as driverless cars. The...
By Simon Tay and Liyana Othman For TODAY Sustainable development requires cooperation and a balance between economic growth and environmental and social protection. Often, however, discussions end up with platitudes and vague agreements. Candid dialogue can instead reveal differences, and this is what happened when Malaysia’s Primary Industries...
By Simon Tay, Wu Huijuan and Aaron Choo For TODAY A Haze Outlook developed by the Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) has assessed that there is a real, although moderate, risk that severe haze will return in 2019. The prognosis is “amber”; on a scale of red-amber-green....
Indonesia Indonesia Aims to Relocate Capital Out of Jakarta Over 5-10 Years (30 Apr) The cabinet of President Joko Widodo “Jokowi” announced that it intends to begin moving the government out of Jakarta on 30 April, Tuesday. The shift, motivated by increasing traffic congestion in Jakarta and...
Tech Business Grab Adds New Services to App Ecosystem; Takes Strategic Stake in Ninja Van (23, 26 Apr) Grab has added hotel reservation services Agoda and Booking.com; entertainment ticketing platform BookMyShow; and on-demand video streaming service HOOQ to its app ecosystem in Singapore. It also invested in...
Media ReleaseFor Immediate Release SIIA Launches Haze Outlook Report for Southern ASEAN at the 6th Singapore Dialogue on Sustainable World ResourcesLikelihood of Occurrence of Bad Haze in 2019 is Amber Singapore, 2 May 2019 – The likelihood of occurrence of bad haze for 2019 is anticipated to...
April 2019 | As a number of you have asked about events such as the Thai elections, the SIIA convened a corporate briefing on 28 March to discuss political and economic developments in ASEAN. The contents were based on the findings of our new country...