Quizzed by moderator Simon Tay, chairman of the SIIA, on how leaders can engage their citizens on policies, Malaysia's Minister of International Trade and Industry Darell Leiking stressed the need to persuade people that they may be left behind if they do not adapt to...
The Chatham House and SIIA organised a dialogue on the future of ASEAN-UK cooperation post-Brexit on Thursday, 8 November 2018. UK's Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific Mark Field, who delivered a keynote speech at the event, spoke to The Straits Times at the...
Indonesia GDP Growth – Better than Expected in the Third Quarter, but Dark Clouds Ahead Indonesia’s economy experienced 5.17% year-on-year growth in the third quarter, according to Statistics Indonesia. This is above estimates by agencies such as Reuters. However, economists foresee the growth rate weakening further due...
As the world grows more tumultuous amid political upheavals that resonate far beyond the national boundaries of any one single nation, the partnerships that ASEAN and the UK have cultivated over decades of shared history will begin to assume an even greater importance than ever...
Mr Nicholas Fang, SIIA's Director of Security and Global Affairs, was quoted in an article by Lianhe Zaobao on the US midterm elections 2018. Here's an excerpt of his quotes, translated from Chinese. Nicholas Fang, Director of Security and Global Affairs at the Singapore Institute of International...
SIIA Director of Security and Global Affairs, Mr Nicholas Fang spoke to CGTN on the world's first multilateral air guidelines signed by ASEAN defence chiefs on Friday, 19 October 2018. This interview was broadcasted on the same day. In the interview, he said: "It's a very important first...
Initiated by the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum (ACMF), the second edition of the ASEAN Capital Market Conference 2018 was hosted by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on 11 October 2018 (Thursday). It brings together senior capital market regulators and key industry leaders to develop...
Indonesia Singapore-Indonesia Bilateral Leaders’ Retreat – Seven Agreements Signed Singaporean and Indonesian leaders signed seven wide ranging agreements during a Bilateral Leaders’ Retreat on 10-11 October. In particular, the bilateral investment treaty aims to protect investors’ interests and reinforce economic ties, while the US$10 billion currency...
Chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs Associate Professor Simon Tay has been invited to serve on a UN Commission: the Financial Sector Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking (“Liechtenstein Initiative”). The global, multi-stakeholder project is established by the United Nations University Centre for...
Date :19 Oct 2018 For close to two decades, the SIIA has focused on how fires and haze, among the major controversies plaguing the plantation and agroforestry sector, can be managed and eventually eradicated. Ensuring the sector’s supply chain improves its sustainability practices not only matters...