TOKYO: A Human Rights Watch report has found child athletes in Japan often suffer physical and verbal abuse and sometimes sexual abuse when training for sport after documenting the experiences of over 800 athletes in 50 sports. The 67-page report released on Monday (Jul 20) titled I Was Hit So […]
Year: 2020
SINGAPORE: Mr Yeoh Oon Jin, executive chairman of PwC Singapore, will succeed Mr Lim Sim Seng as board chairman of the Singapore Land Authority (SLA). Together with Mr Yeoh, the Ministry of Law also appointed as SLA’s deputy chairman, Mr Loh Lik Peng, founder and owner of hospitality group Unlisted […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is losing up to 25 per cent of its potential palm oil yield due to a labour shortage that is expected to worsen in the coming months, the Malaysian Palm Oil Association (MPOA) said on Monday (Jul 20). The group, which represents plantation firms, said the government’s […]
SINGAPORE: Japanese home-goods chain Muji said that its business in Singapore and Malaysia “will be as usual” despite the United States arm filing for bankruptcy protection. A spokeswoman for Muji Singapore said that while the US business suffered “continuous losses” due to factors such as high rents that were a […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Senior executives of Goldman Sachs have flown in to Malaysia for talks with the government on the recovery of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) assets, Malaysia’s finance minister said on Monday (Jul 20). Finance Minister Zafrul Abdul Aziz said in a statement that executives from the US investment bank […]
MILAN: Huawei Technologies will continue working with Telecom Italia despite being shut out of a recent tender to supply new generation 5G technology, the chairman of the group’s Italian unit told a newspaper on Monday (Jul 20). Luigi De Vecchis said the decision to exclude Huawei from supplying new generation […]
EBay Inc is in advanced talks to sell its classified-ads unit to Norwegian group Adevinta as the online auction pioneer seeks to refocus on its core marketplace business, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. REUTERS: EBay Inc is in advanced talks to sell its classified-ads unit to Norwegian group […]
During a blue-sky moment in 2018 near the end of a decade-long economic expansion, it was the United States that helped pull the world along as the extra cash from tax cuts and government spending flowed through domestic and global markets. WASHINGTON: During a blue-sky moment in 2018 near the […]
SHANGHAI: Chinese Super League (CSL) clubs were warned their season could be over if they break strict coronavirus rules, as Wuhan Zall led teams into a sealed-off hotel that will be their home for more than two months. The revamped and truncated CSL campaign kicks off on Saturday (Jul 18), […]
HONG KONG: Global wealth managers are examining whether their clients in Hong Kong have ties to the city’s pro-democracy movement, in an attempt to avoid getting caught in the crosshairs of China’s new national security law, according to six people with knowledge of the matter. Bankers at Credit Suisse, HSBC, […]