... y, led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, is likely to sweep the parliamentary election once more, analysts say its hold on power is softening, the Wall Street Journal reported. With economic growth s ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-10
... was then prime minister, so he could secretly perform some sort of black magic in the shrine to preserve his regime. It sounds far-fetched but superstition has been part of Thai politics. In 2010, pr ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-09
... . Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been a vociferous opponent of the Iran nuclear agreement, calling it a threat to his country's existence. Many opponents of the nuclear agreement, annou ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-09
... of US$99 Prime membership. The handset’s sales fizzled and steep price cuts couldn’t boost sales. In October, Amazon said it would take a US$170 million writedown primarily for unsold inventory. -- C ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-08
... nd former prime ministers, the newspaper said. The Committee for Reform Strategy and National Reconciliation would have the power to take control of the country from the elected government if two thir ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-07
Britain plans to participate in Syrian airstrikes if there is a political consensus to do so, Treasury chief George Osborne told the BBC. Osborne, a close political ally of Prime Minister David Camero ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-07
... e or Lyft Prime Time ride and nothing in between,” he told the BBC. “I said, let’s see what happens if I throw a few vans on the street and cut people’s commuting time in half and give them a fast, s ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-04
... d Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stayed away, BBC noted. In his opening speech during the parade, Xi paid tribute to "the Chinese people who unwaveringly fought hard and defeated aggression" from J ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-04
Scuffles have broken out as police forced migrants from a train in Hungary as Europe struggled with a worsening humanitarian crisis. In Brussels, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban described the si ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-04
Hong Kong rents are being slashed 30-40 percent in prime retail locations amid lackluster sales. These include Russell Street in Causeway Bay where Emperor Watch & Jewellery Ltd. (00887.HK) has re ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-02
... Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, concerned about the message a massive show of force will send a region already worried by China's growing military assertiveness. The DPP's Tsai Ing-wen, who is th ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-01
Singapore voters will give Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong a report card at the Sept. 11 election on his government's economic policies. Lee will find out if he’s done enough to stem a decline in suppo ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-31
Tens of thousands of protesters gathered near Japan's parliament building in Tokyo on Sunday to oppose legislation allowing the military to fight overseas, the latest sign of public mistrust in Prime ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-31
Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad has called for a "people's power" movement to topple Prime Minister Najib Razak over a financial scandal, Reuters reported. Joining anti-government protesters ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-31
... olize the prime location along the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront in the name of renovating the Avenue of Stars, is in fact implemented as a “Public Private Partnership” program rather than through just ano ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-27
... ounded by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's father, the late Lee Kuan Yew, and in power since six years before independence in 1965, is keen to tap national pride in the aftermath of the Aug. 9 festiv ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-26
... ustralian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, whose country is heavily exposed to China, the biggest consumer of its commodity exports. "It is not unusual to see stock market corrections. It is not unusual to ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-26
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is skipping a Sept. 3 military parade in Beijing to mark the Japanese surrender in World War II. Also, he has no plans to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping around that date. ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-24
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he will soon call for a general election as he announced plans to make state housing more affordable and raise the re-employment age for elderly workers, ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-24
Greece faces a snap election after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras resigned on Thursday, hoping to reboot his leadership with a clean slate after the chaos over a controversial economic bailout from the ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-21
