Category: First Person

Speech by H.E. Yeap Samnang, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, the Permanent...

Speech by Masatsugu Asakawa, President, ADB, on “Financing Green Recovery for a Low-Carbon and...

“The Singapore Green Plan 2030 is a whole-of-nation movement to advance Singapore’s national...

Asia-Pacific is the leading region in aviation traffic, accounting for around 40 per cent of global total passenger traffic prior to the advent of Covid-19…

Dr Sim Sitha was appointed as Director General of Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) in...

“Value capture is not just a mechanism for financing infrastructure. It is a tool that helps make...

“We plan to quadruple solar energy production by 2025” Speech by Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister...

Keynote address by Ravi Menon, managing director, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), at...

“The government will focus on long-term productivity through the use of new technology to accelerate the transformation towards a high-income economy”

Speech by Heng Swee Keat, Deputy Prime Minister, Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies and Minister for Finance, Singapore, at the Singapore FinTech Festival and the Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology 2020 on December 7, 2020.

Speech by Masatsugu Asakawa, President, Asian Development Bank, at the ASEAN Finance Ministers’ and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting. Excerpts…

“Our economy appears poised to achieve the much sought after “V-shaped” recovery in 2021 and with...

“Even as we deal with Covid-19’s immediate impact, we must push on with our plans for a...

The world is going through rough times amidst the COVID-19 outbreak.

“The global economic slowdown has already affected us.”

The infrastructure ecosystem in Singapore facilitates more collaboration and enables more infrastructure projects to be realised.

ASEAN is undoubtedly facing ever-burgeoning energy demand. While a concerted effort is required to achieve universal energy access on both electricity and clean cooking fuels by 2030, ASEAN is not on track to achieve