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Singapore
Singapore implemented a new Retirement and Re-employment Act on January 1. The Act is expected to be implemented smoothly following four years of work by the government, unions and...
2012-01-27Indonesia
The House of Representatives may debate until March a new law on elections, and one point of contention in particular will be the minimum vote percentage that a political party must...
2012-01-27Malaysia
The opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) has proposed new measures aimed at addressing corruption. Some of the key measures include a ban on political parties' involvement in businesses...
2012-01-09Indonesia
Indonesia's leadership in its push for Myanmar's chairmanship indicates how far it has come since widespread riots in 1998 led to the fall of its authoritarian 'New Order' government...
2011-11-28Singapore
Singapore's 12th Parliament, while still dominated by the People's Action Party (PAP), looks set to reflect the continuing evolution of the city-state's political landscape. Still,...
2011-11-25Indonesia
A water crisis, which began late on August 31, continues to leave over 500,000 Jakarta residents without clean water. The crisis began when a floodgate failed in East Jakarta following...
2011-09-05Philippines
The Philippine government on August 22 offered the Muslim rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) the prospect of autonomy with an intention to sign a peace deal in order to...
2011-09-02
