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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... 2012-01-27

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... 2012-01-27

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... 2012-01-09

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... 2011-11-28

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,... 2011-11-25

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... 2011-09-05

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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

At least 22 people were killed in separate outbreaks of political violence in the Indonesian province of Papua in early August. This came just hours after the police had managed to... 2011-08-02

Automotive certificate of entitlement (COE) prices in Singapore continue to rise, with the problem set to worsen when the number of COEs (which give holders the right to buy vehicles)... 2011-07-29