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Bilahari Kausikan The opinions expressed are all mine. I refer to Singapore's retired diplomat Bilahari Kausikan's comment that ASEAN may have to revoke and expel Cambodia and Laos from ASEAN membership for allowing an external power to exert influence on them. The external influence was a veil reference to China. I disagree... 

Let’s get to the point, Donald Trump has been a disaster as president. Despite the obvious damage that the virus has done to America (world champion in number of cases and deaths), the Trump has continued to act in what can only be described as “Criminally Stupid,” Instead of differing to medical expertise, he has gone... 

Ant, the fintech controlled by Alibaba’s billionaire founder Jack Ma, will sell shares in a dual listing in Shanghai and HK. The sale, roughly 3.34bn shares, which account for 11% of Ant’s total outstanding stock, will fetch US$34.4bn. The Shanghai portion is worth Rmb114.9bn (US$17.2bn) or about half the total. GIC is subscribing...