Lunch with Financial Times: Lee Hsien Loong
(11 April) Singapore’s PM talks about Japanese aggression, Ukraine’s revolution and why nanny states are not all bad As the Singaporean prime minister settles into his seat for lunch, I am fussing with my tape machines – two of them, just in case one fails. Lee Hsien Loong smiles faintly and says: “The NSA will give...
Canada’s temporary FT program abused by McDonald’s
(11 Apr) - Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program can be of benefit to employers, employees and the local economy, but the federal government needs to be more diligent in guarding against abuse. The program has been in the spotlight recently with reports of alleged abuse of it by three McDonald’s restaurants in Victoria. An...
Tap water in China found to contain excessive benzene
Lanzhou residents rush to supermarkets to buy bottled water after local tap water was found to contain high levels of benzene on Friday. (Photo: SCMP) (12 April) Residents strip supermarket shelves of bottled supplies after city government warns that contamination was 20 times safety level. Panicking residents in the northwestern...
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