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No plans to ‘fully liberalise’ cross-border ride hailing, but app bookings for licensed taxis being considered: LTA
Read more: No plans to ‘fully liberalise’ cross-border ride hailing, but app bookings for licensed taxis being considered: LTAThe Land Transport Authority is also considering increasing the number of places Singapore-Johor Bahru taxi services can pick up and alight passengers.
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‘CT scans’ to detect sinkholes? A Singaporean firm in China seeks to bring this technology home
Read more: ‘CT scans’ to detect sinkholes? A Singaporean firm in China seeks to bring this technology home“Just like doctors who use CT scans to see what’s happening inside the body … we use our radars to spot underground risks before they turn into disasters,” says Zhi Haiyan, a Singaporean and founder of DECOD Science & Technology.
Thailand
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‘Big Joke’s’ fall from power
Read more: ‘Big Joke’s’ fall from powerFrom deputy police chief to a man facing arrest warrants, the downfall of Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn has become one of the country’s most dramatic policing sagas.
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Adjusting rules to make Thai skies safer
Read more: Adjusting rules to make Thai skies saferIndian airline IndiGo scrapped thousands of flights last month due to its failure to comply with new pilot rest rules by the required deadline, causing concern among aviation stakeholders in Thailand.
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Fears grow as major dams near capacity
Read more: Fears grow as major dams near capacityThe reservoir behind the Bhumibol Dam in Tak province could reach full capacity within two days, according to PM’s Office Minister Paradorn Prissanananthakul, as concerns of flooding in various areas of Thailand grow.
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Thai military has green light ‘to protect sovereignty’
Read more: Thai military has green light ‘to protect sovereignty’The Thai government has authorised full military operations as needed to defend national sovereignty after halting all activity related to a US-backed peace accord with Cambodia, following a new landmine blast that injured four Thai soldiers.
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Thailand to review stiff fines in new booze law
Read more: Thailand to review stiff fines in new booze lawA Thai government committee overseeing alcohol policy will meet on Thursday to review new rules that impose harsh fines for drinking during times when sales are prohibited, government spokesman Siripong Angkasakulkiat said on Tuesday.
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No plans to ‘fully liberalise’ cross-border ride hailing, but app bookings for licensed taxis being considered: LTA
Read more: No plans to ‘fully liberalise’ cross-border ride hailing, but app bookings for licensed taxis being considered: LTAThe Land Transport Authority is also considering increasing the number of places Singapore-Johor Bahru taxi services can pick up and alight passengers.
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‘CT scans’ to detect sinkholes? A Singaporean firm in China seeks to bring this technology home
Read more: ‘CT scans’ to detect sinkholes? A Singaporean firm in China seeks to bring this technology home“Just like doctors who use CT scans to see what’s happening inside the body … we use our radars to spot underground risks before they turn into disasters,” says Zhi Haiyan, a Singaporean and founder of DECOD Science & Technology.
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Thailand rules out extension of stay for Cambodian workers
Read more: Thailand rules out extension of stay for Cambodian workersThe Interior Ministry has rejected a resolution passed by the previous cabinet to allow Cambodian workers to temporarily overstay in Thailand to ease labour shortages.
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Thailand to extradite gambling kingpin She Zhijiang to China
Read more: Thailand to extradite gambling kingpin She Zhijiang to ChinaA Thai court of appeal has upheld an extradition order against a Chinese gambling kingpin after more than three years of legal battles, Thailand’s state prosecutor said in a statement on Monday.
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Over 1m evacuate as deadly Super Typhoon Fung-wong nears Philippines
Read more: Over 1m evacuate as deadly Super Typhoon Fung-wong nears PhilippinesMANILA – More than a million people have been evacuated and at least two people killed as floodwaters rose in the Philippines on Sunday before Super Typhoon Fung-wong’s expected landfall on the east coast.