Posts Tagged ‘Singapore’
Debt and Monetary Dynamics of Developed vs Developing Nations: Lessons of Singapore and Reflections on Economic Strategies for Kenya and other Developing Nations
It’s fascinating to learn that Singapore’s debt primarily finances long-term infrastructure projects and boosts liquidity in the bond market, rather than covering budget deficits like many other countries, both developed and developing. I came across a video that discusses Singapore’s so-called high foreign debt. Interestingly, this debt stems from foreign deposits in Singapore’s robust and…
Read MoreIs Gaza the most densely populated place in the world? Nope.
This is a very popular myth about the Gaza strip, and it constantly brought up by the pro-Palestinian people, especially in the light of the Israeli-Hamas War – a “fact” that is weaponised in the information war between the two sides. However, this is not true. As a Singaporean, I literally know for a fact…
Read MoreSuccessful Airbus A330 MRTT flight test campaign for F-15 fighters automatic refuelling
Singapore, 11 October 2023 – Airbus and the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF)worked together to successfully complete the automatic air-to-air refuelling (A3R) flight testcampaign with the Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) and F-15 fighter, aheadof its certification in the first half of 2024. Over the course of three weeks in August, a…
Read MoreImplications of Exodus of Soviet-Era Weaponry Around the World to Ukraine
Since the beginning of the Ukraine War, all the former Soviet countries had been ejecting their soviet weapons to Ukraine, as military aid – and with the promise of free/discounted replacement with western/american models of similar, but modern type of the same weapons. As the war drags on, European Soviet weapons are exhausted, but an…
Read MoreSingapore’s perspective on US-China relationship and the issue of Taiwan
Transcript from Singapore Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong’s speech in Parliament The second big issue is US-China relations. There is deep mutual suspicion and fundamental mistrust between the two countries. In America, the prevailing view is that their efforts to work out a cooperative relationship with China have failed and China’s growing strength and assertiveness…
Read MoreSingapore’s position on Russia-Ukraine War & it’s implication
Transcript from Singapore Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong’s speech in Parliament The war in Ukraine has been deadlocked for over a year, with no good outcome in sight. Neither side can win, nor can either afford to lose. In fact, things have been at a stalemate since last November. The Ukrainians are understandably reluctant to…
Read MoreSingapore Defense Minister warn United States that they are losing geopolitical war in Indo-Pacific
Singapore’s Defense Minister, Dr Ng Eng Hen openly warn USA that they are failing geopolitically in the region (South East Asia) despite doing a lot on the military front with the formation of the Quad and AUKUS. But USA’s geopolitical strategy to focus exclusively on Taiwan issue is going to backfire on them as the…
Read MoreRemembrance Day Sunday Service 2022 at Kranji War Memorial
At the invitation by the British High Commission Singapore to Defense Politics Asia (media invitation), DPA had agreed to attend the 2022’s Remembrance Day service at the Kranji War Cemetery to pay tribute to all who laid their lives so that the generations after them could live in peace. The event is held by the…
Read MoreMilipol Asia-Pacific 2022 concludes successfully in Singapore
[ Press Release ] Amidst an increasingly challenging global homeland security landscape, over 200 solutions providers came together at Millipol Asia-Pacific 2022 to showcase world-class technologies to bolster counter terrorism, law enforcement and homeland security capabilities in the region. This event was held at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, at Marina Bay…
Read MoreSingapore removing most COVID-19 restrictions; no Covid tests needed for vaccinated tourists
From 26 April 2022 onwards, Singapore will return to near-normal life as the government announced the relaxation of almost all COVID-19 restrictions – with only mask-wearing in indoor environment and public transport being retained. The Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (DORSCON) level, will be lowered from ORANGE to YELLOW, for the first time since 7…
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