SINGAPORE, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he will relinquish the office on May 15, according to a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office Monday. Lee will formally advise the country's president to appoint Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong to succeed him, said the statement. Wong has the unanimous support of the Members of Parliament ..read more

WELLINGTON, April 15 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand and Singapore committed to strengthening cooperation in the next phase of their relationship. New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon made the statement after holding a bilateral meeting on Monday with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Singapore, according to a New Zealand government statement. The strengthening of the cooperation will be under t ..read more

SINGAPORE, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's maritime container throughput grew 10.7 percent year-on-year in the first quarter this year, with the vessel arrival tonnage increased by 7.3 percent, said Chee Hong Tat, minister for transport, at the opening ceremony for Singapore Maritime Week 2024 Monday. The minister noted that the construction of Tuas Port in the western part of Singapore is in steady progress wi ..read more

BEIJING, April 15 (Xinhua) -- The following are the central parity rates of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, against 25 major currencies announced on Monday by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System: Currency Unit Central parity rate in yuan U.S. dollar 100 709.79 Euro 100 761.79 Japanese yen 100 4.6677 Hong Kong dollar 100 90.577 British pound 100 891.63 Aus ..read more

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon held a bilateral meeting today with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. While in Singapore as part of his visit to South East Asia this week, Prime Minister Luxon also met with Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and will meet with Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.  During today's meeting, Prime Minister Luxon and Pr ..read more

SYDNEY -- One Chinese citizen was killed and another wounded in a mass stabbing attack at a Sydney shopping center, the Chinese Consulate General in Sydney said on Sunday. The Australian authorities have confirmed the information to the Chinese embassy and consulates in Australia after the Chinese missions repeatedly sought to check its veracity from various sources. (Australia-Mass Stabbing Attack ..read more

SINGAPORE, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Singaporean police arrested 276 suspects aged between 16 and 71 for scam offenses during an operation from March 29 to April 11, according to the latest statement from police. The suspects were involved in over 1,200 scam cases, including job scams, investment scams, friend impersonation scams, e-commerce scams, and internet love scams. Police said the victims lost over 7 m ..read more

KUNMING, April 13 (Xinhua) -- As of Saturday, the China-Laos Railway has handled over 180,000 cross-border passenger trips since its international passenger service opened a year ago, according to the Mohan checkpoint on China's border with Laos in southwest China's Yunnan. A total of 738 international passenger trains have been operated during the period, facilitating the smooth entry and exit of 183,000 passen ..read more

New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): In a keynote address at the Indo-Singapore Judicial Conference, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud emphasised the crucial role of technology, particularly Artificial Intelligence (AI), in reshaping legal research and the judiciary while stressing the imperative of ethical considerations in its integration. Chandrachud commenced his address by lauding the conference's revolutionary foc ..read more

New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): Aiming to explore the intersection of technology and the legal system, particularly focusing on the transformative role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in judiciary, the Supreme Court is organising a two-day conference on Technology and Dialogue between the Supreme Courts of India and Singapore on April 13 and 14, 2024. Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Chief Justice of Singapore ..read more