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A toddler sits in a stroller as pedestrians navigate a street in Wan Chai on September 16. In the latest policy address, the government has rolled out 11 new initiatives to encourage residents to have children. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong society

Opinion | Baby bonuses fail to address the fear of falling behind

In highly competitive societies like Hong Kong and Singapore, subsidies and parental leave can’t overcome the cultural pressure keeping young couples from starting families.

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Hong Kong society

Just Saying | Hong Kong vs Singapore in tackling bad behaviour

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Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Going ‘car-lite’: why more Singaporeans are quitting driving

US-China relations

US man arrested over alleged $300 million Nvidia server smuggling to China

Prosecutors say California tech firm owner routed restricted AI servers through Malaysia and Singapore to evade US export controls.

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Booking photo of Greg Lui, who is accused of smuggling restricted Nvidia AI servers to China. Photo: US Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong could overtake London as top arbitration hub in decade: Bar Association head

Jose-Antonio Maurellet says Hong Kong’s status as global fundraising capital fuelling rise as city increasingly chosen to resolve high-value disputes.

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Malaysia

AirAsia chief mocks Singapore Airlines’ food – and social media hits back

Tony Fernandes claimed AirAsia’s in-flight meals beat Singapore Airlines’, but travellers tell him to concentrate on fixing flight delays.

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Science

Singapore builds world’s most accurate atomic clock, leaves US and China in dust

The decade-long project could help to pave the way for a redefinition of the second, researchers claim in a new paper.

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Built with a single ion of lutetium, the clock is so precise that it would lose one second every 260 billion years – nearly 20 times the age of our universe. Photo: YouTube/Centre for Quantum Technologies
Wealth management

How Hong Kong stacks up against Singapore in race for next-generation wealth

Younger wealth holders increasingly global, prioritising lifestyle, wellness and values when choosing where to live and invest, Savills says.

Crime

‘I just want to come and see’: Singapore struggles to sell scandal-hit condos

The unsold properties point to a softening of Singapore’s luxury housing market, where policies have thinned the pool of foreign buyers.

Consumers

What Singapore’s crackdown reveals about those 5-star online reviews

Experts warn that review ecosystems are constantly evolving and consumers should be more discerning about what they read online.

A screengrab shows the cost of fake review packages. Photo: Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore
Hong Kong economy

Exclusive | ‘Money is money’: US, UK firms still coming to Hong Kong, commerce chief says

2026 has been a challenging year because of the geopolitical situation, but Hong Kong’s stability continues to draw investors, Algernon Yau says.

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Tourists enjoy the views of Victoria Harbour from Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: Kit Lai
The Philippines

Philippines’ jeepney drivers on the brink as rising costs outpace relief

Drivers say the overdue fare increase of 1 peso ‘barely makes a dent’ as the sector battles the massive loss of livelihoods.

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US-China relations

Panda diplomacy: all the countries currently hosting China’s beloved ambassadors

The arrival of Ping Ping and Fu Shuang in the US following the Xi-Trump summit in Washington continues a Chinese diplomatic tradition.

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Asean

A third of Singaporeans open to nuclear energy’s potential, highest in Asean

Singaporeans’ wider support for nuclear power was due to a lack of green energy sources aside from solar in the city state, an analyst says.

Cooling towers of a nuclear power plant. Singapore is studying advanced nuclear technologies, including small modular reactors. Photo: Getty Images
US-China trade war

Has the US-China tariff deal eroded Southeast Asia’s edge as a factory hub?

Beijing and Washington plan to waive additional duties on US$30 billion of each other’s goods, potentially narrowing the region’s trade advantage.

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Workers produce Bing Dwen Dwen merchandise at a toy factory in Jinjiang, southeast China’s Fujian Province. Photo: Xinhua
Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur is world’s most polluted city due to haze, Singapore third

The readings for Kuala Lumpur at 166 and Singapore at 155 put both cities’ air quality as unhealthy, according to Swiss monitor IQAir.

Asean

Southeast Asia faces ‘sleeper’ food crisis from Hormuz fertiliser bottleneck

The Middle East shipping gridlock risks a regional hunger crisis unless Asean resists export controls and pushes a US-Iran deal, experts say.

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Banking & finance

Singapore beefs up Hong Kong rivalry with incentives to leverage equity market

Five global asset managers appointed to spearhead the plan aimed at lifting liquidity and expanding trading activity beyond blue-chip stocks.

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Singapore’s central bank has appointed five global investment firms to lift its stock market by US$1.3 billion amid its rivalry with Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters
Crime

‘A vile act’: Singapore jails man for slapping preschooler hard at bus stop

Muhammad Firdhaus was also ordered to pay US$133 in compensation to the mother of the boy, who suffered lasting trauma from the incident.

Malaysia

Can pay-as-you-earn funding fix Southeast Asia’s higher education debt problem?

A Singapore scheme linking tuition to graduate income is testing if private finance can fill the ‘missing middle’ in regional student loans.

Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Raising Hong Kong’s birth rate is an economic imperative

Economies competing in an AI-driven future will need more highly skilled workers, not fewer. Low fertility is not only a social challenge – it’s an economic threat.

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A young family at the promenade of West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong, on September 18. Photo: Elson Li
Malaysia

From Ed Sheeran to Massive Attack: Gaza rows spark Southeast Asia backlash

With global acts also touring Asia, UK star Ed Sheeran’s concert fallout in the US raises the question of how the saga would play out regionally.

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Pro-Palestinian protesters gather near the venue of pop star Ed Sheeran’s concert after rapper Macklemore was cut from the musical line-up over his “free Palestine” remarks, near Lincoln Financial Field, in Philadelphia on September 19. Photo: Reuters
Banking & finance

AI uptake sees wealth management headcounts in Hong Kong trail growth in assets

Capco research finds that private wealth assets rose 24 per cent last year, but number of people employed by industry rose just 2 per cent.

Crime in Hong Kong

Retired Hong Kong woman loses HK$2.9 million in online romance, fake app scam

Case among at least 18 online romance scams reported in past week, with total losses nearing HK$7.8 million, according to police.

Artificial intelligence

Man charged over AI image of crocodile at Singapore reservoir that led to search

Water and park authorities went to Pandan Reservoir to search for the crocodile while water activities were suspended.

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A file photo of a crocodile in the water. A man from Myanmar has been charged in Singapore for generating an AI image of a crocodile at a reservoir. Photo: Shutterstock
Indonesia

Singapore or bust: how Indonesian’s crowdfunding plea shows city’s desirability

A woman’s appeal for sponsors to fund her US$78,000 programme has drawn criticism but not dimmed her dream of studying in Singapore.

Tri Maira Pangestuti poses at the National University of Singapore. She graduated from a master’s programme in environmental management in August. Photo: Tri Maira Pangestuti
Bonds

Why Citi is betting on China’s 30-year bonds as US Treasury yields climb

Weak credit demand, policy support and easing supply pressures are expected to sustain demand for ultra-long Chinese debt, analysts say.

SCMP Highlights

Indonesian victim of fake cash scam, Filipinos warm to China: 7 Asia highlights

From young Filipinos warming to China to Malaysians’ nettle bed joke, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting.

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