Evan See

Evan See

JOURNALIST

Roland Ong, founder of Nanyang Biologics, believes the company’s listing rides a wave of investor interest that has returned to the biotech industry, in part due to the rise of AI.

Nasdaq listing awaits Singapore’s US$1.5 billion AI drug-discovery biotech Nanyang Biologics

2026-10-14T07:00:00.000Z
IMF’s Kristalina Georgieva (right, with Singapore’s President Tharman Shanmugaratnam) says fiscal deficits, public debt and high debt-servicing costs are getting harder to manage amid elevated rates.

Tharman, IMF chief warn of structural risks from global public debt

2026-10-07T10:54:14.000Z
An advanced production line at a Top Glove factory in Selangor, Malaysia. The group reported a 39.7% rise in revenue to RM1.25 billion for Q4.

Top Glove Q4 profit surges 352.6% to RM157.6 million as demand-supply balance improves

2026-10-06T07:09:36.000Z
CEO Inderbethal Singh Thakral believes the listing allows Thakral’s lifestyle business to raise capital, while offering investors a more transparent valuation for the asset.
TOPLINE

Thakral looks to unlock value through lifestyle spinoff listing, India expansion

2026-10-04T04:00:00.000Z
The Asia-Pacific region is among the most exposed to macroeconomic losses from the El Nino weather phenomenon.

ADB raises South-east Asia growth outlook as AI boom offsets energy and El Nino pressures

2026-09-23T01:01:43.000Z
A farmer from West Kalimantan whose plot was damaged after a fire in the neighbouring land spread to the area.
BRUNCH

No smoke without fire: Smallholders’ view from ground zero of the haze

2026-09-18T06:00:00.000Z
Seh Huan Kiat, CEO of Symphony Digital Assets, hopes the company’s Kazakhstan unit can build on PhillipCapital’s business relationships in Central Asia.

Phillip’s Web3 arm Symphony bets on Kazakhstan for Central Asia push

2026-09-10T03:00:00.000Z
The acquisition will increase Centurion’s bed capacity in Malaysia by 22 per cent to about 43,980 beds.

Centurion acquires 7,974 bed Johor worker accommodation asset for US$53 million

2026-09-08T13:01:41.000Z
SIA says its investment in Air India is aligned with its multi-hub strategy, enabling direct participation in a key growth market outside Singapore.

Air India investment funded internally, represents long-term strategic commitment: SIA

2026-09-08T12:23:56.000Z
Mapletree Logistics Trust says the transaction will be completed by the third quarter of its 2027 financial year.

Mapletree Logistics Trust to sell Australian logistics property for US$20.2 million

2026-09-08T10:47:32.000Z