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Goh Ruoxue

Goh Ruoxue

SOUTH-EAST ASIA JOURNALIST

Ruoxue began writing for The Business Times as a South-east Asia journalist in 2023. She was awarded the Fulbright US-Asean Visiting Scholarship in 2026, and is the first journalist accepted to the programme. Her piece on Cambodia’s scam kingpin Chen Zhi, his Prince network, and its links to Singapore entities and nationals won Story of the Year in 2025 at SPH Media’s annual awards. She loves doing crosswords, and holds a special affinity for Laos.

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PM Lawrence Wong (left) with Thai PM Anutin Charnvirakul. On emerging tech such as AI, the Singapore leader says there is scope for closer collaboration on practical applications.

Singapore, Thailand to develop multi-year agenda for successive Asean chairmanships

2026-09-02T09:50:50.000Z
Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong (right) hosted Thai premier Anutin Charnvirakul to lunch during his official visit to Singapore in November 2025.

PM Wong to visit Bangkok for first Leaders’ Retreat with Thailand’s Anutin on Sep 2

2026-09-01T08:00:00.000Z
The proposed optimisation of Frasers Hospitality Trust’s portfolio includes consolidating full ownership of Fraser Suites Singapore in River Valley Road.

Frasers Property shareholders approve S$2.1 billion hospitality portfolio revamp

2026-08-30T09:48:27.000Z
Despite numerous crackdowns, South-east Asia’s multibillion-dollar cyberscam industry has proven remarkably resilient. 
BRUNCH

Rooting out the scam scourge in South-east Asia

2026-08-28T07:30:00.000Z
ST Engineering’s new S$750 million contract comes on the back of a S$840 million contract win in July.

ST Engineering unit wins S$750 million contract for Taiwan metro line

2026-08-26T11:07:32.000Z
Tran Cam Tu (left), permanent member of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s Central Committee Secretariat, and Chan Chun Sing, Singapore’s coordinating minister for public services.

Singapore-Vietnam Strategic Dialogue to be ‘enduring platform’ for next-gen leaders to connect: Chan Chun Sing

2026-08-25T12:13:02.000Z
From left: The latest edition of the Sustainability Impact Dialogue was moderated by Kavitha Menon, director of the Singapore Sustainable Finance Association. The panel comprised Ong Tze-Ch’in, the chief executive of Singapore’s national water agency PUB; Graeme Riddell, managing director of insurance broking and risk management firm Marsh Risk; and Jasper Wong, UOB’s head of construction and infrastructure (sector solutions group).
NAVIGATING WATER RISK

Beyond the utility bill, into the boardroom: The business case for investing in water resilience

2026-08-24T23:00:00.000Z
Vietnam’s top leader To Lam (left) with Prime Minister Lawrence Wong in Singapore in March 2025. Both countries upgraded bilateral ties to the highest level then.

First Singapore-Vietnam Strategic Dialogue to be held on Aug 25

2026-08-21T12:58:51.000Z
The real marketing for a hospital is the trust it builds and what is passed on by word of mouth, says Proud Patanavanich, assistant CEO at MedPark Hospital.
THE LEADERSHIP PLAYBOOK

MedPark’s assistant CEO runs a hospital where patients, physicians precede profits

2026-08-17T07:00:00.000Z
Qian Hu’s base in Dili houses a quarantine centre to store seafood for export and wholesale.

Singapore-listed Qian Hu sets up Timor-Leste subsidiary to tap aquaculture potential

2026-08-10T23:00:00.000Z
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