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Lionel Lim

Lionel Lim

ASSISTANT EDITOR, BT GLOBAL

emaillionellim@sph.com.sg
Singapore’s position as a transhipment and logistics hub may come under strain, with stricter rules likely to raise compliance costs and divert trade flows.

One year of Trump tariffs: What has changed and what’s next for South-east Asia?

The tariffs are reshaping supply chains and driving structural shifts, but the full impact is still to come

From left: Touchapon Kraisingkorn, chairman of Amity's AI Research and Application Center, Korawad Chearavanont, founder and executive chairman of Amity Group, and Keng Teik Koay, Amity's group co-CEO at an event announcing Amity's series D funding at The Okura Prestige Bangkok Hotel in Bangkok on Mar 25.

Thai AI startup Amity announces US$100 million Series D funding round, launches R&D centre in Singapore

It is the largest GenAI-focused capital-raising exercise in S-E Asia to date, says group

Grab's #MoreWomenCan programme is designed to address the specific needs of its women partners at various life stages, including pregnancy.

Grab launches initiative to provide more support for its women partners in Singapore

Its co-authored study also reveals a total addressable market of 40.7 million women willing to work as driver-partners in South-east Asia 

Lee Huay Leng (left), editor-in-chief of the Chinese Media Group at SPH Media, speaking with China's Ambassador to Singapore Cao Zhongming at a fireside chat on Mar 23.

China’s latest Five-Year Plan opens co-creation opportunities for Singapore companies

The latest economic blueprint focuses on emerging industries, technological self-reliance and boosting consumption

AC Health's CEO Paolo Borromeo says the company is working on integrating all its healthcare assets.
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Big believer in ‘profit and purpose’: CEO of Ayala’s healthcare arm builds ‘ecosystem’ in Philippines

Ayala Corporation’s healthcare business unit is back in the black again and looking to expand

From left: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, USTR Jamieson Greer and US President Donald Trump. They signed a reciprocal trade deal on Feb 19 that would allow zero import duties on 1,819 Indonesian tariff lines entering the US.

US still expects governments to abide by reciprocal trade pacts: Trump’s 2026 trade policy agenda

In South-east Asia, Malaysia, Cambodia and Indonesia have such agreements

Kang Jong Woo, director for the regional cooperation and integration division at the ADB, says that mobility of high-skilled labour within the Asia-Pacific could be improved by embracing mutual recognition and skills recognition arrangements.

South-east Asia has weathered tariff uncertainty, but needs to integrate to prepare against future shocks: analysts

One issue raised at a seminar was the low utilisation rate of free trade agreements

Globe Telecom CEO Carl Cruz thinks the Philippine stock market could be poised for growth after a challenging 2025.

CEO of Philippine telco giant sees fibre and enterprise segments as key to near-term growth

Globe Telecom’s Carl Cruz eyeing opportunities from AI and the impending digitalisation of SMEs

Chinese companies choosing Singapore as an operations base stems from the country's reputation, analysts say.

Chinese fixed asset investments in Singapore surged last year, but it’s too early to call it a trend

It remains to be seen if the level of investments – driven partly by China’s weaker domestic demand – is sustainable

Japan's Ambassador to Singapore Hiroshi Ishikawa says “collective responses are urgently needed to address global challenges”.

Japan and Asean are ‘natural partners’ to work together in increasingly complex global environment: panellists

From investment to trade, deeper ties could serve as a hedge against rising geopolitical risks

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