Supply chains are diversifying away from China, causing a shift in global-trade patterns. Analyses of trade data suggest Chinese manufacturers are assembling fewer end products at home. Instead, they’re shipping materials and intermediate products to Southeast Asia for final assembly. Supply chains are shifting away from China — the world’s factory floor for the last four decades — toward other low-cost manufacturing hubs in Asia. Even before supply chains got

Over 80% of millennials in Hong Kong live with their parents.  The 2019-2020 protests had an impact on their mindset. Hong Kong’s millennials differ from their elders by being more vocal, expressive, and confident in both personality and work. At 33, Ken Ho is what many Hong Kongers aspire to be.  Born and raised in Hong Kong, Ho attended one of the city’s top schools before heading to University College

  Investing in bonds like the Singapore Savings Bonds (SSB) has historically been a preferred option amongst investors who want to diversify their investment portfolios and make passive income. However, in the past few years, such fixed-income products witnessed a decline in popularity due to lowered interest rates intended to combat the economic challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, inflation concerns eroded the advantages of such

SINGAPORE: Inflation is a word that has been frequently mentioned over the past few years, especially since the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have affected the global economy since 2020 and 2022 respectively. How exactly the prices of different items have changed over the past 20 years, and which ones have seen the greatest leaps? That was the focus of a recent piece on the finance site dollarsandsense.

SINGAPORE: A thread on Reddit says Singapore’s roti prata is the 12th best bread in the world, but it turns out it’s the 11th, which is so much better! Roti prata is ranked as the 11th best bread in the world, according to Taste Atlas. What is roti prata? Roti prata, a soft and crisp flatbread, found its way to Singapore through Indian immigrants. Its origin is traced to India,

SINGAPORE: Workers’ Party MP Jamus Lim (Sengkang GRC) shared photos from a two-day trip taken with Anchorvale and Buangkok residents last week to Melaka, which as he wrote in a Thursday (Sept 7) Facebook post, has a special place in his heart. And unlike others who endured very lengthy traffic jams on the causeway, the contingent left “bright and early” on Sept 2, and except for a one-and-a-half-hour delay due