S’pore ‘best placed to invest in Pakistan’
* Benazir Bhutto on: --------------------
SINGAPORE, with its advanced economy and infrastructure, is best placed to invest in Pakistan, according to Pakistani Prime
Author: Derwin Pereira
‘Internal woes ruined Barings’
BROUGHT DOWN BY A LACK OF CONTROL
PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong said yesterday that the Barings debacle was the result of internal
PM Goh and Keating to make Apec meet a success
SINGAPORE and Australia have expressed fresh support for the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (Apec) forum, with both countries determined to make the group's
Panel to strengthen S’pore-Australia ties
SINGAPORE and Australia have agreed to set up a high-level committee to look at ways of strengthening political, security and economic relations
Continent is weak link in anti-drug fight
GLOBAL DRUGS PROBLEM
AFRICA
AFRICA is a "weak link" in the global war against drugs.
The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) said in its report
Republic’s tough, well-publicised laws a strong deterrent to traffickers
GLOBAL DRUGS PROBLEM
SINGAPORE
THE small number of drug couriers arrested in Singapore showed that they were avoiding the Republic as a transit point,
The Drugs Scourge
GLOBAL DRUGS PROBLEM
Africa * Weak link in international drug control efforts. * Increasing drug abuse in several countries. Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola,
HK a major distribution centre for designer drugs
GLOBAL DRUGS PROBLEM
From there they are moved to Tokyo, Seoul and Manila
HONGKONG has become a major distribution and financial centre for designer
Poverty a bigger threat than Khmer Rouge : Hun Sen
POVERTY is a bigger threat to Cambodia than the Khmer Rouge, Co-Premier Hun Sen said yesterday while calling on the global community
Top-level Pakistani team in S’pore for economic talks
A HIGH-LEVEL economic delegation from Pakistan arrived in Singapore yesterday to discuss possible areas of co-operation between the two countries.
The four-man delegation,
A cocktail personality of explosive emotions
NOT many people would take lightly the thought of going to the gallows.
But bomoh Mona Fandey did. Clad in a yellow long-sleeved
Death of a politician : Murder most foul
Derwin Pereira of The Foreign Desk wraps up a trial involving brutal murder, black magic and money that went on for 69-days