According to a recent survey, almost two thirds of young people in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong are willing to work a remote job. Work-life balance is a major pull - but are there any tradeoffs?
As freedom looms for some and time stretches for others, one question lingers in the minds of the inmates in Institution A4 – will I be accepted? In this final episode of a three-part series, the women confront an uncertain future and potential rejection by their families, society and even themselves.
In Singapore’s only women’s prison, about 800 inmates eat, sleep and live together in close confines. But when personalities clash and opinions differ, conflicts are bound to arise.
Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas is at the center of the fight over Trump’s ambitious tax bill. He is demanding big cuts to federal government spending if Congress wants to extend Trump’s multi-trillion dollar tax cuts and implement other new tax reductions, like no tax on tips and no tax on social security benefits for seniors.
WSJ’s Richard Rubin sat down with Chip Roy to discuss what he’s willing – and not willing – to compromise on, and how he approaches working with the president.
Hong Kong has seen a steady growth in its entrepreneurship landscape over the last four years. In 2020, authorities say the city saw almost 3,400 new start-ups and that grew by 40 per cent to about 4,700 last year. In this first part of a two part series to look at Hong Kong's young entrepreneurs, CNA's May Wong spoke to one who decided to modernise an old industry - pawnshop services.
The number of resale flats sold have fallen to a five-year low. Nearly 6,400 of such units were transacted in the first quarter of the year. This is down 7.7 per cent from the nearly 7,000 sold in the same period last year. Prices of these flats were up 1.5 per cent, lower than the 2.6 per cent jump in the previous quarter. Meanwhile, home prices in the private property market have moderated, growing 0.6 per cent in the first quarter. This is down from the 2.3 per cent in the previous quarter.