Asia

Sealing air vents raises ire of elderly block dwellers

Singapore - The sealing off of air vents along the corridors of nine housing blocks has raised the ire of residents who were not consulted and are unhappy about less light and air entering their go

Fast growth seen for Asia-Pacific entertainment, media markets

Singapore - The entertainment and media (E&M) market in the Asia-Pacific region is forecast to grow quickly over the next five years particularly in China and India, a published study said Mond

Stranded whale gets ride across New Zealand city

Wellington - A stranded orca whale was given a 43-kilometre trailer ride across Auckland city's roads on Saturday to be returned to the sea because weather conditions were better on the eastern coa

10,000 march in New Zealand anti-crime demo

Wellington - About 10,000 people, mainly Asian immigrants, staged a march through suburban Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, on Saturday calling for a crackdown on violent crime following three

Wildlife groups call for Asian effort to save pangolins

Singapore - Wildlife groups fear the pangolin, once common across Asia, is being systematically wiped out and could become extinct unless governments do more to stop poaching, they said in a publi

Asian cities reeling amid unprecedented influx of people

Singapore - Providing jobs and services for the 1.1 billion people expected to move to Asia's cities over the next 20 years is a task of a magnitude "never before attempted by humanity," Asian Deve

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