This article was first published as ISEAS Perspective 2019/100 “Combating Fake News in Southeast Asia” by Ross Tapsell and adapted for publication by South China Morning Post on 9 December 2019.
Dr Ross Tapsell s Visiting Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute and concurrently Senior Lecturer and Researcher at the Australian National University’s College of Asia and the Pacific.
Over the past three years, the ISEAS Yusof – Ishak Institute has been studying political, economic, and social trends in this province, with conferences held in 2017 and 2018. This third and final conference will examine: recent developments in the Riau Islands provincial government; evolving policy frameworks to attract foreign direct investment; and opportunities and challenges in three promising sectors for the province’s economy – tourism, shipping and logistics, and the digital economy.
In this seminar, Dr Gaik Cheng Khoo talks about China’s growing appetite for Malaysia’s durians and explores aspects of the Malaysian durian’s identity that differentiates itself from Thai varieties that dominate the global market.
This article was published by The ASEAN Post on 6 December 2019.
Dr Serina Abdul Rahman is Visiting Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
This article was published by Lianhe Zaobao on 6 December 2019.
Dr Leo Suryadinata is Visiting Senior Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
This programme of “Majulah: Symbols for Singapore” – Ep 1 was broadcast by Mediacorp on 3 December 2019.
Dr Norshahril Saat is Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. He is the author of “Yusof Ishak: Singapore’s First President” published by ISEAS Publishing.
This article was published by Business Times on 4 December 2019 and referred to Trends in Southeast Asia 2019/16 “E-commerce for Malaysian SMEs in Selected Services: Barriers and Benefits” by Tham Siew Yean and Andrew Kam Jia Yi?
In this seminar, Dr. Mia Mikic talks about the integration of ASEAN member states into GVCs and establishment of regional production networks for the future. She considers the impact of several ongoing developments for AMS, such as: (1) trajectory of traditional GVC growth; (2) technological drivers of changes in division of labour for value chains; and (3) role of policy uncertainty in short and long run.
Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines donates toward ISEAS research projects on the Philippines
ISEAS received a donation of 2 million Philippine pesos from the Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines in Singapore in support of our Philippine research projects this month.
This article was published by New Mandela on 4 December 2019.
Dr Michael Montesano is Coordinator, Thailand Studies Programme with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.