Top News Headlines In Singapore, Indonesia, Cambodia & Vietnam : Feb 9, 2025

SINGAPORE

1.WP NEW FACES HIT THE GROUND IN THE EAST; PARTY MAY CONTEST OVER 30 SEATS IN GE2025: OBSERVERS -- THE STRAITS TIMES

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The Workers’ Party (WP) has been walking the ground in at least eight constituencies, including Tampines and Pasir Ris-Punggol GRCs, putting it on track to contest one-third of the seats in Parliament in the coming general election.

2.GE2025 HOT SPOTS: SENGKANG GRC SET FOR FIERCE CONTEST, AS PAP SEEKS TO WREST IT BACK FROM WP -- CNA

The starting pistol for this year’s General Election has yet to be fired, but members of the Workers’ Party (WP) and the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) are already off the blocks in the race to win voters’ hearts in Sengkang Group Representation Constituency (GRC). 

INDONESIA

1.GOVERNMENT’S EFFICIENCY MEASURES COULD HURT TOURISM INDUSTRY: ASSOCIATION -- JAKARTA GLOBE

The austerity measures imposed by President Prabowo Subianto on all ministries and state agencies could hamper Indonesia’s efforts to attract foreign tourists due to significant cuts in the tourism promotion budget, the Indonesian Travel Agency Association (Asita) warned on Saturday.

2.MINISTRY PROVIDES LICENSING SUPPORT TO EMPOWER ENTREPRENEURS -- ANTARA

The Ministry of Investment and Downstreaming is working to strengthen the role of local entrepreneurs in driving the domestic economy by accelerating the licensing process.

CAMBODIA 

1.CAMBODIA-PHILIPPINES RENEW BILATERAL RELATIONS -- FRESH NEWS Prime Minister Hun Manet will lead a high-level delegation to the Philippines from February 10-11, to strengthen bilateral ties. During his meeting with Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., both leaders will discuss regional and international cooperation.  

2.NEW FACTORIES TO FUEL INDUSTRIAL GROWTH -- FRESH NEWS Cambodia’s industrial sector grew by about 8.5 per cent last year and is projected to expand by 8.6 per cent in 2025. The growth is due to the increase in large industrial factories. Last year, 326 new large factories started their operations.

        VIETNAM  

1.VIETNAM TAPS UAE’S TECH EXPERTISE -- VIETNAMPLUS Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) plan to cooperate in key economic areas — advanced technologies, artificial intelligence, data centres and digital transformation. Building a transit and storage centre for crude oil and petrochemical products in Vietnam was also discussed.  

2.DE-MINING WORKS HALT AFTER US AID STOPS -- VIETNAMPLUS About 1,000 de-mining personnel in Quang Trị province suspended operations after the United States suspended foreign aid. The Quang Trị Mine Action Centre said three agencies halted work in the province that has over 62,000 hectares of land littered with explosives. 

-- BERNAMA