Hong Kong and Singapore are the front-runners in a push by Asian governments to become cryptocurrency hubs as they look to capitalise on the global resurgence of the sector thanks

The suspects are accused of misrepresenting the actual end-user of the hardware, highlighting intermediaries’ role in global chip distribution.

The new French ambassador to Singapore said on Monday that France and Europe do not want their Asian partners to have to choose between the United States and China.

One can agree that, in military terms, none of these mid-table teams can match enormous countries such as the US, China or perhaps Russia. Equally, some smaller nations such as New Zealand or Singapore may be economically more nimble and efficient.

Ng Kim Beng, deputy managing partner who has been with the firm for 24 years, will take over from Patrick Ang from April 1.

Hong Kong has awarded Singapore’s Mapletree Investments a 50-year land grant to a parcel of land in the New Territories for about HK$3.68 billion (US$473 million), according to the Lands Department on Tuesday.

Hong Kong regulators said Wednesday that the city needed to tap “global liquidity” and laid out plans including the possibility of offering riskier crypto products such as derivative trading and margin financing.

Frasers Property, better known for its Singaporean malls and condominiums, is trying something else for its next project: An industrial park outside of Bangkok as it hopes to win companies trying to decouple their supply chains from China.

Three men were charged with fraud in Singapore on Thursday following raids linked to the alleged illegal movement of Nvidia Corp. chips to China, bypassing U.S. export controls.

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