HEADLINE: MYANMAR: Home of ousted Myanmar leader Suu Kyi to be put on auction
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CAMBODIA: Israel examines possibility of bringing Cambodian agricultural workers to work in their country
Speaking in an interview with local news during her visit to Cambodia, Ms. Orna Sagiv, Israeli Ambassador to Cambodia, said that Israel is considering the possibility of bringing Cambodian workers in the agricultural field to work in Israel.
She stated that Israel is the main destination for many people from around the world who consider Israel a destination for work.
“I really enjoy Cambodia, and I really like the Cambodian people,” she said. I was convinced from the beginning that their potential was huge. One thing I want to start exploring now is the possibility of bringing agricultural workers from Cambodia to work in Israel. “But at the same time, I know that Israel is the main destination for a lot of people from around the world who see Israel as a destination that they really want to work for.”
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MYANMAR: Home of ousted Myanmar leader Suu Kyi to be put on auction
The house has been at the centre of an ownership dispute between Suu Kyi and her brother for more than two decades
A junta-controlled court ordered on Thursday that the home of detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi be put on auction on March 20, with a starting bid of $90 million.
The iconic property, often referred to simply as No. 54—its address on Yangon’s University Avenue—is located on Inya Lake in one of the city’s most expensive neighbourhoods.
Ownership of the house, where Suu Kyi spent a total of 15 years under house arrest, has been in dispute since 2001, when her estranged older brother Aung San Oo, a US citizen, filed a case at a court in Yangon for an equal inheritance of the property.
In 2016, the court divided the property, giving each of the siblings half—a decision that Aung San Oo repeatedly appealed.
While an initial appeal in 2018 was unsuccessful, a petition submitted to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court the following year overturned that decision, reopening the case for further litigation. On August 22, 2022, the court ordered that the house be put on auction.
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SINGAPORE: Singapore tourism sector should not bank on Chinese travellers returning for full recovery
Chinese visitor numbers to Singapore are not likely to recover in 2024 despite a new visa-free policy and a recent increase in Singapore-China flights.
Travel between Singapore and China will be robust for the upcoming Chinese New Year season.
With 429 weekly Singapore-mainland China flights scheduled for the week before Chinese New Year this year, this is almost identical to the 430 flights for the same week in 2020 and more than the 413 flights in 2019, according to aviation data provider OAG.
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THAILAND: Issues plague ASEAN as Laos takes over chair
