Mike Yeo

2 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Mike Yeo |Christine Tan

SINGAPORE - Holland-Bukit Panjang is planning to be Singapore’s first “wellness heartland” by providing facilities for a rapidly-ageing population. These include a new nursing home and active ageing centre jointly operated by St Luke’s Eldercare and New Life Community Services next to Greenridge Shopping Centre that is expected to open in 2027.

Dec 7, 2024 | asiaone.com | Aqil Hamzah |Mike Yeo

SINGAPORE - Former Workers' Party (WP) chief Low Thia Khiang has confirmed that he will not be participating in the next general election. In a video posted on the WP's Instagram account at about noon on Saturday (Dec 7), the 68-year-old was seen distributing the party's Hammer newsletter as part of outreach activities when he was approached by a resident who asked if he was "retired" or participating in the next election. He said: "I'm already retired. I'm not participating in the election.

Dec 4, 2024 | asiaone.com | Mike Yeo

SINGAPORE — Singapore and Australia are in discussions to increase access to each other's military facilities, as part of an ambitious and wide-ranging pact to be signed in 2025. A stronger defence partnership is a key plank of a new Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) agreement the two countries want to seal in 2025 when they celebrate 60 years of bilateral ties, with other areas of co-operation being food security, energy and climate change.

Nov 20, 2024 | asiaone.com | Mike Yeo

Myanmar’s objection to Asean engaging more partners for defence cooperation risks undermining the Asean centrality that has been painstakingly built over more than two decades of defence cooperation, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said on Nov 20. Speaking after the 18th Asean Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) in Vientiane, Laos, Dr Ng said Asean was at an impasse on certain issues discussed at the meeting due to Myanmar’s sole objection.

Nov 10, 2024 | thestar.com.my | Mike Yeo

SHOALWATER BAY TRAINING AREA, Australia: More than 1,900 personnel from the Singaporean and Australian forces are conducting a joint military exercise that will see soldiers from both countries coming ashore from ships before assaulting objectives inland.