The upcoming 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party taking place on Oct 16 Sunday is expected to be the most significant political event for China in decades.

In the Spotlight on Prime Time’s Bharati Jagdish speaks with Jonathan Frewin, Senior journalist with BBC World Service Partner Hubon what to look out for that will set the tone for China’s goals and priorities for the next five years, as well as the annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Washington and Japan's government relaxing its entry rules for tourists. 

The upcoming 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party taking place on Oct 16 Sunday is expected to be the most significant political event for China in decades.
In the Spotlight on Prime Time’s Bharati Jagdish speaks with Jonathan Frewin, Senior journalist with BBC World Service Partner Hub on what to look out for that will set the tone for China’s goals and priorities for the next five years, as well as the annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Washington and Japan's government relaxing its entry rules for tourists.

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In the Spotlight: What to look out for at the 20th Chinese Congress?

Singapore shares started the day in the negative territory, after global markets ended mixed overnight.

In early trade, the Straits Times Index (STI) shed 0.5 per cent to 3,170.68 points after 42.1 million securities were transacted in the broader market.

In terms of companies to watch for today, we have Olam Group, after the company’s proposed initial public offering of its agribusiness unit is no longer expected to be completed by H1 2023 or ahead of the summer holiday period as originally planned. 

Meanwhile, from a slew of factory output data out of Asia, to Tesla Chief Elon Musk’s visit to China and Nvidia surpassing US$1 trillion market valuation, regional headlines continue to remain on the top of minds of investors.

On Market View, the Drive Time team unpacked these developments with Jeremy Tan, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tiger Fund Management.

Singapore shares started the day in the negative territory, after global markets ended mixed overnight.
In early trade, the Straits Times Index (STI) shed 0.5 per cent to 3,170.68 points after 42.1 million securities were transacted in the broader market.
In terms of companies to watch for today, we have Olam Group, after the company’s proposed initial public offering of its agribusiness unit is no longer expected to be completed by H1 2023 or ahead of the summer holiday period as originally planned. 
Meanwhile, from a slew of factory output data out of Asia, to Tesla Chief Elon Musk’s visit to China and Nvidia surpassing US$1 trillion market valuation, regional headlines continue to remain on the top of minds of investors.
On Market View, the Drive Time team unpacked these developments with Jeremy Tan, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tiger Fund Management.

Market View: Olam Agri’s IPO delayed; Proposed privatisation of Challenger Technologies; Aims Apac Reit’s equity fundraising exercise; China, South Korea and Japan’s factory output data; Tesla’s Elon Musk in Beijing; Nvidia surpasses US$1t market cap

Renting tech devices is a service provided by the start-up Circular. It has to still maintain data privacy despite the devices themselves being passed around. Moreover, the stigma surrounding getting second hand devices is changing as the sales of these second hand devices are on the rise.

We speak to Nick Ramsay, CEO & Founder, Circular more about this.

Renting tech devices is a service provided by the start-up Circular. It has to still maintain data privacy despite the devices themselves being passed around. Moreover, the stigma surrounding getting second hand devices is changing as the sales of these second hand devices are on the rise.
We speak to Nick Ramsay, CEO &amp; Founder, Circular more about this.

In the Spotlight: Circular’s subscription services allow one to ‘rent’ devices

A majority of Thai people seem to be harbouring doubts about the ability of Move Forward Party, reported sightings of Jho Low should change Malaysian authorities' approach in their hunt for him, and lastly what will be the topics of discussion in the upcoming Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore?

We speak more about this with Dr. Felix Tan, Political Observer, Nanyang Technological University.

A majority of Thai people seem to be harbouring doubts about the ability of Move Forward Party, reported sightings of Jho Low should change Malaysian authorities' approach in their hunt for him, and lastly what will be the topics of discussion in the upcoming Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore?
We speak more about this with Dr. Felix Tan, Political Observer, Nanyang Technological University.

In the Spotlight: What to look out for at the 20th Chinese Congress?

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