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Asia
Hong Kong arrests 21 for corruption in building renovation crackdown
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s anti-graft agency arrested 21 people on suspicion of corruption in relation to renovation work at two…
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Asia
Commentary: Chinese EV trucks will build the cities of the future
RAISING THE DRAWBRIDGE INSTEAD OF COMPETING Circumspect governments should be looking at ways to outcompete this shift. Instead, they’re raising…
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Asia
South Korea says one worker missing in rail construction site collapse
The site had already been evacuated due to safety concerns early Friday morning, before the collapse, and police had closed…
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Asia
Thai PM threatens legal action over latest construction deaths
Rama II road, which leads southwest from Bangkok, is the primary artery linking the capital to the long narrow stretch…
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Asia
Leave requests, paperwork delays: Singapore construction firms feel the effects of Bangladesh unrest
BANGLADESHIS IN SINGAPORE As protesters celebrate Hasina’s departure, so are Bangladeshis in Singapore. “Frankly speaking, it was a sense of…
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Asia
Hong Kong turns to China to fill labour gaps in its construction industry
WAR FOR TALENT ACROSS EAST ASIA Today, more Chinese citizens are interested in moving to Hong Kong, even if it…
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Is the housing shortage as bad as we're being told? | ABC News
Many economist and politicians talk about a shortage in housing supply. But could the situation be better than we anticipate?…
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Asia
Some Chinese state developers leave suppliers in lurch with unpaid bills
“The company would only say they have to go through an internal process, which would take several years.” Lu said…
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Asia
Penang warehouse collapse kills at least 3, several feared buried under the rubble
Mohidul Islam, 43, said he had been with four others doing carpentry work on the top floor of the warehouse when…
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Germany
Five killed in construction site incident in Germany
At least 5 workers were killed and several others are considered missing after a scaffolding suddenly collapsed on Monday in…
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