Your Way Home with Hongbin Jeong

In Across the Asean, Finance Presenter, JP Ong, speaks to Rob Ramos, Head of Trusts & Investments at RCBC on his outlook for Philippine stocks - and the impact of the recent typhoon on economic recovery. 

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Airlines will no longer be allowed to sell new vaccinated travel lane flight tickets for travel into Singapore from today until January 20th. This as the country tightens its borders amid a rising number of imported Covid-19 cases. In The Big Story, Straits Times Journalist, Toh Ting Wei has the details. 

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Data and disclosure - Investors and regulators have called for a higher degree of standardisation and harmonisation of both when it comes to  ESG investing. That’s because transparency is key when it comes to tackling issues such as greenwashing. In Eco Money Rachel Kelly speaks to Nneka Chike-Obi Director of ESG Research at Fitch to find out how this will impact key ESG trends in the year ahead. 

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Worldwide, a plastic bag is used, on average, for 12 minutes before being discarded - which is massively damaging the environment. From 1st January, BHG Singapore will cease the use and sale of single-use plastic bags as part of its ongoing bid towards a more sustainable experience at the department store. On Sustainable Singapore, Rhianne Lovell-Boland speaks to Zander Lee, Marketing Executive, BHG Singapore who shares more on the impact this will have.

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From next Monday (27th December) the Covid-19 vaccination for children aged five to 11 will begin. In The Big Story, Amelia Teng, Education Correspondent, at The Straits Times shares what you need to know about the vaccination exercise for more than 300,000 children.

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