Ong Sing Yee

Covering the latest energy & commodities news @business. All opinions are my own. Currently based in Singapore, previously in Taipei.

[Bloomberg @business]

Plans to build a long-delayed coal power plant in Vietnam are moving forward 18 months after the country agreed to a multibillion dollar deal to move away from the fossil fuel https://t.co/8aZz1y0aV3

[Bloomberg Green @climate]

The Philippines has leapfrogged its Southeast Asian neighbors to become a regional leader in planned clean-power projects https://t.co/rxIisMSwOj

[Bloomberg @business]

Southeast Asia is expected to attract as much as $70 billion of investment over the next decade in hydro energy storage systems in order to manage an increase in intermittent renewables https://t.co/lJIVshwShi

[Bloomberg @business]

Apple has been urged by more than 60 human rights and environmental organizations to publicly oppose the detention of climate activists in Vietnam https://t.co/FK6pZs8Rsa

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Taiwan’s government will decide on potential power tariff increases after confirming the level of subsidies to be allocated to the country’s loss-making utility Taiwan Power https://t.co/7bTuQwQr3u

[Bloomberg @business]

Lai Ching-te is set to win Taiwan's presidential election, as voters defy warnings the China skeptic’s victory could eventually trigger a war https://t.co/8JlQ5SyWPw

[Yvonne Man @YvonneManTV]

Polls have closed. The votes are being counted one by one, literally. Check out #Taiwan’s old school way of vote counting. @BloombergTV
#TaiwanElections
#Taiwanelections2024

[Ong Sing Yee @osingyee]

Taiwan's polling stations have closed. Follow us as we document the results live:

https://t.co/AZIoYrMo8u

[Bloomberg @business]

A hashtag about Taiwan's election was trending on Chinese social media platform Weibo as the polls opened today. Then China shut it down. https://t.co/WUcKmdsPsX

[Ong Sing Yee @osingyee]

Voting for Taiwan's next president closes in about an hour's time. Bloomberg is all set and closely following the excitement today.

Read our latest updates on our live blog here:
https://t.co/ZbOLBbNBHM

[Ong Sing Yee @osingyee]

Vietnam is preparing to widen a probe into alleged corruption among officials connected to the energy sector as the country seeks to gain control over a worsening power crisis, officials say

https://t.co/OwoQ5MYlHp

[Ong Sing Yee @osingyee]

And the wider implication of Taiwan's election:

https://t.co/d2cAxSkTs6
by @hwang61

[Ong Sing Yee @osingyee]

An exciting weekend ahead for Taiwan where a new leader will be elected. My colleagues here have written some insightful pieces on who the candidates are and what's at stake:

https://t.co/CknuJk0jIk
by @betty_hou_1108

[Bloomberg @business]

A war over Taiwan could deliver a $10 trillion shock to the world economy. Bloomberg Economics calculates the costs of escalating tensions.

Read The Big Take ⬇️ https://t.co/buBQ3FOv25

[Stephen Stapczynski @SStapczynski]

HOW ENERGY TRADERS LEFT A COUNTRY IN THE COLD

Pakistan, one of the world’s poorest nations, thought it had secured natural gas to fuel its economy

Commodities firms had other ideas

Full story with @FaseehMangi 👇

https://t.co/NHVZMEy7WM

[Ong Sing Yee @osingyee]

Taiwan-based offshore wind developer, SRE, is in talks over potential deals across Asia as it looks to diversify beyond its home market 🇹🇼

https://t.co/tQeJISpLL1

[Ong Sing Yee @osingyee]

Last week, we wrote about how Japanese companies dropping out of Taiwan offshore wind projects compound a crisis in the wind industry that’s hit other parts of the world 💨🌬️

https://t.co/kK9QgLmcif

[Bloomberg @business]

The world will need $7 trillion to ensure there is sufficient gas supply through 2050 as nations shift to cleaner energy sources, according to a think tank in Japan https://t.co/73j1lx1zuE

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Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen says maintaining the status quo is critical to seeking a peaceful coexistence with China as she delivers her last National Day speech https://t.co/bg7M4mOma9

[Ong Sing Yee @osingyee]

A piece about Beijing's digital cemeteries I worked on earlier with a few other reporters, providing an insight on the future for burials in land-scarce China

[Bloomberg @business]

Facing a rapidly aging population and land scarcity, China is piloting vertical burial spaces with electronic screens instead of headstones https://t.co/6mYosmgKMs via @citylab