01Singaporean President Halima will not run for the next presidential election

Recently, Singaporean President Halima announced that she will not run for the next presidential election and will expire on September 13th of this year. Halima is the first female president in history of Singapore and the second Malay president after the first President Yusuf Issa.

Singapore is a multi-ethnic country, with Chinese, Malay, Indian, and Eurasian ethnic groups being the main ethnic groups, with Chinese accounting for approximately 74% of the total population, Malay accounting for 13%, and Indian accounting for 9%. The Singapore presidential election is held every 6 years, and the president is a symbolic head of state, but has the power to supervise the use of national reserves and veto important personnel appointments.

two thousand and sixteenyearelevenmonthThe Singapore Parliament has passed constitutional amendments to improve theone thousand nine hundred and ninety-threeThe popular presidential election mechanism implemented since stipulates that if a representative of a certain ethnic group is not elected as president in five consecutive presidential elections, the candidate quota for the next election will only be reserved for that ethnic group.staytwo thousand and seventeenyearpresidentelectionIn,presidentA positionIt is prepared for the Malay community, as they have been in the pastfortyNo member has served as president for many years,Among the 5 people who registered for the election, only former Speaker of the National Assembly, Halima, met the criteria,Halima was automatically elected.

02Vice Chairman of the Indonesian House of Representatives Demands Review of Sea Sand Export License

Vice Chairman of the Sixth Committee of the Indonesian House of RepresentativesMartinRequest government reviewchecktwo thousand and twenty-threeYear Notwenty-sixHao ZhengGovernment Regulations(PP)The sea sand export license included in.MartinMany environmentalists also openly oppose this regulation, which means it is a clear threat to our environment.

The Chairman of the Indonesian Democratic Progressive Party stated that the reasons for the ban on sea sand exports in the Minister of Industry and Trade Decree (SK) No. 117/MPP/Kep/2/2003 are very clear. One of them is causing environmental damage.

Martin stated that although according to relevant laws and regulations, exports can be made as long as domestic demand is met, it is still unclear what control measures will be taken.

Just like the previous edible oil shortage case, the legal requirement was that exports could be made if domestic demand was met, but the result was later broken.

Meanwhile, legislators in North Sumatra Province emphasized the position of the Democratic Progressive Party and demanded that the government review and sit down with all parties to rewrite the regulation.

The Sixth Committee of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia has responsibilities in the fields of industry, investment, and commercial competition. On May 15th, Indonesian President Joko Widodo signed Presidential Decree No. 26/2023, abolishing Presidential Decree No. 33/2002 on controlling and supervising sea sand mining. This Presidential Decree was issued during the reign of Indonesia's 5th President Megawati, with the aim of controlling unfavorable sea sand export business for Indonesia.

01The United States continues to delay the final conclusion of its anti circumvention investigation into hardwood plywood in Vietnam

On May 30, according to the Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade, the United States Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced that it will extend the release period of the final conclusion of the anti-dumping and tax evasion investigation on plywood imported from Vietnam. The United States Department of Commerce originally planned to release the conclusions on July 14. This is the eighth extension of the deadline.

Previously, the United States Department of Commerce announced the preliminary conclusion of the case on July 25 last year, saying that if the core materials of plywood imported from Vietnam to the United States use the wood veneer raw materials imported from China, they will be subject to anti-dumping and countervailing duties, and the temporary tax rate may be as high as 378.26%, just as it is applicable to plywood imported from China. If its core material uses peeled boards produced domestically or in other countries, it can be exempt from taxation.

The United States Department of Commerce allows Vietnamese enterprises cooperating in the investigation to prove themselves that they did not use Chinese materials, so as not to be taken measures. According to the department's calculations, the number of enterprises participating in self certification accounted for approximately% of Vietnam's exports during the survey period80%.

02Vietnam claims that only a very small amount of electricity is imported from China and Laos

Recently,Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of VietnamDang Hoang AnIn response to congressional representatives' question about why Vietnam did not increase its total capacity tofour thousand and six hundredThe issue of increasing imports from Laos and China due to the integration of megawatt domestic renewable energy projects into the national grid,Indicates that the electricity imported from Laos and China only accounts for half of Vietnam's total electricity demandA small portion.

Previously, Vietnamese National Assembly Representative Ta Thi Yen stated at a meeting last weekend that although pricing negotiations for connecting renewable energy projects to the national grid faced obstacles, Vietnam was forced to increase imports from Laos and China to make up for the shortage. She believes that facing severe power shortages, hundreds of solar and wind energy projects cannot generate electricity for consumption, which is a huge waste.

Regarding this, the Deputy MinisterDang HoaNg AnexpressVietnam's import of electricity is not due to power shortages. sincetwo thousand and fiveSince, the country has been purchasing electricity from China through transmission lines in Laojie and Hejiang provinces, andtwo thousand and nineteenAfter reaching an intergovernmental cooperation agreement in, we purchased hydropower from Laos. From LaosAnd ChinaImported electricityAndThe daily consumption demand in the northern region is very limited.The import of electricity from Laos and China has increased this year,yesDue to the extreme weather and drought during the dry season, there is a shortage of supply.In addition,The import electricity price is approximatelysix point fiveCents,Lower than some domestic sources.