Other lowly paid PM uses private jets but highly. Paid PM uses commercial jets.

[syed putra]

Singapore PM Lawrence Wong arrives in KL for special meeting with Anwar​

Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong arrives at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Terminal 1 for a special visit to Malaysia today. — Bernama pic
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Friday, 20 Feb 2026 5:11 PM MYT
SEPANG, Feb 20 — Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has arrived in Malaysia for a special visit to meet Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.



Wong and his delegation touched down at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Terminal 1 at 4.05pm on a commercial flight and received a guard of honour mounted by the First Battalion Royal Ranger Regiment under the command of Captain Zat Aiman Mat Ripin.


Welcoming Wong at the airport were Chief Private Secretary to Prime Minister Datuk Shahrol Anuwar Sarman and High Commissioner of Singapore to Malaysia Vanu Gopala Menon.

The Foreign Ministry, in its statement yesterday, said that both prime ministers are expected to discuss bilateral cooperation and issues of mutual interest, including the outcomes of the Leaders’ Retreat held last Decembe

 

[laksaboy]

Very interesting, guard of honour done indoors.

 

[millim6868]

Just another puppet

 

[syed putra]

Very interesting, guard of honour done indoors.

Disrupting other passengers. What was anwar thinking.

 

[birdie69]

Singapore PM Lawrence Wong arrives in KL for special meeting with Anwar​

Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong arrives at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Terminal 1 for a special visit to Malaysia today. — Bernama pic
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Friday, 20 Feb 2026 5:11 PM MYT
SEPANG, Feb 20 — Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has arrived in Malaysia for a special visit to meet Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.



Wong and his delegation touched down at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Terminal 1 at 4.05pm on a commercial flight and received a guard of honour mounted by the First Battalion Royal Ranger Regiment under the command of Captain Zat Aiman Mat Ripin.


Welcoming Wong at the airport were Chief Private Secretary to Prime Minister Datuk Shahrol Anuwar Sarman and High Commissioner of Singapore to Malaysia Vanu Gopala Menon.

The Foreign Ministry, in its statement yesterday, said that both prime ministers are expected to discuss bilateral cooperation and issues of mutual interest, including the outcomes of the Leaders’ Retreat held last Decembe

He went alone without Ridout Vivian?

 

[laksaboy]

Is is a chartered jet? I remember flying on a chartered jet for overseas ICT. It was a hush-hush event: unmarked flight, and departure at around midnight.

 

[VanDick]

He could have chartered a C-130. At least he can land in a military base with more privacy, and without causing public nuisance to the commercial passengers.

 

[syed putra]

He went alone without Ridout Vivian?

Red carpet meant only for him.

 

[syed putra]

He could have chartered a C-130. At least he can land in a military base with more privacy, and without causing public nuisance to the commercial passengers.

He is the leader of a gomen who can use any gomen plane at his disposal. Next trip he take the train or what?

 

[VanDick]

He is the leader of a gomen who can use any gomen plane at his disposal. Next trip he take the train or what?

He can call Grab.

 

[k1976]

Dimon says JPMorgan to hire more for AI, fewer bankers​

Cathy Chan & Haslinda Amin / Bloomberg Published on Thu, May 21, 2026 / 01:17 PM GMT+08 / Updated 1 hour ago

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(May 21): JPMorgan Chase & Co chief executive officer Jamie Dimon said the Wall Street giant will likely hire more artificial intelligence (AI) specialists and fewer traditional bankers as the adoption of the technology accelerates.

“I think it will reduce our jobs down the road,” Dimon said in a Bloomberg Television interview at the bank’s China Summit in Shanghai. “There will be all different types of jobs, and I think we will be hiring more AI people and fewer bankers in certain categories, and it will make them more productive.”

Dimon’s comments underscore a broader industry pivot towards automation that is reshaping the global financial workforce. As AI spreads across Wall Street, lenders are racing to boost productivity and streamline operations while navigating the potential political and social backlash triggered by job cuts.

Unlike some of his banking peers, Dimon struck a measured tone, arguing that the AI-driven transition can largely be managed through natural turnover rather than sweeping lay-offs. Even as AI alters every tier of employment, moving beyond back-office tasks into higher-value functions, Dimon said it will also create new roles, particularly in client-facing areas.

With an annual attrition rate of roughly 10%, or about 25,000 to 30,000 departures a year, JPMorgan has the flexibility to retrain staff, redeploy workers, or offer early retirement packages, Dimon said.

Earlier this week, Standard Chartered plc CEO Bill Winters sparked debate by stating the emerging markets lender is replacing “lower-value human capital” with technology to eliminate 8,000 support roles over the next four years. That followed remarks from Goldman Sachs Group Inc president John Waldron, who recently described traditional back-office operations as a “human assembly line” ripe for automation.