Reports and Conference Highlights

Policy Brief: Southeast Asia’s Burning Issue: From the 2015 Haze Crisis to a More Robust System

Date :15 Apr 2016   The 2015 haze crisis will be remembered as one of…

April 15, 20162 min

Commentaries

To prevent haze, financial players, smallholders have outsized role to play

Signs warn that haze may soon return to the skies of South-east Asia. Fires have…

April 4, 20166 min

Chairman's Notes

[Premium] Chairman’s Note (03/2016) – Managing the Expectations of President Jokowi’s Indonesia

March 2016 | A number of our corporate members have asked my views about Indonesia.…

March 11, 20166 min

Commentaries

Fighting of fires must continue under blue skies

Blue skies breed amnesia. With the clear skies, many may now struggle to recall the…

March 10, 20165 min

Media Coverage

Foreigners can own up to 67% of Indonesian firms

SIIA Deputy Director Cheryl Tan was quoted in The Straits Times on 12 Feb 2016,…

February 12, 20161 min

Commentaries

How Indonesia deals with terrorism impacts investments

The year 2016 has not gotten off to an auspicious start for Indonesia, with the…

February 2, 20166 min

Commentaries

How ASEAN should navigate a tricky 2016

Many turbulent events in 2015 were symptoms of a world lacking in optimism and growth,…

January 7, 20166 min

Commentaries

Putting the brakes on haze financing

In all the finger-pointing over the transboundary haze, some banks in Singapore have come under…

October 30, 20157 min

Commentaries

Getting firms to take responsibility for the haze

It remains essential to work with the Indonesian government to address the haze. However, while…

October 20, 20156 min

Commentaries

Seeing Indonesia through the haze

There are reasons to be frustrated and angry about the haze pollution, caused by fires…

October 9, 20156 min

Media Coverage

Singapore reiterates offer of assistance to Indonesia to fight forest fires

SIIA Chairman Simon Tay was quoted by Channel NewsAsia on the current transboundary haze. The…

September 18, 20152 min

Media Coverage

Indonesia Forest Fires Causing Southeast Asia Haze

Singapore Institute of International Affairs Chairman Simon Tay discusses the haze affecting parts of Southeast…

September 18, 20156 min