Arno Maierbrugger
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Singapore to create 10,000 high-tech jobs
The Singapore government on June 26 said it has plans to create up to 10,000 jobs in...
Indonesia extends tax incentives for property buyers to spur sluggish market
Indonesia introduced new tax incentives to stimulate the sluggish property market. In a first step, the government...
Malaysia PM will not serve more than 3 years – says he “underestimated” the challenges
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who will count 94 years of age on July 10, said that...
Casino boom in Cambodia unabated despite growing concerns
Casino boom in Sihanoukville © Arno Maierbrugger
The number of casino licenses issued in Cambodia continues
to soar, with...
Indonesia to spend $70 billion on new toll road network
Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo is planning an
unprecedented $70 billion splurge on toll roads to help connect the...
Malaysia seeks to recover $5 billion in 1MDB assets
Malaysia is looking to recover about $5 billion worth of foreign assets linked to scandal-ridden state fund...
Thai billionaire to build country’s first own electric cars
Energy Absolute, Thailand’s second-largest electricity generating company by market capitalisation owned by Thai billionaire Somphote Ahunai, plans to...
Indonesia to relocate capital to Kalimantan by 2024
Indonesia will start moving its capital city from Java from
2024, Bambang Brodjonegoro, minister of national development planning,...
Sharp, LG move factories from Thailand and Vietnam to Indonesia
Sharp Electronics Indonesia headquarter in Karawang International Industrial City
Electronics companies Sharp from Japan and LG...
Thailand seeks to tap halal travel market
One destination for Muslim visitors: Night food market in Hat Yai, southern Thailand © Arno Maierbrugger
Thailand...
Philippines most exposed to climate change risks – study
The Philippines is topping the list of countries facing the highest risk of climate change hazards, according...
Living costs in Bangkok surge
Bangkok has again become more expensive for visitors,
expats, retirees and the average Thai over the past year....
Vietnam’s first homegrown cars ready for delivery
Vietnam's first domestic carmaker VinFast will deliver its first cars on June 17, the company said as...
Vietnam to join world’s most dynamic markets by 2030
Ho Chi Minh City's new skyline © Arno Maierbrugger
Having reached amazing levels of progress in the...
Healthtech startups to change Indonesia’s healthcare landscape
Indonesia, a country notoriously underequipped with hospitals
and medical services and suffering from a chronic shortage of doctors...
Vietnamese e-payment startups merge and eye expansion to Myanmar, Indonesia
Two Vietnamese digital payments startups are merging to add scale for a new funding round and to...
Dry weather causes mango glut in the Philippines
The Philippines is overflowing with about two million kilos of unwanted mangoes after a hot weather patch...
Philippines gets major plastic bottle recycling plant
Coca-Cola’s Philippine branch will pioneer with an investment of one billion pesos ($19.3 million) to construct a...
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Singapore to create 10,000 high-tech jobs
The Singapore government on June 26 said it has plans to create up to 10,000 jobs in...
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Malaysia seeks to recover $5 billion in 1MDB assets
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