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Japanese food firms to invest up to $1b in Indonesia
Some 20 Japanese food and beverage companies plan to invest a combined total of between $400 million and $1 billion in Indonesia, an Indonesian...
Singapore plans second LNG terminal
Singapore is planning to build a second liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, while expanding the capacity of the first terminal. Prime Minister Lee Hsien...
Malaysia: Power tariffs to rise by 10-20%
Electricity prices in Malaysia will go up by 10 to 20 per cent in 2014, according to a report in The Star. The exact...
Vietnam to hike power price by up to 10%
Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has allowed the power monopoly Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) to increase tariffs by 7-10 per cent without prior...
Myanmar scraps plans to raise electricity rates
The Myanmar government has decided to put off plans to raise electricity rates following a plea from parliament and public protests over the abrupt...
Myanmar increases power prices drastically
Faced with growing production costs, Myanmar's Ministry of Electric Power announced end-October that in November it would raise electricity rates for households by 43...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...