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Three Southeast Asian cities among most visited in 2018
Bangkok, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur made it once again into the top-ten list of most visited cities 2018 issued by business intelligence firm Euromonitor...
“Malaysia’s Shenzhen” Iskandar to be three times the size of Singapore
Malaysia's mega-development of Iskandar, the country's main southern development corridor in the state of Johor, is expected to become three times larger in land...
East Asia’s rapid urbanisation an economic game-changer: World Bank
Rapid urbanisation in East Asia is transforming the region and will lead to drastic socio-economic changes in the near future, the World Bank said...
Labour costs rising in Southeast Asia
Labour costs in the Southeast Asia region are rising further in 2014, in line with the implementation and increment of minimum wage in a...
Foxconn to invest $1b in Indonesia
Taiwan's technology giant Foxconn group has finally signed a letter of intent to invest up to $1 billion in Indonesia as it seeks to...
Vietnam ports on sale to boost efficiency
The state-owned Vietnamese ports of Hai Phong, Da Nang, Quang Ninh, Ho Chi Minh City and Quy Nhon will see the sale of between...
Era of super-cheap labour in Asia ending
The time of "ridiculously cheap labour" in East Asia is over, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said recently after evaluating a series of minimum...
$4b refinery plant in Brunei approved
Chinese petrochemical company Zhejiang Hengyi has secured regulatory approval from China to build a planned $4.32 billion refinery complex in Brunei that will house...
Asian cities getting costlier
Increased demand for goods and services from burgeoning middle-class populations has shifted the comparative cost of living upwards for developing cities across Asia, many...
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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...