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Singapore hawkers feel the heat of spiking inflation
In Singapore, hawker centers are one segment of the service economy directly affected by the city-state’s rising inflation.
The famed low-cost eateries were forced to...
Cambodia considers high-speed railway lines
The Cambodian government is considering the development of high-speed railways to improve the country’s rail infrastructure, Prime Minister Hun Sen said in a speech...
Duterte administration registers 97% increase in investment
Investments registered with the Philippine Board of Investments (BOI) in November 2016 reached P28.5 billion, up by 97 per cent from only P14.4 billion...
Business bang in Indonesia: Dozens of sectors open for foreign investment
Indonesia is easing foreign investment rules in a large number of economic sectors in a bid to attract more foreign investment into the country....
Volvo to invest $23 million in Malaysia expansion
Swedish truck maker Volvo is investing $23 million to expand its network in Malaysia in the next three to five years.
Volvo Malaysia’s Managing Director...
Egypt start-up to take on traffic congestion problems
Egypt-based IT startup has developed a mobile car-sharing application to solve Cairo's complicated traffic problem, Wamda reported.
Hayk Hakobyan, one of three cofounders of KarTag, a...
Smart city networks market to reach $3.5b by 2020
According to a new report from Navigant Research, worldwide revenues from communication nodes for smart cities, and the infrastructure and services to support them,...
Morocco leads smart city trend in North Africa
Urban growth is pronounced in North Africa and Western Asia – a region that includes Middle East, Turkey and the Caucasus – where the UN Department...
First-of-its-kind apps gallery for smart cities launched
The Washington, DC-based Smart Cities Council, an industry coalition to advance smart city development and innovation, has announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind Smart...
Intelligent transportation vital for smart cities: Study
With more than two-thirds of the global population expected to live in urban contexts by 2050, the deployment of smart cities technologies and intelligent...
Singapore tops foreign investors in Myanmar
Singaporean has emerged as the largest foreign investor in Myanmar as companies from the city state have been expanding their investments in sectors such...
Indonesia prepares for Idul Fitri
One of Indonesia’s biggest national holidays is about to begin, and the country is buzzing with preparations. Idul Fitri is the Indonesian spelling of...
Thailand shifts investment incentive focus
Thailand's Board of Investment (BOI) has set up a new incentive policy that prioritises remote areas and border regions in the country, according to...
Removing obstacles on the way to ASEAN integration
What recently had happened close to Brunei’s border – the “invasion” of the Royal Army of Sulu in Sabah – is an object lesson of what kind of obscure problems the ASEAN integration is still facing.
Sarawak seen as major growth driver
The Malaysian state of Sarawak is to emerge as a main contributor to the nation’s growth by 2015, a study by Kuala Lumpur-based financial...
Aquino touts Philippine economic growth
Developmental progress in the Philippines has set new benchmarks, yet only represents the “tip of the iceberg,” President Benigno Aquino III said in his...
High potential
UK-based infrastructure firm Atkins is involved in the development linked to the World Cup 2022 to be hosted in Doha. Inside Investor met MD Rod Stewart.
UK to intensify trade with ASEAN
In its aim to put more emphasis on export and foreign direct investment in the wake of the euro zone crisis, Britain is focusing...
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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...