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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 2/2
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The report concerns the economic outlook of the countries with fast economic growth in Asia – Pacific including China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. The accountancy firm said that although the country will focus its policies ...

My Life: Shoba Narayan on rice
The National
Colours range from brown rice to Chinese black rice, to Indonesian purple and pink rice. White rice is the most popular. Far East Asians like a sticky texture, while Arabic cultures prefer separate, somewhat undercooked grains. India used to have more ...

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 30/1
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He said the domestic cement industry cannot compete with its Chinese, Thai, and Indonesian counterparts since the latter all have had their production lines reach complete depreciation. “Meanwhile, Vietnamese manufacturers are still burdened by ...

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The Express Tribune
MFN and beyond: Wisdom of neighbourly foreign policy
The Express Tribune
And right in our own backyard, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), founded in 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Singapore for regional peace and promotion of economic, social, cultural and scientific cooperation, ...

Public sector ICT in ASEAN: a tale of five cities
FutureGov Magazine (blog)
We now have specialists covering Indonesia, The Philippines, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Hong Kong, mainland China - and are about to put the last piece of the jigsaw puzzle in place with the recruitment of an analyst covering Malaysia.

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India mulls visa-on-arrival for Malaysians
The Borneo Post
PETALING JAYA: Travel to the United States and India is going to be less tedious – in terms of applying for visas. With both countries being among the top destinations for Malaysians, travel industry officials, visa agents and frequent visitors ...

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Yampu Tours Expands Its Products to Offer New Tours in India, Asia, Southeast ...
PR.com (press release)
Stowe, VT, January 24, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Yampu Tours expands its products to offer new tours in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Indonesia, Malaysia/Singapore, South Africa, Zambia, Namibia, ...

India mulls visa-on-arrival for Malaysians *new!
The Borneo Post
At present, VoA is only offered to 11 countries — Finland, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Singapore, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Laos and Myanmar. The Indian home ministry will work closely with its Asean and EU counterparts to ...

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The Malaysian Insider
India mulls visa-on-arrival for Malaysia
The Malaysian Insider
At present, VoA is only offered to 11 countries — Finland, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Singapore, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Laos and Myanmar. The Indian home ministry will work closely with its Asean and EU counterparts to ...
Soon, 13 more countries to be on visas on arrival listEconomic Times

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The Malaysian Insider
13 more nations to get visas on arrival
Times of India
Countries that could be offered visas on arrival include Malaysia, Thailand, Brunei, Spain, France, Germany, Sweden, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Brazil and South Africa. NEW DELHI: The number of nations whose citizens are eligible for visas on arrival ...
India mulls visa-on-arrival for MalaysiaThe Malaysian Insider

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Malaysia Star
Your 10 questions with Mark Lankester
Malaysia Star
... our new hotels will mainly open in Asia and the UK. Malaysia, India, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia and the UK are key areas of focus within the year but we are in development in Australia and Europe too. Cambodia, Vietnam and Yangon are on ...

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Focus Taiwan News Channel
Talk of the Day – More foreign students pursing degrees in Taiwan
Focus Taiwan News Channel
An in-depth study shows that students from Vietnam tend to study international trade, those from Thailand focus on pursuing an MBA. Students from Indonesia and Malaysia are mostly ethnic Chinese who usually opt for the humanities, social sciences, ...

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'Bobby' Adhitomo takes fifth Faldo Series
Jakarta Post
The 2011/2012 Faldo Series Asia features 17 tournaments in 13 countries, including China, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, Hong Kong, Brunei, Chinese Taipei, Pakistan, India, Malaysia and Indonesia. Founded by former English ...

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 17/1
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"The World in 2050," a report by HSBC economist Karen Ward, forecasts that by 2050, Vietnam will surpass its Southeast Asian counterpart Singapore in term of gross domestic product (GDP). Particularly, the country will be ranked 41st, with GDP topping ...

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The Nation
The Arab Spring and the model of Islam in SE Asia
The Nation
Three Southeast Asian countries - Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei - have Muslim majority populations, while Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, Burma, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam have Muslim minority populations. Islam is the official religion of ...

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Thailand started off 2012 strongly
Focus on Travel News
The top five ASEAN countries for arrivals include, Malaysia with over 2 million arrivals (up 16%), followed by Lao PDR with 821000 arrivals (up 26%), Singapore with 592000 arrivals (up 14%), Vietnam with 475000 arrivals (up 37%), and Indonesia with ...

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Bangkok Post
All packed up and many places to go
Bangkok Post
Sanyawadee Tiaprasert sells wholesale packages to foreign travel agents but goes backpacking two or three times a year to countries like Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. She has also been to New Zealand, Malaysia and Burma on educational or company trips, ...

eTurboNews
With demand softening from Europe, ASEAN lures at Asia
eTurboNews
According to preliminary figures, foreign travelers to ASEAN countries (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) posted a healthy 7.4 percent growth, more than the world's average. ...
ASEAN touted as single destination for tourist travelJakarta Post

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Phuketwan
No Room for Phuket Private Jets; Naked Tribal Video Alarm; Yingluck for Phuket ...
Phuketwan
It shifted its information technology centre from Melbourne to Singapore a year ago, and its global sales team will make a similar move in the coming weeks. dpa Malaysia Airlines pilot Thiagu Supramaniam, 30, was charged in a Sydney court over the ...

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 13/1
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"Viet Nam is one of the world's fastest growing travel destinations and is becoming an increasingly important market for us," said Risnandi, senior general manager, Area Asia, Garuda Indonesia. Vietnamese enterprises, particularly small- and ...

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