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Indonesia: Govt Welcomes Investment in Coal Gasification

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The government welcomes investments in the coal-gas conversion (gasification) industry. The Industry Ministry’s director general of chemical, textile and various industries (IKTA) Achmad Sigit Dwiwahjono said Indonesia’s gasification potential is huge, considering the country’s large volume of low-grade coal reserves. “Low-grade coal can produce dimethyl ether, which can replace liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). […]

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Vietnam: Remittances support VN development

THE INCREASING quantity of remittances sent back home by overseas Vietnamese over the past few years has helped the country offset its trade deficit, reduce poverty and improve recipients’ living standards. Currently, nearly 4.5 million Vietnamese people are living and working in over 100 countries and territories around the world. In 2000, Vietnamese expatriates sent […]

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Malaysia: British and Malaysian firms seeking MVNA/MVNO partnerships with TOT

LYCAMOBILE AND ENABLING ASIA TECH IN APPROACHES TO STATE FIRM BRITISH COMPANY Lycamobile and Enabling Asia Tech from Malaysia have approached state telecoms company TOT on possible partnership deals, said Rungsun Channarukul, TOT’s senior executive vice president for the mobile unit. Lycamobile wants to be the state agency’s MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) partner, while […]

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Thailand: Ministry to encourage farmers to grow herbs

BID TO MEET HIGH DEMAND IN GLOBAL MARKET AND TO ALSO BOOST THE INCOME OF GROWERS WITH RISING global concerns about health and ageing societies, the Commerce Ministry has decided to promote Thai herbs internationally with the aim of increasing farmers’ income. Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn said that as the government had a policy to […]

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Myanmar: Garment firms focus on social responsibility

Unions are welcome, and could help garment factories improve their corporate social responsibility functions, a leading manufacturer has said. U Aung Myo Hein, central executive committee member of Myanmar Garment Manufacturers’ Association, told The Myanmar Times that many factories in Myanmar had missed out on the global shift toward increasing social compliance over the past […]

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