Singapore, as the new ASEAN chair, is confident that ASEAN’s prospects are bright for the next 50 years. Speaking at a public lecture on ASEAN at the Yusof Ishak Institute on Tuesday, Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrisnan said that had ASEAN not been formed 50 years ago, the region would have become a collection of […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE: Next year marks an ominous turning point for Singapore’s graying population, according to research by Francis Tan, an economist at United Overseas Bank Ltd. in Singapore. In 2018, the share of the population that’s 65 years and older will match those younger than 15 for the first time, Tan wrote in a report on […]
Read MorePETALING JAYA: The Malaysian equities’ outlook is expected to be less promising post-14th general election (GE14), according to UOB Kay Hian Malaysia Research. However, equities on Bursa Malaysia are likely to outperform in the first quarter of 2018 (Q1’18), amid the anticipation of a general election, firm domestic economic indicators and ample global and domestic […]
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