Less than a century ago, most products in Asia were made mainly from natural materials, and were built to last or to biodegrade easily. People wrapped food in leaves or paper and carried it in reusable containers, returned glass milk bottles so that they could be sterilised and used again, and ate in restaurants using […]
Read MoreThe mechanisation of the sugar cane sector, in particular in the harvesting of sugar cane, remains low across Southeast Asia relative to other major producing markets, namely Brazil, other countries in South America and India and China. Thailand transformed from being a net importer of combine harvester-threshers and other harvesting machinery in 2011, to a […]
Read MoreTHE revival of domestic travel will support South-east Asian tourism in the near term. But the sector still awaits a return of Chinese tourists, who made up one-quarter of arrivals before the Covid-19 pandemic, a new report has observed. Yuwanee Prommaporn, Thailand hotels and tourism analyst at Maybank Kim Eng, called Chinese visitorship “important to […]
Read MoreASEAN and the European Union (EU) have negotiated the world’s first bloc-to-bloc air transport agreement, liberalising air transport by giving airlines of both regions greater opportunities to operate passenger and cargo services, Singapore’s Ministry of Transport (MOT) announced on Friday. Negotiations for the Asean-EU Comprehensive Air Transport Agreement (AE CATA) were completed at the Extraordinary […]
Read MoreVisa, the leader in digital payments, has set its focus on strengthening payments security as consumer behaviour evolves during the pandemic. Addressing more than 1,500 partners and clients in its first virtual edition of the Asia Pacific Visa Security Summit last week, Visa stressed the need for robust payment experiences in a changing commerce environment. […]
Read MoreWhile the US, China and Europe fast track their economic recoveries, Cambodia and other Asia-Pacific countries face a longer road back to pre-pandemic levels, according to a Moody’s Analytics report. The report looked at several factors contributing to countries’ ability to rebound from the pandemic, including vaccine rates, exports and inflation. Exports and Covid-19 containment […]
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