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Myanmar: Planning and finance minister hints at favouring import substitution

The administration will focus on supporting the developments of local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) through measures such as tackling illegal trade, boosting export-oriented businesses and improving industrial zones, according to the vice president, the minister of the Ministry of Planning and Finance and Yangon Region’s chief minister. Notably, the planning and finance minister also […]

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Singapore now world’s second-largest shark fin trader

Despite various moves here in recent years, such as hotels removing shark’s fin from their restaurant menus, for example, Singapore has moved up the ranks to become the world’s second-biggest trader of the product, a report has found. Traffic, a wildlife-trade monitoring network, and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), which published the report, […]

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