TEMPO.CO, Seattle – Lee Lik Hsin, CEO of Singapore Airlines subsidiary Scoot operating in Jakarta, Surabaya, and Denpasar, revealed that he had been in communications with Indonesian authorities. Lee added that Indonesian officials had visited Scoot to discuss flights. However, Lee did not reveal whether his company is planning to serve new flight routes outside the […]
Read MoreMALAYSIA is increasingly sounding like a country of economic corridors. And going by size, the latest inclusion in the corridor list is no small deal. Called the Malaysia Vision Valley (MVV), it will span 379,000 acres, or twice the size of Singapore, and is focused on a variety of industries, including healthcare, education and tourism. […]
Read MoreDESPITE recording a contraction of 2.5 per cent last year, Brunei Darussalam’s economy is projected to recover gradually in 2017 on back of progress in the maintenance and refurbishment works at oil and gas production facilities and establishment of a slew of large foreign direct investment (FDI) projects. Brunei’s growth prospects in the next few […]
Read MoreIn order to achieve modernisation, Vietnam is determined to attract more investment for higher value-added or high-tech industries. Vietnam’s current economic prosperity has been driven by the country’s expanding industrial activities. But these have also sparked concern about the resulting pollution and its impact on the environment. The Vietnamese government has begun to screen out […]
Read MoreWhen we think about future skills, we need to consider the uniqueness of the 10 countries within ASEAN – a bloc that is home to more than 600 million people. Technology has been transforming lives for hundreds of years – from steam engines, automation and machines, to progressively becoming an intimate part of humankind through […]
Read MoreYANGON (REUTERS) – Uber Technologies is only hiring government-accredited taxi drivers in Myanmar, a regional executive said, a move that allows it to avoid the legal hurdles that have dogged it across Asia in one of the region’s last frontier markets. This partnership with local taxi drivers and their unions is unique to Myanmar, Sam […]
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