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Thailand: Honor raises local investment

Honor, a Chinese smartphone brand, is increasing investment in the Thai market by 50% to become a top-four player by 2021.  Thailand is projected to become a top 10 market for Honor by 2020, with the top 10 contributing half of total revenue outside of China for the company.  “Since Honor started selling smartphones in […]

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Cambodia’s H1 garment exports soar

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s garment exports grew by 10.73% in the first half of 2018 and are projected to remain strong despite a European Union threat to withdraw duty-free trading access, official data showed on Wednesday.  Cambodia exported $3.2 billion worth of garments in the first half of this year, compared to $2.9 billion for the same […]

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New competitiveness index ranks Asian countries

The World Economic Forum has released the latest version of its Global Competitiveness Index which saw differing fortunes for longstanding Asian giants. The 2018 edition of the World Economic Forum’s competitiveness Index saw China slip down in the rankings on the back of a slowing macroeconomic situation and longstanding barriers within the Chinese work force. […]

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Singapore on track to pursue industry 4.0 vision

SINGAPORE has been moving fast towards achieving industrial transformation by creating both soft and hardware infrastructures to support firms and workers to achieve industry 4.0. While Thailand and many other countries have adopted an industry 4.0 policy to harness disruptive technologies that will advance their economies, Singapore has been doing it in a systematic way. […]

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Bank Indonesia to launch DNDF transactions on Nov. 1

Bank Indonesia will introduce domestic non-deliverable forward (DNDF) transactions on Nov. 1, a policy that is expected to ease external pressure on the rupiah. BI monetary management executive director Nanang Hendarsah said 11 banks would be involved in a simulation for DNDF transactions. The banks are Bank Mandiri, BNI, BRI, BCA, HSBC, Maybank, Deutche Bank, […]

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