KUALA LUMPUR • Ageing Asia needs to put more women in the boardroom to maintain growth and competitiveness, a top recruiting agency said last Friday, as new figures showed 80 per cent of top jobs in key parts of the region are held by men. Men hold eight out of 10 senior roles in over […]
Read MoreAsia will be home to 60% of world’s over-65s by 2030, creating growth opportunities for business, says Deloitte, the global consultancy. The over-65 demographic in Asia will grow from 365 million in 2017 to more than 520 million in 2027, according to Deloitte’s Voice of Asia report released this week. While this creates emerging challenges […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: While aging population in Asia will create emerging challenges, it will at the same time generate a growth cluster of new business opportunities, according to Deloitte. Its third edition of the Voice of Asia series report revealed that by 2042 there will be more over 65s in Asia than the populations of the […]
Read MoreCanada has agreed to commence exploratory discussions on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the 10 member nations that make up Asean, according to an announcement by the Canada-Asean Business Council (CABC). The announcement comes after Canadian officials held consultation meetings with delegates of Asean member states during the ninth meeting of the Asean Economic […]
Read MoreNanning, China – China and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which includes the Philippines, are expected to enhance further the cooperation on investment and production in several fields as the city hosts the 14th China-ASEAN Expo (Caexpo). “Bilateral high-level forums on production capacity and investment cooperation will be held between China […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Asean will continue to offer strong economic opportunities, with the Republic in a plum position to benefit, Minister for Trade and Industry (Trade) Lim Hng Kiang told the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore (AmCham Singapore) and other business representatives on Tuesday (Sept 12). He said that there is “strong political will” to […]
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