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Southeast Asia factories fire up as China reopens
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/02/2023
» JAKARTA: Asia’s manufacturers are improving at the start of the year as the region becomes more optimistic about how China’s re-opening might help offset an otherwise gloomy outlook for the rest of the world.
Asian factories still under pressure as demand slows
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/01/2023
» SINGAPORE: Asia’s manufacturers remained under pressure in December as activity continued to contract under the weight of slowing global demand.
Thailand eyes closer Saudi ties in Prince’s first official visit
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/11/2022
» Thailand and Saudi Arabia are set to sign agreements to elevate diplomatic and investment ties, when Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman makes the first official visit by a top Saudi royal family member to the Southeast Asian country in more than three decades.
Jack Ma gives up power, escapes Beijing’s crosshairs
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/07/2022
» Jack Ma is taking a weeks-long tour in Europe after largely disappearing from public view for almost two years, adding to signs that China’s government is easing pressure on the entrepreneur as he steps back from a business empire that had made him one of the country’s most powerful people.
Singapore, New Zealand agree to enhance climate cooperation
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/04/2022
» Singapore and New Zealand have agreed to enhance cooperation on a range of climate issues, ranging from low carbon technology to sustainable aviation initiatives, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday.
Outlook brightens for Southeast Asia factories as virus eases
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/03/2022
» Manufacturing activity kicked into a higher gear in Southeast Asia as nations overcame Omicron-led virus outbreaks while factories in the euro area saw demand increase.
EU sanctions Myanmar oil firm for providing resources to junta
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/02/2022
» The European Union imposed fresh sanctions against Myanmar’s military regime, focusing on a lucrative state-owned oil and gas company that has been a key source of revenue for the junta more than a year after the coup - and a partner of Thailand's PTT.
Unvaccinated risk losing jobs in Singapore
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/01/2022
» Workers in Singapore who refuse to be inoculated against Covid-19 may risk losing their jobs as new restrictions on office access take effect.
Protestors expose the stark reality of climate progress at COP26
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/11/2021
» The parade of announcements this week from world leaders, finance figures and climate diplomats at the COP26 summit culminated in a weekend parade of protesters through Glasgow, Scotland. The message from the thousands carrying placards around the venue of the meeting is one most insiders would agree with: The progress is still not enough to avoid catastrophe.
Tencent shares dive after Chinese media brand online games ‘spiritual opium’
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/08/2021
» Tencent Holdings Ltd dived as much as 11% Tuesday after an offshoot of China’s official news agency decried the “spiritual opium” and “electronic drugs” of games, stoking fears Beijing will next set its sights on online entertainment.