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What does 8% growth mean when thousands are still dying?
Bloomberg News, Published on 05/07/2021
» A tidy financial centre of 5.7 million people is gradually preparing for life after the pandemic, as vaccination rates increase, social distancing measures ease and residents once again dare to daydream about leisure travel.
Cruise ships stack up in Sydney Harbour as ports barred
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/03/2020
» SYDNEY: Australia's iconic Sydney Harbour is starting to resemble a parking lot for cruise ships.
In Phuket, Indians ride to rescue as China visits ebb
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/07/2019
» The country’s struggling tourism industry is finding support with visitors from the population colossus to the west, just as the years of bumper arrivals from the giant to the north are beginning to wane.
Frantic phone call failed to halt South China Sea territorial spat
News, Bloomberg News, Published on 24/03/2016
» Hours after reports of a confrontation between a Chinese coastguard ship and an Indonesian vessel in the South China Sea, a top Chinese diplomat called an Indonesian government official with a plea: Don't tell the media. We are friends after all.
Philippine island of 120 stares down China’s military might
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/07/2015
» MANILA — On a clear night, the Filipinos who live on Pagasa Island — a speck in the vast South China Sea — can see the floodlights from giant Chinese cranes working around the clock, dredging sand to build on a nearby reef.
High rates spark fears of deflation
Bloomberg News, Published on 14/01/2015
» Asia’s rapid accumulation of debt in recent years is holding back central banks from easing monetary policy to fight the risk of deflation, endangering private investment needed to boost faltering growth, according to Morgan Stanley.
Vote tally starts in Indonesia
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/07/2014
» Indonesia’s election commission began the task of tallying about 140 million votes to meet a two-week deadline to announce the winner of the country’s closest-ever presidential election after both candidates claimed victory.
Thai society’s chasm 'must be bridged'
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/05/2014
» Thailand’s societal "chasm" needs to be bridged to bring stability to Southeast Asia’s second- biggest economy after the military took power, according to Singapore Foreign Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam.
Luxury yachts find Asian buyers
Bloomberg News, Published on 02/10/2013
» Singapore businessman Adrian Lee Chye Cheng, 33, is the super-yacht industry's dream come true.
Asylum seekers say 98 died at sea
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/02/2013
» Rohingya asylum seekers rescued by the Sri Lankan navy earlier this week told police that 98 people died during the voyage that began two months ago.