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Restless art

Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 30/05/2016

» It's a rainy evening in Hong Kong and Keith Griffiths needs a little Friday boost. "Is it Happy Day today? Have we got wine today?" he jokingly asks a subordinate on the phone before explaining to an unfamiliar face across the table that there's usually an office gathering every other Friday with an open bar.

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Power on

Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 04/04/2016

» Electronic sensors, cloud computing and data storage have never been cheaper, thanks to plummeting technology costs. That is helping the power industry to capitalise on scarce energy supplies and broaden access to affordable, reliable and sustainable electricity at a much lower cost.

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Digital movers and shakers

Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 04/04/2016

» Digital transformation has become an inescapable fact of modern life, with rapidly decreasing technology costs and staggering innovations changing the way we live, work and relate to one another. From intelligent robots to big data to cloud computing, change is happening at lightning speed and all organisations have no choice but to jump on board, as quickly as possible.

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Emerging markets still contain pockets of opportunity

Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 28/03/2016

» The slowing pace of US interest-rate increases and stronger-than-expected stimulus from the European Central Bank are feeding a more optimistic view of the long-term global economic recovery, with analysts seeing some bright investment spots in Asian emerging markets.

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Youth movement

Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 21/03/2016

» The cooperative partnership between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and Korea has progressed at an impressive pace in the past few decades in every dimension from trade and investments to people-to-people links.

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The hidden epidemic

Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 08/02/2016

» Kavee was 15 years old and experiencing all the joys and challenges of teenage life, but his heart sank when he saw his HIV test result.

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Price of prevention

Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 08/02/2016

» A decades-long effort to promote condom use and regular HIV testing in Asia has been falling short in many countries, as evidenced in high infection rates among pockets of high-risk people, in particular men who have sex with men (MSM) and sex workers.

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Man of the people

Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 08/02/2016

» There are no traces of pretense or vanity about Michel Sidibé. When he enters a room, laughter and high spirits take over. His simple attire underlines his humility and his ebullient manner speaks to the joy he takes in being around others and helping them.

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Turning ideas into reality

Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 18/01/2016

» Few things sound more appealing than being able to give someone a business card bearing your name followed by "founder", "co-founder" or "chief executive officer" of a firm you nurtured. But the hard truth is that chances of success in the entrepreneurial world of the 21st century are wafer-thin -- statistics show that 90% or more of start-ups fail.

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Hunting the Unicorn

Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 18/01/2016

» Welcome to the world of Unicorns -- the venture capital-backed companies worth US$1 billion or more. It's no surprise that a mythical creature has come to symbolise the hype surrounding many technology-focused businesses that will never live up to their investors' expectations.