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Flight searches out of Hong Kong jump 290% with Bangkok top pick
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/08/2022
» Online searches for flights out of Hong Kong surged by 290% in the 24 hours after the government announced shorter hotel quarantine requirements on Monday, according to travel company Expedia Group.
Warren Buffett’s last lunch auction draws record $19m bid
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/06/2022
» Warren Buffett has cemented his legacy as one of the most expensive lunch guests of all time.
Bank of Thailand head says virus fight may need 1 trillion baht more
Bloomberg News, Published on 16/08/2021
» The governor of the Bank of Thailand (BoT) has called for an additional 1 trillion baht in government spending to counter coronavirus, saying the blow to the economy from the pandemic is greater than from the Asian financial crisis in 1997.
Most Indonesians want vaccinations but lack access
Bloomberg News, Published on 02/08/2021
» Most Indonesians cited a lack of available doses as the reason why they’re not vaccinated against Covid-19.
Hotel tycoon says crisis is worst he’s seen
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/04/2020
» Bill Heinecke thought he’d seen it all in a decades-long career running hotels: the Asian and global financial crises, Sars and military coups in his adopted home, Thailand. But the current pandemic tops all that, he says.
Singapore tops 10,000 virus cases as worker infections rise
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/04/2020
» The total number of coronavirus cases in Singapore exceeded 10,000 on Wednesday as infections among migrant workers living in dormitories continued to surge.
Vaccines in development hit 70, deaths top 114,000: Virus update
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/04/2020
» Seventy coronavirus vaccines are in development globally, with three already being tested in human trials, the World Health Organization said. The northeastern Chinese city of Harbin tightened rules to curb the spread of the virus.
Deaths top 2,000, Chinese workers unpaid: Virus update
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/02/2020
» Hong Kong had a second fatality from the coronavirus while China’s death toll from the outbreak went past 2,000.
Pariah ship heads to Cambodia, deaths hit 1,115: Virus update
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/02/2020
» The impact of the coronavirus continues to spread, as Japan found new infections on a cruise ship while a major bank in Singapore evacuated 300 employees from an office floor after a worker tested positive.
Vietnam tops list of winners from US-China trade war
Bloomberg News, Published on 04/06/2019
» SINGAPORE: Vietnam is by far the biggest winner from the US-China trade war so far as importers look to divert their orders to bypass higher tariffs.