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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.
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’s new drunk-driving law slashes beer sales
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/01/2020
» HANOI: Vietnam’s new get-tough-on-drunk-driving law is reining in one of the world’s fastest-growing beer markets.
Mystery firm makes surprise bid for B39bn Hyflux debt
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/12/2019
» SINGAPORE: The saga of Hyflux Ltd, Singapore’s highest-profile debt restructuring case, just took another twist.
I’m no orangutan killer, says CEO trying to fix palm oil
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/12/2019
» SINGAPORE: Carl Bek-Nielsen, who’s about to give a tour of the palm oil plantations he runs in Malaysia, is reflecting on a story by the New York Times earlier this year about an orangutan that was shot 74 times and found close to death on an oil palm estate in Indonesia.
Malaysia to return 42 containers of waste to UK
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/11/2019
» Malaysia will return 42 containers of illegal plastic waste to the UK, which has agreed to take them back, as the Southeast Asian nation continues its fight against becoming the world’s dumping ground for trash.
Indonesian protests over new laws cloud business sentiment
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/09/2019
» JAKARTA: Protesters rallied for a third day in Indonesia against a number of controversial laws amid concern the violent public demonstrations risk damaging growth and stability in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy.
Trade war bolsters Chinese interest in Thailand
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/09/2019
» More Chinese manufacturers are looking to Thailand as a production base to avoid US tariffs, based on trends in demand for industrial estates.
Haze leaves Indonesians, Malaysians gasping for air
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/09/2019
» JAKARTA: Indonesia opened temporary clinics to treat thousands of people suffering from acute respiratory illness in the haze struck regions as authorities stepped up efforts to douse forest and peatland fires threatening air quality in parts of Southeast Asia.
Malaysia shuts 400 schools as haze spreads
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/09/2019
» SINGAPORE/JAKARTA: Malaysia closed more than 400 schools, citing unhealthy air quality as smoke and ash from raging forest fires in Indonesia spread to more areas in countries from Thailand to the Philippines.