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Save or Splurge?
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 24/06/2019
» Millennials, or those born between 1980 and 2000, are the largest generation in history and they are revolutionising the norms of how we work, live and play. Today in Asia Pacific alone, there are over one billion millennials and their economic clout is growing.
The restless realtor
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 16/07/2018
» Robbie Antonio is restless. The Filipino entrepreneur is on a mission to disrupt the traditional real estate and property development business by democratising high-end architecture.
The battle for greener cities
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 16/07/2018
» Last week, images of Delhi residents wearing green saris and scarves and hugging tree trunks wrapped with cloth banners that read "Save Me" spread across social media. Citizens by the thousands had united to halt a government plan to develop residential projects that would axe thousands of trees in a single neighbourhood.
Where is everyone?
Life, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 02/07/2018
» Myanmar's gaudily peculiar capital Nay Pyi Taw, literally translated as "Abode of Kings", is one of the world's most bizarre cities -- a place for Myanmar bureaucrats and perhaps curious travellers. It is grandiose in scale, about 7,000km², or four times the size of Bangkok, but its official population is only one million. And it seems much less in reality.
Lessons from Sweden
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 18/06/2018
» Global anxiety over the impact of plastic waste has reached new heights since images emerged of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and, more recently, the sad tale of a pilot whale found dead in Thailand with eight kilogrammes of trash in its stomach.
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.
Yangon's real estate challenge
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 07/03/2016
» Myanmar has experienced dramatic changes economically and politically over the past few years. As foreign investors rush to set up shop in the newly open market, office space in the country's commercial capital is among the most expensive in the world.