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  • BUSINESS

    Education for life

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 25/10/2016

    » With 17 years of experience as a deputy head teacher at Shrewsbury School in the United Kingdom and 11 more years as principal at Shrewsbury International School in Bangkok, Stephen Holroyd can point to many notable successes as an administrator. But even as he prepares for a new role building the Shrewsbury brand across Asia, he remains a teacher at heart.

  • BUSINESS

    Luxury goods get a second life online

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 23/01/2017

    » In the constantly changing world of fashion, what's new can quickly become old and get shuffled to the back of the closet and forgotten. But some styles endure forever, and that is fuelling the growth of the second-hand vintage fashion business online.

  • BUSINESS

    The road not taken

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 20/02/2017

    » Long before "connectivity" emerged as the all-purpose buzzword to describe the goal of regional integration, an ambitious plan was hatched for a land route from the Andaman to the South China Sea via Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. As good roads took shape, industries and economic development would follow. At least, that was the idea.

  • BUSINESS

    Good neighbours

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 27/03/2017

    » Exports from Thailand and Malaysia will continue to grow thanks to the rapid economic expansion driving demand in the CLMV (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam) countries and weak currencies, while economic recovery in both countries will continue to support bilateral trade, say experts.

  • OPINION

    Rape shows DLT needs to up cabbie vetting

    News, Erich Parpart, Published on 29/04/2017

    » Why was a twice-convicted rapist driving a taxi? This is the first question that popped into my mind when I heard that a taxi driver in Bangkok, whom the police said admitted to raping a Brazilian woman late on Tuesday night, was actually convicted of rape in 2008 and again in 2013 but still managed to become a cab driver, taking countless female passengers who could have been anyone's mother, sister or daughter.

  • BUSINESS

    Rolling out worldwide

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 15/05/2017

    » India's largest tyre maker, Apollo Tyres, has chosen the United States, the world's largest automotive market, as its next new production site after successfully establishing its brand and production facilities in Europe.

  • BUSINESS

    Can you dig it?

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 16/10/2017

    » Asia's most ambitious never-built megaproject is back in the news, this time with some high-powered backing and the potential to be blessed by China as part of its Belt and Road programme. But that won't make building a canal across Thailand any easier.

  • BUSINESS

    Comfort zone

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 13/11/2017

    » The very first question I asked Roland Hoehn was one that had been burning inside me for a long time: why is it that almost every time I go to a hotel, no matter whether it's three stars or five, it's so hard to get decent warm water from the shower?

  • BUSINESS

    Delivering success

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 11/12/2017

    » Asia's first driverless trucks began operating in October at the ExxonMobil plant on Jurong Island in Singapore, while fleets of autonomous delivery vehicles are expected to get rolling on Great Britain's motorways next year. These are just some of the headline-making developments in the brave new world of transport being promoted by the likes of Google, Tesla, Uber and major vehicle manufacturers.

  • THAILAND

    Aviation hub potential exists but work must be done

    News, Erich Parpart, Published on 24/12/2017

    » Despite the strong foundation of its well-established automotive industry, Thailand still requires decades of investment in personnel, expertise and research and development (R&D) before the country can properly enter the race to become an aviation hub in Asean.

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