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A question of discipline
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 09/03/2015
» The Thai economy expanded by just 0.7% last year, the slowest pace in three years, while household debt rose the most in Asia and will continue to rise further to 88% of gross domestic product (GDP) this year, according to the Bank of Thailand.
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Owe what a feeling
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 09/03/2015
» The rapid accumulation of household debt seen in Asia over the past five years has triggered concerns about the prospect of a financial crisis similar to the one in 2007 caused by the bursting of the housing bubble in the United States.
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The open skies challenge
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 11/05/2015
» Asean officially declared its skies open on Jan 1 this year, a year ahead of the formation of the broader Asean Economic Community. But the reality on the ground — or in the air in this case — does not yet match the rhetoric about a fully liberalised aviation market.
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Bittersweet harvest
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 18/05/2015
» A need to overcome scarcity and the lack of arable land has driven Israel to develop some of the world's most advanced agricultural practices and technologies. As a result it is able to produce almost all of the food its 8 million people need and have more left over to export.
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Mixed fortunes abroad
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 18/05/2015
» When 30 Thai workers showed up at Suvarnabhumi Airport one evening last week, they were expecting to receive plane tickets for Australia where high-paying jobs picking grapes awaited them.
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Standing out in the crowd
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 28/09/2015
» Despite some panic on the ripple effects from the Chinese currency depreciation, the global luxury sector will remain unfazed driven by rising disposable incomes and continuing influx of Chinese outbound tourists, experts have suggested.
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Right products for the right markets the key in Asean
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 19/10/2015
» Unfazed by the fierce competition in Southeast Asia's largest automotive market, Apollo Tyres Ltd rolled into Thailand two years ago, hoping to present another side of Indian brands and create a space for itself within Asean.
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Make way for the millennials
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 09/11/2015
» Growing up in the world where it seems impossible to live without digital devices, millennials have new sets of expectations in the workplace and global companies must keep pace to recruit and retain these new talents.
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Vietnam awaits
Business, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 28/12/2015
» The wait-and-see moment in Vietnam is over. Investors are being told that now is the time to take the plunge in one of Southeast Asia’s most promising economies.
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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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