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Fear stalks Hong Kong sex workers after grisly murders
AFP, Published on 05/11/2014
» Even on a weekday night, the bars of Hong Kong's Wanchai red-light district are teeming -- stern-looking "mama-sans" supervise young women in miniskirts enticing punters with calls of "Hey handsome" and "Let's party".
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World Bank changes tack to face new challengers
AFP, Published on 21/04/2013
» Global warming, a new offensive against poverty -- the World Bank has overhauled its agenda to prove its relevance in the face of competition from rich emerging nations, notably China.
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Euro unemployment at new high
AFP, Published on 08/01/2013
» European unemployment has hit an unacceptable high, as one national leader put it on Tuesday, with dire figures in Spain highlighting a growing north-south divide that experts warn will only get worse.
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Getting it right from Step one
Life, Published on 18/10/2012
» There is very little to question about whether businesses should adopt CSR, as others expect it and even demand it as an inevitability instead of just striving for maximum profits.
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Rethinking Thailand's growth strategy
News, Published on 11/07/2012
» Economists around the world and over the years have drawn a myriad of solutions to eradicate poverty, yet all were to no avail. A multitude of growth theories from past to present have been followed by the governments of numerous developing economies, but only a handful have been successful in generating high incomes for citizens.
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Asean needs solid framework
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 05/06/2012
» As Asean countries accept that differences exist in comparative advantages, ensuring supportive financial structures will be important for future growth, according to speakers at the World Economic Forum on East Asia.
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Asia moves closer to Latin America
News, Published on 04/05/2012
» We often think of globalisation as a modern phenomenon, but Asia and Latin America were vibrant trading partners nearly five centuries ago. Spanish trading galleons sailed regularly across the Pacific Ocean between Manila and Acapulco, trading spices and silk from India and China for silver from vast mines in Mexico and Peru. The ties between what was known as the East Indies and the West Indies were deep and profitable.
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Pace of reform should be steady and sure
News, Published on 04/05/2012
» Myanmar's successful by-elections and Aung San Suu Kyi's landslide victory deservedly captured the international headlines a fortnight ago.
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Delhi woos Asean investors
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 23/04/2012
» Fast-growing India will remain attractive to investors given the vast amount of infrastructure investment in the pipeline to sustain high growth and improve income distribution, says Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairman of India's Planning Commission.
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Stigmatised over a card
News, Ranjana Wangvipula, Published on 07/04/2012
» Amid raucous music and the wild cries of his rambunctious patrons, Mongfa withdraws into his shell to contemplate what might have been.
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