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  • BUSINESS

    Fresh optimism in KL

    Asia focus, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 11/09/2017

    » Anyone who visits Kuala Lumpur these days will feel the vibe of optimism, in the form of construction that is humming along across the capital city. The Malaysian government is injecting massive sums to develop transport infrastructure -- an element the country lacks in comparison with close neighbours Singapore or even Thailand.

  • BUSINESS

    Asean 4.0

    Asia focus, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 25/09/2017

    » The world is in the midst of a digital transformation, and so is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). The region of 630 million people has become a strategic battleground for the digital economy, in which established tech giants and startups alike are trying to seize market opportunities.

  • BUSINESS

    Tough-talking Najib defends economic record, assails rivals

    Asia focus, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 31/07/2017

    » Buoyed by his country's strong economic performance, embattled Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is sounding these days like a man vindicated. He is going on the offensive to sell the Malaysian growth story to investors worldwide, and to persuade domestic voters that his governing coalition deserves another term to keep the momentum going.

  • OPINION

    A helping hand for our wasted food

    News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 12/07/2017

    » Every time I visit a supermarket, I am bemused by the sight of microwave meals such as fried rice or kao ka prao gai wrapped neatly in plastic containers. A question that always pops in my mind is: Why do we (Thais) have to consume these ready-made foods?

  • OPINION

    Death comes too easy in our land of perils

    News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 28/06/2017

    » Thai society is lamenting the tragic death of five people who fell into a wastewater treatment pond at Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc's (CPF) poultry processing plant last week.

  • BUSINESS

    Pride of Place

    Asia focus, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 12/06/2017

    » At first glance, exotic names such as Champagne, Roquefort cheese or pricey Cambodian Kampot pepper may seem like little more than catchy branding to attract epicures who associate fine dining with products that have unique origins.

  • BUSINESS

    Greening the palm oil supply chain

    Asia focus, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 08/05/2017

    » 2016 will be remembered as the year of clear blue skies and clean air in the southern peninsula of Southeast Asia. For the first time in nearly two decades, choking haze from fires set to clear land for oil palm plantations was reduced significantly, in keeping with a promise made by Indonesian President Joko Widodo.

  • BUSINESS

    Sweet success

    Asia focus, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 27/03/2017

    » Does life really resemble a box of chocolates, as Forrest Gump observed, in which you never know what you're going to get? In terms of surprise and unpredictability, life could be more like the chocolate industry.

  • WORLD

    BDMS unit opens medical lab in Yangon

    Business, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 16/03/2017

    » YANGON: National Healthcare System Co Ltd (N Health), a healthcare business unit under Bangkok Dusit Medical Services Plc (BDMS), launched a medical laboratory in Yangon on Monday with local partners to tap growing opportunities there.

  • WORLD

    Prognosis: Improving

    Asia focus, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 03/04/2017

    » Two decades ago, the healthcare system of Myanmar was best described as comatose. It had been in declining condition since independence from Britain in the late 1940s. Envisioned as offering free primary healthcare, the system failed to do so in practice and languished because of a lack of investment as the country grew increasingly isolated under Ne Win and subsequent military leaders. In 2000, the World Health Organization (WHO) ranked the healthcare system in Myanmar 190th out of 191 countries.

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