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Singapore’s Scoot to start some routes lost by Jetstar Asia exit
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/06/2025
» SINGAPORE — Singapore Airlines Limited and its budget carrier Scoot will launch new routes and increase existing flight frequencies beginning in August, a spokesperson said, filling gaps left by the exit of Qantas Airways Ltd's Jetstar Asia.
Hainan Adventure: Technology Accelerates Agricultural Exports
Published on 21/04/2025
» “Where can you taste the first lychee from China? In Hainan!” said Hu Liuwen, a major lychee grower from Ledong, Hainan. In the “Osmanthus Fragrance” lychee orchard in Wanchong Town, Ledong, workers are busy harvesting lychees, showcasing a scene of abundance. Thanks to advantageous varieties and meticulous management, this year’s lychee is thriving, with buyers from various regions pre-ordering the fruit before it has borne fruit.
Amway aims to boost sales of dietary supplements
Business, Kuakul Mornkum, Published on 25/06/2024
» Amway Thailand expects flat growth for the direct sales industry this year, but the company aims to increase its sales of dietary supplements as more consumers are health-conscious following the pandemic.
Joined at the hip
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 22/01/2024
» The Thai tourism industry posted a disappointing result in terms of arrivals from China last year, recording only 3.5 million visitors, falling far short of the original goal of 5-7 million.
Study reveals world's most expensive cities
Reuters, Published on 30/11/2023
» HONG KONG - Singapore and Zurich tied for the world's most expensive city this year, followed by Geneva, New York and Hong Kong, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) said on Thursday as it cautioned that the global cost-of-living crisis was not yet over.
FDI to fuel a China-Asean shared future
Business, Giorgio Gamba and Mark Wang, Published on 13/06/2023
» In 2013, President Xi Jinping announced an initiative for China to work with Asean countries for a 21st century Maritime Silk Road to build a closer China-Asean community with a shared future.
AstraZeneca China boss pledges to ‘love the Communist Party’
Reuters, Published on 19/05/2023
» BEIJING: The global drugmaker AstraZeneca will seek to be a patriotic company in China that “loves the Communist Party”, its China president said on Friday.
US blacklists more Chinese tech firms
Business, Alexandra Alper, Published on 17/12/2022
» The Biden administration on Thursday added Chinese memory chipmaker Yangtze Memory Technologies Co Ltd (YMTC) and 21 "major" Chinese players in the artificial intelligence chip sector to a trade blacklist, broadening its crackdown on China's chip industry.
Starbucks shuts two China outlets after reports they used expired ingredients
Reuters, Published on 13/12/2021
» BEIJING: US coffee chain Starbucks said on Monday it had shut two outlets in China and was conducting an investigation after a state-backed newspaper reported that they used expired ingredients to make drinks, violating food safety rules.
Merck’s Covid pill sparks Asia vaccine shares selloff
Bloomberg News, Published on 04/10/2021
» SINGAPORE: The price of shares in makers of vaccines and other coronavirus treatments dropped in Asia on Monday after Merck & Co said its experimental pill cuts the risk of hospitalization and death from Covid-19 in half.