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India’s urban illusions
Asia focus, Published on 19/08/2013
» Indian leaders often warn that they need to shift the majority of their country’s population — almost 70% — from rural to urban areas. “Our salvation,” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh claims, “lies in moving people out of agriculture.”
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Proven franchise ideas can help SMEs
Asia focus, Published on 19/08/2013
» Asean has fallen behind its own goals for building an economic community and should promote proven franchise models if it wants to avoid failing on its SME development objectives.
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Neglect complaint filed against NHRC
Online Reporters, Published on 19/08/2013
» The People's Radio Media for Democracy group on Monday filed a complaint with the Crime Suppression Division accusing five members of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of neglect of duty.
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Flying higher in Yangon
Asia focus, Published on 19/08/2013
» Yangon’s still-sleepy international airport has grown increasingly busy amid a growing tourist trade, a flood of Western diplomats and NGOs re-establishing themselves in Myanmar, and planeloads of corporate executives coming to see whether all the changes are real.
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From monopoly to three-way race: Pay TV comes of age in Malaysia
Asia focus, Published on 19/08/2013
» If there was one good thing that Rais Yatim did as minister of communications in the previous Malaysian government, it was to force the country’s broadcasters to share popular content.
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Wealthy Asians not finished shopping
Asia focus, Published on 19/08/2013
» After enjoying several boom years in Asia, the world’s top luxury brands have seen a sharp contraction in demand following the Chinese government’s crackdown on public officials’ extravagance and lavish gift-giving.
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Speaking in tongues
Asia focus, Published on 19/08/2013
» In the globalised world, being able to communicate in more than one language is becoming essential for many people seeking rewarding careers. Young Cambodians have taken this message to heart and are learning new tongues to improve their chances of success both at home and abroad.
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Healthy approach
Asia focus, Published on 19/08/2013
» The turning point that transformed Wichai Thongtang from a lawyer to a billionaire dealmaker was a legal case involving a failed securities company. It got him curious for the first time about how the stock market works, and what he learned has served him very well. But without his father’s desire to see his son study law in the first place, that turning point would never have happened.
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Economic growth outlook lowered
Published on 19/08/2013
» The National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) has trimmed its growth forecast for the year after it reported that the economy in the second quarter grew at a less-than-expected 2.8% year-on-year.
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Police officer gets 50 years for murder
Online Reporters, Published on 19/08/2013
» A former Special Branch police officer has been sentenced to life imprisonment for killing two of his own subordinates in 2011.
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