Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Preferring to Neither Sink or Swim Jokowi Pulls the Plug on Jakarta: Asean’s Sinking Cities Last week the head of Indonesia’s National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), Bambang […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Beijing now calls the shots in the South China Sea, and the US and Asean must accept this for lasting peace The contest for the perceptual domination […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Singapore Tops First Asia-Pacific University Rankings: Malaysia Rising Five Asean countries are represented in the first edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) Asia-Pacific University Rankings, with […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu ASEAN’s manufacturing index comes in flat as demand wanes After five months of expansion, Southeast Asia’s manufacturing activity turned flat in June, with the Nikkei ASEAN Manufacturing […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu PH to outperform growth in Asean — BMI Research The Philippines, together with Myanmar and Vietnam, are expected to post the fastest economic growth in Asean mainly […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu June manufacturing PMI hits record low Malaysia’s Nikkei Manufacturing Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI) for June hit its lowest in five years since data for the index was […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu ASEAN PMI falls to 50.0 in June The Nikkei ASEAN Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index, or PMI, fell to 50.0 in June from 50.5 in May. — Nikkei […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Southeast Asia’s new-car sales rise 5% in May New-car sales in Southeast Asia’s six major markets climbed 5% on the year to 281,366 vehicles in May, about […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Asia-Africa-Europe 1 cable system launches The consortium behind the Asia-Africa-Europe 1 (AAE-1) subsea cable system has announced the launch of the new cable, with services commencing from […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Benefits abound if SMEs in Asean tap technology The advent of technology, mechanisation, digital connectivity and digitalisation has benefited the business ecosystem among Association of South-east Asian […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Asean Property Market Q1: Thailand an Island in Stormy Seas Figures assembled by international real estate firm Knight Frank show that in the first quarter of this […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Asean terrorism: Expect the worst before it’s solved FROM the obvious and undeniable fact that our Asean allies, primarily Indonesia and Malaysia, plus Australia, the US, Japan, […]