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Vai alla Scheda Paese »If you want to reach your goals and dreams, you cannot do it without discipline.
— Lee Kuan Yew
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Japanese food company Toho buys firms in Singapore and Malaysia
Food product wholesaler and retailer Toho Co. has bought two Southeast Asian firms, one in Singapore and the other in Malaysia, to expand its business ...
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'Rampant' Singapore piracy prompts Hollywood lobby for crackdown
HONG KONG: Singapore, which prides itself on being a haven for law and order, is being called a haven for pirating copyrighted programming by entertainment titans such as Walt Disney, HBO, the National Basketball Association and the English Premier League.
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Govt set to charge foreign drivers for using Thai roads
Thailand plans to collect so-called "Asean road tolls" from foreign motorists entering the country via border checkpoints from the end of next year.
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Regional pact brings hope for migrant workers
The much-touted Asean Consensus on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers represents a ray of hope for some 90,000 Indonesian workers in Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore. But whether words will be translated into actions is an open question.
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Founder of BandLab wants full control of Rolling Stone
Singapore: The 29-year-old founder of Singapore's BandLab Technologies Ltd wants to buy the 51% of Rolling Stone he doesn't own, adding the world-famous brand to his growing global music business.
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Singapore sees solid 2018 growth as GDP beats forecasts
SINGAPORE: Singapore raised its economic growth forecast for this year and sees global growth underpinning that momentum into 2018, with some moderation. Gross domestic product rose 5.2% from a year earlier, the fastest pace in more than three years, versus a median estimate of 5%.
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Singapore, Vietnam stocks outperform SE Asian peers
Singapore shares rose slightly more than 1% on Tuesday on expectations that its economy grew at a faster pace than initially estimated, which may dispel worries that the affluent city-state is too dependent on its tech products.
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Settimana dell’Italia nei Paesi Asean
Dal 20 al 26 novembre avrà luogo la Settimana dell’Italia in ASEAN, una grande iniziativa di promozione dell’Italia dedicata ad un’area in rapida crescita. Nell’ ottica di integrare le attività promozionali, la Settimana dell’Italia nei paesi ASEAN coinciderà con la Settimana della Cucina...
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Singapore suspends trade relations with North Korea
SINGAPORE: The city-state has suspended trade relations with North Korea, the latest of Pyongyang's major trade partners to cut commercial ties under toughening UN sanctions over its weapons programme, a customs notice obtained on Thursday showed.
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Asean signs free trade agreement with Hong Kong
MANILA: Hong Kong on Sunday signed free trade and investment pacts with the ten-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations, in what one of the Chinese territory's senior officials called a "loud and clear" vote against rising regional trade protectionism.
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Accelerate climate action and raise ambition, urges UN chief
Source: UN News Service Country: WorldAs the impact of climate change worsens, António Guterres has called on the global community to redouble efforts to help countries respond to climate shocks.10 November 2017 – As the impact of climate change worsens around the world, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called on the global ...
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OCBC Bank claims to be the first in Singapore to distribute health insurance via mobile and internet banking
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RCEP pact set for leaders' talks
The next step for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will be discussed at the leaders' meeting on the sidelines of the Asean Summit in Manila.
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Trendlines incubator raises $10.3m in Singapore offering
Trendlines will use the money to increase its current investments and make new ones.
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Thailand surges in ranking for Ease of Doing Business
Thailand ranked 26th in the World Bank’s 2018 Ease of Doing Business report, a surge of 20 ranks on the previous rating and beating the movement of its peers in Asean.
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Singapore to create 4,000 new financial sector jobs
Singapore wants to bolster its status as a wealth management and foreign exchange centre as part of plans to create more financial-sector jobs and mitigate the effect of rapid changes in technology.
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Link to Pearl River Delta sought
Thailand is looking to deepen strategic cooperation with the Pan-Pearl River Delta (PPRD) region of China to boost trade and investment not only between the two countries but also with Asean.
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Hingis neemt afscheid als beste van de wereld
Martina Hingis stopt na de WTA Finals van Singapore met tennis en de 37-jarige Zwitserse weet sinds vandaag dat ze dat doet als nummer één van de wereld in het dubbelspel. Met haar Taiwanese partner Chan Yung-jan kan ze na het bereiken van de halve finales in Singapore niet meer ...
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Marawi conflict ends but humanitarian needs continue
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: PhilippinesAid agencies continue to address the humanitarian needs of those displaced while directing more attention to their safe, voluntary return and transition to recovery. HIGHLIGHTS • The Government declares an end to the conflict in Marawi as humanitarian needs continue and planning for ...
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Singapore exports slump in September
SINGAPORE: A surge in Singapore exports proved short-lived as a plunge in electronics orders put the brakes on goods flows in the trade-reliant country.
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Indonesia encourages Asean currencies in trade
JAKARTA: Indonesia's central bank said on Monday it will allow transaction settlement for bilateral trade between Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand to be conducted in local currencies.