07 March, 2016
As appeared in Bloomberg
Senior Fellow of the CIMB ASEAN Research Institute Pauline Loong spoke on Bloomberg about the big gap in China’s policy blueprint for the next five years. She pointed out that notably missing from the outline of China’s Five Year Plan is any mention of strategies to deal with possible large-scale capital outflows once the currency barrier is dismantled, as envisioned in the push for renminbi globalization.
Photo Credit: Reuters TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT MYANMAR Myanmar extends suspension period of jade mining operations due to COVID-19 (6 October 2020) Myanmar has extended the suspension period of operations at jade
Photo Credit: ID Photo TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT Indonesia, China to develop direct settlement between rupiah and yuan (1 October 2020) China and Indonesia signed a memorandum of understanding on 1 October
Photo Credit: The Nation TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT THAILAND, MYANMAR Thailand and Myanmar resume cross-border goods transportation (30 September 2020) Myanmar has accepted a proposal from Thailand to resume cross-border goods transportation
Photo Credit: Travelobiz TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT Thailand to restart tourism with China (29 September 2020) Thailand is expected to welcome its first foreign tourists when a flight from China arrives next
Photo Credit: Bloomberg TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT THAILAND Thai central bank to keep benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0.5% (23 September 2020) Thailand’s central bank is expected to keep its benchmark interest
Photo Credit: AFP TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT Indonesia halts seafood exports to China after COVID-19 tests (20 September 2020) Indonesia has suspended exports into China from an Indonesian seafood company PT Putri
The fourth industrial revolution offers opportunities to equalise societies: ASEAN must adopt a holistic 4IR agenda that factors in social equality Counterclockwise starting from top left: Naveen Menon, President (ASEAN) for Cisco; Dato’ Fadzli
Business-as-usual in ASEAN in COVID-19 crisis will result in heavy cost to life and economy Originally published in TheEdge Malaysia, 21 September – 27 September 2020. The most significant thing about the 28-page statement
Photo Credit: The Jakarta Post TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT THAILAND Government plans cash handouts worth US$1.6 billion to boost domestic consumption (17 September 2020) The Thai government announced cash handouts worth US$1.6
Industry 4.0 offers lifeline to businesses in ASEAN during COVID-19 but employees buy-in is the foundation of the shift to new technologies > Counterclockwise starting from top left: Kacper Pierzynowski, co-author of “Southeast Asia’s