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.
Barisan Nasional (BN)’s retention of government assures the continuation of Malaysia’s pro-growth policy, an outcome which is credit positive, for the sovereign rating and the ratings of government-related issuers (GRIs), says Moody’s Investors Service.
Laos has been named world’s best tourist destination for 2013 by the European Council on Tourism and Trade, local media reports said Tuesday. A delegation from the Bucharest-based council, a non-profit organisation which promotes
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra gave reassurances Tuesday that the government would find ways to resolve its differences with the Bank of Thailand (BoT) in handling the soaring baht. She admitted that the central bank
The Philippine government is spending 29 billion pesos (Bt20.7 billion) – 12 billion pesos this year and 17 billion pesos in 2014 – on a tourism infrastructure programme that will connect tourist spots to
MALAYSIA’S ringgit rallied the most since 2010 and stocks rose to a record after Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak won a clear majority in the election, giving him a mandate to continue
Senseless, irrational, reactionary and extremist behaviour threatens Myanmar’s reforms and transition to democracy, President Thein Sein has warned in a TV message. The caution – and a pledge to ensure the basic rights of
Bersih 2.0 is withholding its recognition of the newly-elected government until it has investigated reports of electoral fraud received. This comes in the wake of the elections on Sunday, which Bersih said had been
Barisan Nasional (BN) has won 133 of the 222 parliamentary seats compared with the opposition’s 89 seats, based on the final tally of the 13th General Election (GE13). The final results came in at
The Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Thailand have reached an agreement on policies to curb appreciation of the baht, central bank governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul said. In an exclusive interview with the Bangkok
The Laotian government is requiring its national formal wear be used instead of normal suits on important domestic and international occasions in order to promote Lao traditions and culture and showcase the characteristics of