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Malaysia Budget 2021 –The Good, The Bad and the just “Weird”

By Edika Amin On 6 November 2020, the Perikatan Nasional Government presented the 2012 Budget themed “Resilient As One, Together We Triumph". The total budget ...

Booming adoption of digital payments in Singapore

Booming adoption of digital payments in Singapore By Taisha Grace Antony | November 9 2020, 11:50 AM SGT Singapore has long maintained its position at ...

How the 5G race is taking shape in India?

How the 5G race is taking shape in India? By Ms. Aarthi Raghavan | October 25 2020, 10:50 AM SGT   The adoption of 5G is ...

Power Struggle in the Philippine House of Representatives amid Budget Deliberations for 2021

(Photo Credit: ABS-CBN News/file, in photo from the left going to the right: House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and Rep. Lord Allan Velasco ) Blog ...

Travel Policy in the COVID-19 Era – Clear as Mud

Video from Land of Smiles Thailand - join their channel https://goo.gl/oPzSeG Blog post by Jeff Paine   Policy makers around the world are trying to cope ...
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Tourism in a COVID-19 World

Photo credit:  Bangkok Post By Jeff Paine   Thailand to issue long stay visas to rebuild the battered tourism industry.  Tourism destinations around the world ...

Assessing the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement

Assessing the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement By Ana Maria Pedraza Serrano | June 10 2020, 8:51 PM SGT    Europe has been emphatic on the ...

Malaysia’s Political Standoff – What Now?

Malaysia’s Political Standoff – What Now? By Edika Amin | June 2 2020, 12:40 AM SGT    On 29 February, The King appointed Bersatu President, ...

COVID-19 in Thailand: Current Situation, Government Responses and Way Forward

COVID-19 in Thailand: Current Situation, Government Responses and Way Forward By Dr. Suthikorn Kingkaew | May 23 2020, 7:50 PM SGT   CURRENT SITUATION Thailand is one ...

Of ‘Misinfodemics’ and ‘Disinfodemics’: The shape of false news in the Covid-19 era

Of ‘Misinfodemics’ and ‘Disinfodemics’ The shape of false news in the Covid-19 era   By Jamie Menon | April 27 2020, 2:20 PM SGT In the ...

From Globaloney to De-Globaloney

From Globaloney to De-Globaloney By Dr Ashish Lall | April 21 2020, 3:52 PM SGT   Some may remember books like The Death of Distance ...

How COVID-19 has Strengthened an Unlikely Malaysian Government’s Position?

How COVID-19 has Strengthened an Unlikely Malaysian Government’s Position? By Edika Amin | April 17 2020, 7:40 PM SGT    Introduction One does not need ...