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CHINA EASES RULES FOR HONG KONG FACTORIES
26-03-2009
Exports downturn ‘a blessing in disguise
CHINA has quietly opened its domestic consumer market to goods produced by Hong Kong-owned factories in the Pearl River Delta – and is offering cash incentives to these factories to stay in production. It is a dramatic turnaround from a policy introduced in mid-2008, which demanded higher wages and better conditions for factory workers, and saw the forced closure of ‘dirty’ Hong Kong-owned factories. Alan Wong, Deputy Executive Director of the HKTDC, explains the policy change . . .
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China to stabilise in second half?
26-03-2009
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Don’t retreat on globalisation: OECD
26-03-2009
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ENDING INDIA'S NUCLEAR WINTER
24-03-2009
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Rail plans to cost more than HK-Macau bridge
24-03-2009
HONG KONG will offer billions of dollars in major infrastructure contracts, some of them spanning into China’s Guangdong province and Macau, over the next few years. New rail corridors will account for much of the work, with Hong Kong also putting emphasis on tourism infrastructure....

ANOTHER TERM LIKELY FOR SBY
02-03-2009
FACTOR X may yet be the economy, but if SBY’s Government is further strengthened in the April/July elections, it will bode well for Indonesia and the region....

Indonesia mining law leaves question marks
24-02-2009
MINERALS processing and smelting must be carried out domestically under new mining regulations just announced in Indonesia
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Weighing up Islam in Indonesia’s democracy
20-02-2009
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Chevron makes case for gas in Vietnam
20-02-2009
GAS DEVELOPMENT in Vietnam is proving to be a slow dance. Now Chevron is pushing for a major project....

WHERE VIETNAM IS HEADING – PM Nguyen Tan Dung on energy security, inflation, infrastructure, future industry and a market economy.
28-01-2009
ACCELERATION of economic reform, and implementation of all commitments made during its international integration process, could see Vietnam become an industrially-developed country by 2020, according to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung . . .....

China, Hanoi deal on South China Sea oil?
28-01-2009
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GHD eyes energy, transport, farming sectors in Vietnam
28-01-2009
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Credit squeeze hurting Asia as IPOs collapse
14-01-2009
THE International Monetary Fund says short-term financing by Asian corporates may create problems if the credit market does not ease by 2010, when US$80 billion is due to roll over . . . ....

Export credit agencies to step up loan books
14-01-2009
THE World Trade Organisation estimates the current global liquidity gap in trade finance at about US$25 billion, with problems most acute in emerging market economies . . .....

THAI FARMERS OFFER LONG-TERM ANCHOR
14-01-2009
WHEN political stability returns to Thailand, investment in agriculture should be a priority for whatever government comes to power. Meanwhile, a higher yen might help prop up Thailand’s car industry in the current downturn . . .....

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