Singapore

Singapore is an economy of 5.6 million people and a founding member of APEC. When the forum was founded in 1989, Singapore’s real GDP was USD 61 billion, while its real per capita GDP was USD 21,000. By 2016, Singapore’s GDP grew fivefold at USD 295 billion, and its per capita GDP more than doubled at USD 53,000.

[Analytics] He drove her to the hospital. She gave him the coronavirus

The Chinese woman hailed the cab and said she wanted to go to the hospital….

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Singapore service sector takings up by 4.6 per cent in Q4 2019

SINGAPORE, Feb 27, 2020, BT. Singapore’s services businesses closed off 2019 with another jump in…

US embassy raises ‘critical’ coronavirus concerns with Indonesia

JAKARTA, Feb 26, 2020, SMH. US diplomats have expressed concerns to top Indonesian government officials…

Gojek says it’s not in talks with rival Grab about a merger

SINGAPORE, Feb 25, 2020, Bloomberg. Indonesia’s Gojek denied a report that it’s discussing a merger…

[Analytics] Russia’s North Big Game step by step: Arctic’s priorities in 2021

A year of the great Arctic expectations In 2021, Russia to take over the chairmanship…

Indonesia market ripe for alternative-lending firms, one player says

SINGAPORE, Feb 24, 2020, The Business Times. Myanmar, Cambodia and the Philippines pose the highest…

Singapore-based OCBC Bank expects 2 per cent dip in 2020 revenue on virus impact

SINGAPORE, Feb 21, 2020, The Business Times. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC Bank) on Friday upped…

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Business slowdown in Johor due to drop in Singapore visitors

JOHOR BARU, Feb 20, 2020, The Star/Asia News Network. It used to be a perennial…

CPTPP pressurizes Vietnam to speed up institutional reforms

HANOI, Feb 19, 2020, The Hanoi Times. Whether Vietnam could take advantage of the CPTPP…

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