7,000 expected at trade exhibition The Star | AN ESTIMATED 7,000 architects, interior designers, developers, quantity surveyors, engineers and other building industry professionals are congregating at Archidex 09 (10th Malaysia Architecture, Interior Design and Building Exhibition), which runs until tomorrow at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Cen...
Gov't subsidies hit P5B in first 5 months Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines – The government gave out P912 million in subsidies to 27 state-owned and -controlled corporations and institutions in May, increasing by 53.2 percent year-on-year from P615 million as a result of increased spending to stimulate economic activity. | Documents from the Bureau of...
7,000 expected at trade exhibition The Star | AN ESTIMATED 7,000 architects, interior designers, developers, quantity surveyors, engineers and other building industry professionals are congregating at Archidex 09 (10th Malaysia Architecture, Interior Design and Building Exhibition), which runs...
Gov't subsidies hit P5B in first 5 months Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines – The government gave out P912 million in subsidies to 27 state-owned and -controlled corporations and institutions in May, increasing by 53.2 percent year-on-year from P615 million as a result of increased spending to stimulate...
RP takes over as head of Asean copyright body The Daily Tribune | By Ayen Infante | 06/24/2009 | The Philippines will prioritize the implementation of two major undertakings which it has introduced under its leadership in the Asean Coordinating Committee on Intellectual Property Policy and Cooperation (ACIPC). | ...
Crisis-hit Singapore tightens grip Asia Times | By Tony Sitathan | SINGAPORE - New legislation passed by parliament in the name of combating terrorism has raised concerns that discretionary powers could be used by authorities to further silence political opposition and suppress public dissent wh...
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S. Korea boosts Asean ties The Manila Times By Martin Abbugao, Agence France-Presse | SEOGWIPO, South Korea: South Korea is seeking both stronger economic ties with Southeast Asia and diplomatic backing against North Korea a...
South Korea calls for enhanced ties with ASEAN The Miami Herald | SEOGWIPO, South Korea -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak called Sunday for closer business and cultural ties with Southeast Asia to create a common economic community that i...
Asean, EU shelve trade deal talks The Daily Tribune | 06/02/2009 | The Asean and the European Union (EU) have temporarily halted negotiations for a planned free trade agreement after two years of talks, Indonesian Trade Minister Mari Pangestu said Monday. | The decision was taken last month due largel...
S. Korea boosts Asean ties The Manila Times By Martin Abbugao, Agence France-Presse | SEOGWIPO, South Korea: South Korea is seeking both stronger economic ties with Southeast Asia and diplomatic backing against North Korea as it hosts a lavish summit of regional leaders here, analysts said. | ...
South Korea calls for enhanced ties with ASEAN The Press Democrat | Lee, who invited leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian nations to commemorate 20 years of relations between the Seoul and the bloc, hailed the expansion of their economic ties. | Total trade has grown 11 times over the past two decades to...
Broadband on the go The Daily Tribune | By Michael Kho Lim, Contributor | 07/06/2009 | | Intel, the world’s largest chipmaker, and Globe Telecom, one of the country’s leading telecommunications service providers, officially announced the commercial roll-out of WiMAX services in the country through Globe Broadband. After four years of jointly conducting WiMAX trial deployments in...
Filipino WWII vets earn recognition, wait for cash Taipei Times | Men and women from the Philippines were promised recognition and benefits when they enlisted to fight alongside US troops during World War II. Many of those honors are only arriving now, 64 years after the war ended. | About 140 Filipino veterans of World War II were given commemorative medals on Friday at a Honolulu ceremony saluting their brave...