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The downtown city skyline with the Petronas Twin Towers, center, and the KL Tower is covered in haze at sunrise in Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday, July 3, 2007.
(photo: AP / Marcus Yam)
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...
Philippine Heart Center  -  Government Hospital
(photo: WN / Trigedia)
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...
Thai soldiers form a line behind razor wire Saturday, April 11, 2009, in Pattaya, Thailand, at the 14th ASEAN summit. More than 2,000 protesters have converged on the site of a summit of Asian leaders, forcing the cancellation of one meeting and the postponement of another.
AP / David Longstreath
ASEAN Tuesday saw growing trade with SKorea, condemns NKorea nuclear test
The Star
| SEOGWIPO, South Korea: South Korean and Southeast Asian leaders condemned North Korea on Tuesday for its nuclear test and missile launches and at the same time saw growing trade ...
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak talks with government officials at the president house in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 1, 2008.
(AP Photo/Yonhap, Park Chang-ki) ** KOREA OUT ** /
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...
President George W. Bush is flanked by Prime Minister Taro Aso of Japan, left, and President Lee Myung-bak of the Republic of Korea
White House / Eric Draper
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...
Asean Business
Globe Telecom
(photo: WN / Aldrin Leyba)
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...
Asean News
Filipino WWII veterans gather at the U.S. Embassy in Manila for processing to claim the lump sum benefit provided by the U.S. Government under the U.S. Stimulus Law Monday, Feb. 23, 2009, in Manila, Philippines.
(photo: AP / Bullit Marquez)
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...



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