News Source: The Economist
| 18 days ago
Banyan Barack Obama's Asian adventure Nov 12th 2009 From The Economist print edition The president seems better at reassuring America’s enemies than its friends Illustration by M. George Bush chose Iraq and terror ism as his main arenas in foreign
News Source: The Jakarta Post
| 20 days ago
He added the President would also meet with Indonesian and Malaysian members of the Eminent Persons Group Indonesia-Malaysia, a forum set up in 2007 to specially address issues in the Indonesian-Malaysian relationship. After the Malaysia visit,
News Source: Daily News & Analysis
| 20 days ago
Mukul G Asher Wednesday, November 11, 2009 1:44 IST Any modern economy, which is not richly endowed with natural resources, requires two broad-based taxes. The first is the individual and corporate income tax, and the other consumption tax on goods
News Source: The Nation
| 22 days ago
Being an adviser to another country is not simply equivalent to betraying the home country. In the modern world, many former leaders of countries could be appointed as advisers to other countries. Singaporean Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew used to be
News Source: Xinhuanet.com
| 22 days ago
Singapore Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said on Sunday the country's economy has emerged out of the recession with minimum damage. Speaking at an annual tree planting ceremony, Lee said that Singapore's economy may grow by 3 percent next year,
News Source: Washington Post
| 24 days ago
As Singapore's former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew said in Washington last week: "If you do not hold your ground in the Pacific, you cannot be a world leader." But as the administration tries to put that into practice, officials are finding it easier
News Source: Xinhuanet.com
| 25 days ago
Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said here on Thursday that global challenges in the future will focus on economic issues. According to Channel NewsAsia reports on Thursday night, Lee made the remarks while speaking at a Visa Payments
News Source: The Nation
| 25 days ago
Enhance connectivity to benefit poorer nations" The Asia-Pacific needs to enhance connectivity in support of intra-regional trade as its least developed and landlocked countries are operating at a disadvantage, according to Noeleen Heyzer, UN under-