Tiger Balm back home.
Tiger Balm is going back to Myanmar. Famed for its soothing menthol smell and muscle pain-relieving properties, Tiger Balm is sold in more than 100 countries – but now the leaping tiger, based… Read More
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“Ship Them to Asia!” – Germany’s Solution to Care for the Elderly.
Germany accused of ‘deporting’ its elderly: Rising numbers moved to Asia and Eastern Europe because of sky-high care costs. Country’s elderly and sick being sent abroad due to rising care costs. A situation… Read More
Draconian measures.
Singapore to deport Chinese strikers. Singapore relies on hundreds of thousands of immigrants from countries such as Indonesia, Bangladesh and China to work as maids, construction workers and at other jobs deemed unappealing… Read More
Do Cambodia’s arrivals really improve?
Tourist statistics in August showed arrivals from Laos to Cambodia almost doubled, while arrivals from Thailand continued to grow but at a much slower rate. Cambodia’s Statistics and Tourist Information Department, Ministry of… Read More
Singapore: downsizing million dollar pay for ministers.
Singapore is slashing its leaders’ unpopular multi-million-dollar salaries by at least a third, new guidelines showed early this year. But its ministers will stay among the world’s best-paid politicians. The cuts were promised… Read More
South East Asia on the Move.
South East Asia moves. Slowly, but it moves. Take Myanmar. Take Thailand with its new government. But also Singapore or even Vietnam start changes step by step. In Asian speed. Politically speaking, it… Read More
ASEAN: Wen Jiabao’s Statetement.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Friday delivered a statement at the China-ASEAN summit on Indonesia’s Bali island. Following some interesting text excerpts. Read the full text of the Statement by H.E. Wen Jiabao, Premier… Read More
Cambodia: Where the Khmer go on vacation.
The number of Cambodians traveling abroad had seen a sharp increase. 509,200 Cambodians went abroad in the first nine months of this year. This is an increase of more than 38 %, from… Read More
Was für ein Armutszeugnis!
The Cambodia Daily, Sept 27, 2011 Im Rahmen der Trainingsvorbereitungen erleidet ein hoher Beamter und enger Berater von PM Hun Sen einen Herzanfall. Man könnte davon ausgehen, dass er im besten Spital in… Read More
