Thailand holds global education conference “Forum for World Education 2022” for the first time
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 06, 2022
FWE joins CP Group in sessions with business and educational experts to advance and transform education to satisfy business demands in the 5.0 era. CP senior president believes that education may help a nation develop.
Forum for World Education (FWE) in collaboration with Charoen Pokphand Group (CP Group) held a summit “Forum for World Education 2022” for leaders in education from public and private sectors around the world under the theme of “Shaping the Future of Education to Match Global Economic Trends” on December 1st -2nd, 2022 at the C.P. Leadership Institute, Pak Chong District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand.
More than 400 education professionals from different countries collaborate with international business leaders who are concerned with human development and education to come up with a model for education that will serve both the requirements of the future and businesses all over the world.
The discussion at the forum will cover a variety of subjects, including “Strategies for Shaping the Future of Education in Line with Global Economic Trends” and “Educational Transformation & Human Capital Readiness to The World 5.0.” with the goal of transforming education and constructing a strong human resource base for the future global economy in the 5.0 era.
World-class business leaders who value human development and education, as well as educational leaders from different nations, attended Forum for World Education 2022, including Dr. Cheng Yan Davis, co-founder and secretary-general of FWE, Mr. Anek Laothammathat, Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, Dr. Tan See Leng, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Singapore, Mr. Dhanin Chearavanont, senior president of Charoen Pokphand Group, Khunying Kalaya Sophonpanich, Deputy Minister of Education, Assoc. Prof. Dr.Khunying Sumonta Promboon, Andreas Schleicher, director of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Mr. Michael Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg News and former Mayor of New York City, Mr. Vikram Rao, Head of Enterprise, ASEAN from Amazon, Dr. Inoue Mitsuteru, Senior Executive Director, Kosen Institute, Japan, Mr. Collin Marson, Director of Education, Google Asia Pacific and Mr. Li Kai Chen, Senior Partner and Managing Partner, Mackenzie.
Dr. Cheng Yan Davis, co-founder of the Forum for World Education (FWE) and secretary-general of the Global Council for Education, said that the FWE has existed for more than three years as a forum for businesses who believe that education may spur economic progress.
“Today, we invite global educational leaders to a discussion focused on the future, both online and offline. FWE will make every effort to assist on research and education since we think education will advance commerce. Because of the pandemic we are currently experiencing, we would like to encourage everyone to utilize the potential of education to shape the global economy,” she said.
The senior president of Charoen Pokphand Group, Dhanin Chearavanont, stated that the forum’s main issues were education and human development. Education is the key to human progress and determines how much a nation can develop. There won’t be a CEO if a strong organization doesn’t generate leaders with broad expertise. In the past, out of a fear that other organizations would take them away, we only created people to operate in silos. But at CP, we develop owners who are familiar with every aspect of the business—profits, accounts, losses, human resources, public relations, etc.—and we have no fear that they will leave the company. Instead, we believe that we have produced individuals for the nation and for society.
“Selfish people will never become excellent leaders, so if we want to build leaders, we must create leaders who are appreciative, know how to give, to learn, and able to be disadvantaged. Charoen Pokphand Group has six core values: Three Benefits, Speed with Quality, Simplification, Accept Change, Innovation, and the most important thing is Integrity. You have to be a good person who understands how to return favors to the land, show gratitude to parents, love your family, love the organization, and love your coworkers to be good leaders,” he said.
The FWE meeting today is a preparation for continuing workforce development to satisfy of an increasingly complicated and unstable world, according to Dr. Tan See Leng, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Singapore. Singapore places a high priority on effectively developing its human resources from an early age. In particular, the development of 21st century values and capacities, world knowledge, skills, and cultural distinctions, which have become incredibly relevant in the modern world.
“The pandemic crisis taught us to understand the importance of lifelong learning, which enables our workforce to adapt to unforeseen circumstances. Singapore continues to invest in lifelong learning and aiding those who have lost their employment by motivating them to be resilient and effective at work, especially through training and skill enhancement, along with future economic and technological progress,” he said.
Mr. Andreas Schleicher, director of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), revealed that the most important thing that affects the quality of education is student and teacher attitude in supporting learning.
“Learning attitudes play a critical role in determining how the next generation will develop. Children will create a learning and creative environment if they are not scared to make mistakes, dare to make decisions, and brave enough to take risks,” he said. “Also, if we provide everyone the chance to discover their aptitude and talent, they will be able to improve both individually and qualitatively. Additionally, the most crucial element in the process of learning and building a successful educational system is the teacher. The challenge is that there aren’t enough competent teachers. How do we encourage teachers of the new generation to go beyond the classroom? How can we recruit more qualified individuals to work as teachers in the system?”
The Forum for World Education (FWE) is a non-profit world organization with its headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America. In order to influence and change the education system to suit the rapidly shifting global society and economic backdrop, FWE aspires to connect the education system with businesses and provide corporate opinions on educational management.
The “Forum for World Education” symposium, which annually hosted by FWE was first held in Paris, France, in 2019. The CP Group and Concordian International School collaborated to make this year’s Forum for World Education 2022 possible in Thailand on December 1 and 2, 2022, at the C.P. Leadership Institute in the Pak Chong District of Nakhon Ratchasima Province.
Climate change is one of the most significant storm clouds hovering over the global consciousness, and despite persistent warnings, it isn’t going away.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres recently described our position as “on a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator…We are in the fight of our lives, and we are losing”.
This is a scary prospect, but fear can sometimes be a great motivator for change, and there’s no doubt that we need to ramp up the changes we are implementing if we are to have any chance of averting climate disaster. This change must come from all stakeholders, but consumers have an important role in taking us off the highway to climate hell and onto greener pastures.
Consumer engagement
Consumer engagement in sustainability has undoubtedly deepened as environmental concerns escalated in recent years. Whilst this is encouraging, it doesn’t solve all of our problems.
The biggest challenge is turning this heightened engagement into actual action by consumers. We need to prove to them that climate change threatens their health and costs them money and convince them of the personal – not just the global, altruistic – benefits of being more responsible. We need to sell ethics and eco-action – to paraphrase John Lennon – and sell it like people sell soap or soft drinks.
Climate and inequality
Like many negative influences, those most vulnerable tend to feel the consequences more keenly, and radical climate change is no different. The world’s richest 10% generated over half of the emissions between 1990 and 2015. Today, developing and poorer nations bear the brunt of the historic emissions of wealthy industrialised countries and their over-consumption.
People living in coastal communities and increasingly hot, desertified, or melting ice sheet environments are displaced as migrants. Poorer people or those with disabilities are more exposed to the financial costs and health dangers of dependence on fossil fuels or extreme weather events. Rich countries and consumers have a moral duty to act politically and individually.
According to research by Mintel, air quality, climate change and deforestation are Thai consumers’ top three environmental concerns, and they are concerns that consumers can impact. 59% of the emission reductions we need to achieve net zero are linked at least indirectly to what they choose to do or buy.
Like everyone else, Thai consumers who care about these issues should strive to reduce the consumption of clothes, meat and dairy, ensure their packaging goes into a recycling scheme and select more responsible brands. They can also embrace micro-mobility options such as walking and cycling. When it comes to ensuring governments speed up the transition to renewables, it’s a case of voting for government programmes of action.
Accelerating momentum on a short timeline
Although we need consumers to be proactive, there are increasing levels of scepticism about the long-term effect their actions can have. In fact, the number of consumers who believe we still have time to save the planet if we act now has declined, and they’re right; we are running out of time. The previous COP commitments left us a long way off the target to limit warming to 1.5 degrees. Still, it’s not just consumers that need to step up: Governments and companies need to be honest about where they are and what needs to be achieved, take action and prove to consumers that their actions make them part of this journey.
We must reward consumers and excite them about environmental sustainability to increase and maintain their engagement. This means showing them how much money they’ve saved by renting instead of buying something or by installing home solar instead of gas, for example.
We also need to appeal to their sense of ego and individuality and let them show, share and even flaunt the fact that they’re taking small actions for good. The same marketing rules apply here as any other “product”: sell into them not just for the environmental benefit but for how they feel about themselves and look to their peers.
Mintel spokesperson: Richard Cope, Senior Trends Consultant
Firmenich announces Dragon Fruit as 2023 Flavour of the Year
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 06, 2022
Firmenich, the world’s largest privately-owned fragrance and taste company, is excited to announce its 2023 Flavour of the Year, dragon fruit, celebrating consumers’ desire for exciting new ingredients and bold, adventurous flavour creation.
“This marks our 11th Flavor of the Year, which is something our customers have come to look forward to each year. Dragon fruit’s bold vibrancy is a perfect choice as we embark an exciting year of change,” said Maurizio Clementi, ad interim President, Firmenich’s Taste & Beyond division. “Our in-depth Human Insights have identified the strong shift towards well-being and sustainability in people’s food and beverage choices, as well as newly-emerging elevated expectations in terms of taste. As everything we do is rooted in nature and deep consumer understanding, this inspired us to choose a Flavor of the Year which captures both.”
Drawing Inspiration from Color & Trenz
This is the second consecutive year of a sensory partnership between Firmenich and Pantone. The global colour authority has just launched its 2023 Color of the Year, PANTONE 18-1750 Viva Magenta, which it describes as a “brave and fearless, a pulsating colour whose exuberance promotes optimism and joy.” Mikel Cirkus, Global Creative Director for Taste & Beyond said: “In the same way that Pantone’s Color of the Year captures the emerging themes seen in the world around us, our choice for Flavor of the Year does so by translating new signals into positive sensory experiences. Our 2023 choice of dragon fruit reflects the global consumer’s increasingly adventurous palate and desire for the new or exotic when it comes to ingredients and taste.”
Jeff Schmoyer, Firmenich Global Head of Human Insights, said: “Dragon fruit’s subtle flavour creates a wonderful opportunity to bring the exceptional creativity and expertise of Firmenich’s Flavorists to the fore, providing the perfect canvas for them to dare to imagine bold, exciting and delicious new taste combinations.”
A Fruit by Any Other Name
Native to Central America, where it is known as Pitahaya, and thriving in tropical and subtropical climates across the world, dragon fruit’s flesh is rich in antioxidants and high in calcium. Dragon Fruit grows from a climbing cactus, making it a drought-resistant and naturally low water-use crop, requiring only a quarter of the water to grow compared to that of an avocado.
Much like the mystical creature that inspired its name, dragon fruit is fierce in appearance, with a scale-like skin in bold hues ranging from fiery yellow to bold magenta. However, its delicate flavour belies its imposing armour. With several different types varying in both colour and taste, dragon fruit ranges in flavour from milder melon and kiwi-like to slightly sweeter berry profiles with notes of beetroot.
Enter the Dragon Fruit
Part of its industry-leading Human Insights capability, Firmenich’s Trenz™ forecasting team spotted a post-Covid rise in dragon fruit across almost every major city in the world. While always popular within niche segments, the exotic fruit began showing up more universally across diverse markets and food service venues, as well as product applications, from the more intuitive juices and smoothies to less traditional formats like tea and cooked savoury dishes.
According to Mikel Cirkus, this is all part of a decade-long trend for boldness and discovery in food and drink. The pandemic increased the pace of this trend, with huge spikes in consumers broadening their palates for new seasoning. Notably, expenditures on spices & seasonings at home grew 27% CAGR[1], Trenz™ found. New product innovation has followed, with on-pack claims such as “bold” and “exotic” up by 38% since 2017, and the use of three- and four-way flavour combinations in products now cresting over 25% of all Food & Beverage launches.
Firmenich’s renowned Emotions360 consumer research offered a second clue. This proprietary in-depth study of natural ingredients identified that people are very excited about dragon fruit. In fact, Emotions360’s latest wave, which surveyed 18,670 consumers across eight countries around the world, indicated that 88% of consumers have heard of dragon fruit, and 56% have tasted it. In terms of consumer perceptions, dragon fruit triggers associations with adjectives like bold, exotic, exciting, impressive and fun. Given this positive association, it’s not surprising that the same consumers ranked dragon fruit in the 90% percentile among all ingredients with a high likelihood to rise in popularity in the future.
A Fiery Future
As much as dragon fruit is on fire in juice bars, markets, and street vendors around the world, the packaged Food & Beverage world was initially slow to innovate around this trend. However, this trend is changing, with product launches containing dragon fruit callouts now accelerating in all regions. In fact, dragon fruit use in CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods) is growing more quickly in foods than beverages, where innovations typically appear first.
Jeff Schmoyer, Firmenich Global Head of Human Insights, commented: “Dragon fruit may be still a ‘rare’ fruit flavour for CPG food & beverage brands, but it is no longer rare to consumers. And in fact, this has translated to one of the fastest growth rates of any ingredient we’ve tracked in recent years. Given the small base and fast growth, it is certainly our boldest Flavor of the Year choice yet from a predictive foresight perspective. It’s possible that the initial lag in new product innovation is in part related to the challenge of realizing the flavour of dragon fruit. Our consumer research shows that the fruit can sometimes surprise people by not having the strong flavour to match its visual appearance. Instead, the taste is light, refreshing, sweet, and delicious.”
“For this reason, Firmenich believes that its flavour creativity will play a key role in amplifying the taste and celebrating combinations of dragon fruit with other flavours,” Schmoyer concluded.
Badminton World Tour finals kick off in Bangkok on Wednesday
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 06, 2022
The 2022 BWF World Tour Finals will be held at Nimibutr Arena in Bangkok from Wednesday to Sunday.
It is the last tournament of the 2022 season with total prize money of US$1.5 million. The event was scheduled to be held in Guangzhou, China but was relocated due to the Covid-19 situation.
On Monday, the Badminton World Federation held a gala dinner to welcome players at Centara Grand at CentralWorld.
Several Thai athletes dressed up in Thai dresses for the tournament’s gala dinner.
The award ceremony for the BWF Player of the Year Awards 2022 was also held.
Among 10 awards, Thailand’s Busanan Ongbamrungphan won the award for the best-dressed player among her contemporaries.
For the 2022 BWF World Tour Finals, the top eight players and pairs in each category in the BWF World Tour Rankings will be invited to compete, with a maximum of two players or pairs per member association being eligible.
From Thailand, Ratchanok Intanon and Busanan Ongbamrungphan will compete in Group B of the women’s singles event.
Good gusts welcome start of keelboat racing in 34th Phuket King’s Cup Regatta
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 06, 2022
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Sailors did not have to wait long to get underway at the 34th Phuket King’s Cup Regatta as good wind gusting to 20 knots, held allowing Race Officer Simon James to get in three windward-leeward races for the IRC Zero, and IRC One classes.
The IRC Premier Cruising, Charter Cruising and the Multihull classes were each sent on a single passage race.
17 keelboats and multihulls spread over five classes are competing in the Asia’s longest-running and most illustrious regatta, held over five days racing through scenic courses amidst the beautiful Andaman Sea islands. Combined with the 182 participating dinghies it brings the total of participating boats to just below 200. A great bounce back as the regatta was put on hold in 2020 and 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
All eyes are on the three-boat IRC Zero class as all three entries have won the King’s Cup before. Kevin Whitcraft’s TP52 THA72 is up against another TP52 Ray Roberts Team Hollywood as well as Sarab Jeet Singh and Nick Burns’ Welbourn 52 Windsikher. All three yachts have finely-tuned crew and cunning & knowledgeable skippers – this will be a battle for the ages.
On day one, THA 72 captured the first two races with Team Hollywood winning the final race of the day, after finishing second in the first two contests. Windsikher had to play bridesmaid today, finishing third in all three races. So, THA 72 leads the class with four points followed closely by Team Hollywood with five and Windsikher in third spot with ten points.
The majority of the crew on THA 72 raced as the Vāyu team in the TP52 Super Series this past summer in Europe. Don Whitcraft, who helmed THA 72 today, spoke after the race:
“It was great to be back on the water. We had a couple of practice days, but today was a big day, hard racing, with three races, nine laps in total. It was really good, windier than previous days, a baptism by fire. The first two races went well for us, the third race we didn’t have a great start and Team Hollywood took advantage of that.”
The six-boat IRC One class has Craig Douglas’ Ramrod, a Farr 40, take home wins in races two and three after finishing third in race one. They stand in first place with six points. A first, fourth and second-place finish in that order have Morten Jakobsen’s Hanuman XXXIX, a VXOne, second spot with seven points heading into day two. In third place with eight points is Garry Holt’s Let’s Get It On, a Corby 37, as it had one second-place finish and two thirds today. You might remember this yacht as it used to called Jessandra II when it was owned by Andrew McDermott, and most or its crew was female.
Kazuki Kihara’s Char Chan, a First 40.7, sits in fourth spot in the IRC One class with 13 points, based on a fourth, and second-place finish today, even the boat did not start the final race. Matti Sepp’s Judy, a Farr 30, was next with 14 points earning two fifths and a fourth-place. Craig Nichols Alright, a Sydney 40 (formerly owned by Scott Bradley and called Emagine), brought up the pack as it had a tough day with 20 points based on two DNFs and a sixth spot in race two.
The three-boat Premier Cruising class saw Peter Cremers Shatoosh, a Warwick 75, win on both elapsed and corrected time. The Thai vessel Pine Pacific, an X-Yacht 55, skipped by Ithinai Yingsiri, followed closely behind. Simon Piff’s Firstlight, a Beneteau First 50, unfortunately, did not finish the race.
The Charter Cruising Class saw Torben Kristensen’s Kinnon, a Hanse 400, take home the honours today over the other two boats in the class with Jakod Handte’s Fei Jian, a Bavaria 33, coming in second and Masami Yamashita’s Sunsail Inlova, a Sunsail 41, placing third in the class.
The two-boat Multihull OMR class saw Hermann Schwarz’ 2Fast4you, a Mumby Cyber 4800, pip Hang Chen’s ZOE, a Bahia 46 by twenty minutes on corrected time.
The International Dinghy Classes race from 3-6 December at Kata Beach, divided into the following classes: Optimist Boys, Optimist Girls, 29er, 49er, Open ILCA4, Open ILCA6, Open ILCA 7, 420, 470, and Open Skiff. 182 dinghies from Thailand, United Kingdom, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia and China are competing.
In the 29er class, after seven races, Chaichanawut Deenak and Suthon Yampinit of Thailand lead the pack. Fellow countrywomen Narisara Satta and Nichapa Waiwai lead the 49er class after 7 races as well.
The Open ILCA4 has ISAAC GOH of Singapore leading after six races with fellow countrymen Khoo Zachary leading the Open ILCA6 also after six races. The Open ILCA 7 has Thai national Prakasit Hongpradab leading after six races with fellow Thai Paliga Poonpat and Chakkaphat Wiriyakitti leading the 420 class after 7 races. The 470 class has Navee Thamsoontorn and Panida Suksomporn of Thailand leading after Seven races. Open Skiff has Anandi Chandavarkar of Indonesia leading after six races. Optimist Boys Chanatip Tongglum and Optimist Girls has Prin Subying leading after seven races.
The Royal Awards Ceremony will be on 10th December 2022 at Beyond Resort Kata, Kata Beach, Phuket.
World Cup favourites Brazil produced a performance to delight fans and terrify potential opponents on Monday (December 5) as they ripped through South Korea with four first-half goals to secure a hugely impressive 4-1 victory in their last 16 clash.
They were ahead after seven minutes when Raphinha’s low cross reached Vinicius Jr and he expertly lifted the ball above the charging goalkeeper and three defenders.
Five minutes later it was 2-0 with a Neymar penalty and Richarlison added a brilliant third after a spell of juggling then a razor combination with Marquinhos and Thiago Silva that had Brazil’s delirious fans dancing and neutrals everywhere purring.
Lucas Paqueta volleyed in the fourth after 36 minutes and the five-times champions played the second half as an exhibition, denied more goals only by impressive Korean goalkeeper Kim Seung-gyu, as they turned their attention to Friday’s quarter-final meeting with Croatia.
Korea worked tirelessly and bravely to try to limit the damage and were rewarded for their own attacking efforts when Paik Seung-ho smashed in a brilliant long-range shot beyond Alisson 13 minutes from time.
Indonesia parliament ratifies criminal code that bans sex outside marriage
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 06, 2022
Indonesia’s parliament approved a criminal code on Tuesday that bans sex outside marriage with a punishment of up to one year in jail, part of a raft of legal changes that critics say undermine civil liberties in the world’s third-largest democracy.
The new code, which will apply to Indonesians and foreigners alike, will also prohibit cohabitation between unmarried couples. It was passed with support from all political parties and despite warnings from business groups that it could scare away tourists and harm investment.
However, the code will not come into effect for three years to allow for implementing regulations to be drafted.
Currently, Indonesia bans adultery but not premarital sex.
The laws also include bans on black magic, insulting the president or state institutions, spreading views counter to state ideology, and staging protests without notification.
Critics say the new laws can be used to police morality in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, which has seen a rise in religious conservatism in recent years.
Maulana Yusran, deputy chief of Indonesia’s tourism industry board, said the new bill was “totally counter-productive” at a time when the economy and tourism were starting to recover from the pandemic.
“Hotels or any accommodation facilities are like second homes for tourists. With the ratification of this criminal code, hotels are now problematic places,” he said.
Decades in the making, legislators hailed the passage of the criminal code as much needed overhaul of a colonial vestige.
“The old code belongs to Dutch heritage … and is no longer relevant now,” Bambang Wuryanto, head of the parliamentary commission in charge of revising the code told lawmakers.
Opponents of the bill have highlighted articles they say are socially regressive, will curb free speech and represent a “huge setback” in ensuring the retention of democratic freedoms after the fall of authoritarian leader Suharto in 1998.
Responding to the criticism, Indonesia’s Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly told parliament: “It’s not easy for a multicultural and multi-ethnic country to make a criminal code that can accommodate all interests.”
THREAT TO LGBT COMMUNITY
Legal experts say that an article in the code on customary law could reinforce discriminatory and sharia-inspired bylaws at a local level, and pose a particular threat to LGBT people.
“Regulations that are not in accordance with human rights principles will occur in conservative areas,” said Bivitri Susanti, from the Indonesia Jentera School of Law, referring to existing bylaws in some regions that impose curfews on women, or target what are described as “deviant” sexualities.
The new laws will also include more lenient sentences for those charged with corruption.
The morality charges have been partially watered down from an earlier version of the bill so that they can only reported by limited parties, such as a spouse, parent or child.
The government had planned to pass a revision of the country’s colonial-era criminal code in 2019 but nationwide protests halted its passage.
Lawmakers have since diluted down some of the provisions with President Joko Widodo urging parliament to pass the bill this year, before the country’s political climate heats up ahead of the presidential elections scheduled for early 2024.
The public response to the new code has been muted so far, with only small protests held in the capital on Monday on Tuesday.
PM Anwar promises to work for free until Malaysia recovers
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 06, 2022
Anwar Ibrahim has announced that he will not get paid a salary, both as prime minister and as finance minister.
Meanwhile, Anwar said, other ministers have also agreed to a 20% pay cut until the country’s economy recovers.
Rubbishing speculation that he will be paid as finance minister even though he has refused to be paid for the top job, Anwar said he will not be taking any wages from the government.
This was in line with the promise he made while campaigning for votes.
During the election campaign, Anwar had promised voters that he would not take a salary if he was elected as premier because people themselves were struggling to cope with rising costs.
“Some people say I’m not taking the prime minister’s salary because I’m the finance minister. That’s not true, there is only one salary,” he said, laughing off the claims.
The Members of Parliament Act only allows ministers, deputy ministers or political secretaries just one salary.
As for ministers’ pay cut, he said it was their way of acknowledging the tough times faced by the citizens.
“The pay cut will be implemented for as long as Malaysia continues to recover economically. It shows the ministers are also concerned about the livelihood of the public,” he said.
Asked if the pay cut would be carried out throughout the government’s five-year tenure, he simply said that it could range from three to five years, depending on the situation.
State Minister for Petroleum Musadik Malik announced on Monday that Russia has decided to provide crude oil, petrol, and diesel to Pakistan at discounted rates.
More Chinese cities have adjusted their COVID-19 measures to facilitate people resuming work and social activities, as members of the public are being asked to take greater responsibility to protect their own health.
There were several serious lapses in the alleged RM600bil expenditure during Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s term as prime minister, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim
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Thirty-two years have gone by since our national leaders made a pledge to make Bangladesh a democracy where the fundamental rights of the people would be protected, and the judiciary’s independence and neutrality and the rule of law would be guaranteed. Laws contrary to fundamental rights would be scrapped. Their core pledge was to establish a sovereign parliament elected through a free and fair election.
President Bongbong Marcos (PBBM) appears frustrated at China’s intransigence in blocking the past administration’s effort to extract the oil and gas resources in our exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea (SCS), saying our government may abandon government-to-government (G2G) talks and “find other ways” to address this “small matter to China [which] for us, is something huge. So, we need to fight for it and benefit from it…”
The Philippine government’s economic managers on Monday lowered the growth outlook for 2023, following a year of record-high inflation and the substantial weakening of the local currency.
Nearly half of the nation’s top 500 companies by sales have yet to come up with investment plans for next year, amid recession fears on more rate hikes and a strong US dollar, a survey showed Monday.
Finance HK HK to bolster role as global risk management hub | China Daily Hong Kong will integrate the city’s insurance sector with national development, riding on the country’s “dual circulation” strategy to bolster the special administrative region’s role as an international risk management centre.
Auto China Nation’s auto manufacturers focus on wider Asian market – China Daily Asia is emerging after Europe as a new market for China-made new energy vehicles, attracting Chinese carmakers to introduce their cutting-edge products and scale up investment in the region.
Samsung Electronics on Monday appointed a female president, it’s first who is not a member of the founding family, in a year-end reshuffle that put emphasis on elevating young leaders based on their performances.
Singapore needs to remain open to foreign talent to ensure the economy continues to grow over the longer term and there is more for everyone to share, said Mr Chee Hong Tat, Senior Minister of State for Finance and Transport.
SINO-AGRI POTASH CO., LTD. reported that Laos would be at the top level in the world in the near future after the company recently signed a potassium exploration agreement with the government.
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