Foreigners Banned From Buying Property In Large Chinese Project In Malaysia’s Johor Foreigners will not be allowed to buy residential units anymore in a huge development in Johor state in southern Peninsular Malaysia backed by […]
Locals boycott thermal power projects as electricity shortages loom The electricity outages that occurred in the dry season may return and become even more serious as provincial authorities do not want to build more thermal […]
Government to review several subsidy systems The government is expected to review several subsidy systems by next year, says Maybank Investment Bank Bhd (Maybank IB) Group chief economist Suhaimi Ilias. — The Borneo Post Cyberattack […]
Việt Nam to auction sugar import quotas for 94,000 tonnes The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will hold bids for the right to import 94,000 tonnes of sugar this year. — Viet Nam News […]
Singapore, Malaysia look forward to bringing RTS link project to fruition: MOT Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan and his Malaysian counterpart Anthony Loke met in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday (Aug 23) where they discussed “a […]
China-Cambodia joint venture to invest $32 million in banana farms Longmate Agricuture Co., Ltd. announced that it has invested $32 million to grow bananas in 1,000 hectares of land in Kampot’s Chhouk district. — Khmer […]
Vietnam goes solar With electricity demand in Vietnam growing 12 percent annually, the Vietnamese government has set a goal to generate 265 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity by 2020 and 570 billion kWh of electricity […]
Malaysia to shelve projects worth US$22 billion Malaysia will shelve three China-backed projects worth a total of US$22 billion until the debt-laden Southeast Asian nation can afford to pay for them, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad […]
Cambodia Releases Two Former RFA Reporters on Bail Amid Post-Election Clemency Cambodia’s government on Tuesday released two former RFA reporters who had spent more than nine months behind bars on “espionage” charges, a day after […]
Vietnam’s steel exports reach US$2.53 billion in seven months Vietnam’s steel exports rose 40.4% year on year to 3.41 million tonnes in the first seven months of the year, raking in US$2.53 billion, up 56.3%. […]
Malaysia Shelves Belt And Road Projects With China Malaysia has cancelled two multi-billion dollar projects that were part of China’s ambitious Belt and Road project, with Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad saying that Malaysia at the […]
PM’s Bodyguard commander hits back at US The commander of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Bodyguard Unit (BGU) Hing Bun Heang on Sunday dismissed a short video clip that went viral on social media in which […]