Greater rapport between East and West needed
KL to study regional link to Nafta too: Anwar
THERE should be greater rapport and dialogue between East and West on equal terms,
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Vice-PM Li says China and world need each other
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CHINA needed the world and the world needed China, the Chinese Vice-Premier, Mr Li Lanqing, said yesterday.
"China's development
China-watchers optimistic about country’s growth and switch to market economy
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DESPITE serious problems of high inflation, massive unemployment and loss-making state enterprises, a panel of China-watchers yesterday was
Hanoi banking on education to modernise economy
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VIETNAM is banking on education and training for its workforce to modernise its moribund command economy.
"In the coming
Suzhou project : How it all began – SM Lee
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SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew yesterday recounted how the idea of the Suzhou industrial township project in China
‘Change in India will not be as dramatic as China’s’
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INDIA would change but the transformation would not be as dramatic as China's, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew
Anwar to the West : Stop lecturing and hectoring developing countries
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MALAYSIA'S Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim yesterday told the West to stop lecturing and hectoring developing countries.
"Give us
South-east Asian countries are upbeat and raring to go
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'Dominoes' have become 'dynamos': Jaya
SOUTH-EAST Asian countries are in a confident mood and their leaders, no longer looking
Regional trade, investment the focus of next Apec meet
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THE next Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) meeting in Indonesia in November would focus on regional trade and investment,
Vietnam wants to get back into mainstream of S-E Asia
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VIETNAM is anxious to get back quickly into the mainstream of South-east Asia to develop its war-torn economy.
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US will not use labour standards to hinder developing countries : Wolf
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ASSISTANT US Trade Representative Ira Wolf said yesterday that the United States would not use Western labour standards
Three call on PM Goh
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THREE CALL ON PM GOH: Three visiting leaders who attended The Asia Society's international business conference here met