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Malaysia to generate USD725 mn healthcare revenue by 2020

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30-Mar-18 Malaysia expects to generate hospital revenue of MYR2.8 bn (USD725 mn) by 2020, with target markets in Indonesia, Myanmar, China and Vietnam. In 2017 hospital revenue from one million healthcare travellers was was MYR1.3 bn (USD337 mn). [image: New Straits Times]

China to licence foreign firms in its 'saturated' payments market

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22-Mar-18 China will permit foreign companies to access its USD27 tn payments market, further opening up the world's second-largest economy. Foreign players can start applying for payment licences and will be treated the same as local firms. [image: AP]

Will China be the first to move away from paper currency?

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29-Mar-18 Over a millennium ago, China became the first country to develop a paper currency, and it might become the first to go cashless. In 2010, digital transactions accounted for 3.5% of retail consumption; by 2015 it was 17%. [image: EPA]

Qatar Airways to offer Alipay as a mode of payment

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28-Mar-18 Qatar Duty Free has becomes the first airport retailer in the Middle East to offer Alipay as a method of payment, at Hamad International Airport. [image: Travel Daily News]

China hospital to employ AI for addressing doctor shortage

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23-Mar-18 A Beijing hospital will soon be using Artificial Intelligence to address the shortage of doctors and to make their workload more manageable. The hospital will run its lung scans through an algorithm to speed up screening. [image: ET Healthworld]

Malaysia to generate USD725 mn healthcare revenue by 2020

China to licence foreign firms in its 'saturated' payments market

Will China be the first to move away from paper currency?

Qatar Airways to offer Alipay as a mode of payment

China hospital to employ AI for addressing doctor shortage

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