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Indonesia’s premier-city link on track for 2021 launch

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03-Oct-18 Construction of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative-backed Jakarta-Bandung rail line is back on track, with contractors confident it will enter operation in 2021.  Its most significant benefit is to cut transit time from five hours to 36 minutes. [image: HKTDC]

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Vietnam’s first car-hailing app FastGo heads overseas

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02-Oct-18 Vietnamese ride-hailing app FastGo, positioning itself as a rival to Singapore-based Grab, plans to launch its service in Indonesia and Myanmar in Dec-18 as it hopes to become one of the top companies in the field in Southeast Asia. [image: Nikkei Asian Review]

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Healthcare companies need a tech strategy, says Malaysia's AmBank

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02-Oct-18 Healthcare will be one of the top growth sectors in Malaysia, supported by a growing upper-middle income population and medical tourism, according to AmBank. But rapid development in technology presents both challenges and opportunities to industry players. [image: The Edge Markets]

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Thai officials discuss imposing a fee on plastic bags

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01-Oct-18 Thai officials believe charging for plastic shopping bags could help greatly to cut the amount of plastic used in the kingdom, which has been rated as one of the worst sources of plastic in the world's oceans. [image: AFP / Romeo Gacad]

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Billionaire owner of Staples Center to build stadiums in Bangkok

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27-Sep-18 US billionaire Philip Anschutz’s sports and entertainment company AEG and Thai shopping centre developer The Mall Group plan to invest USD309 mn to build two multi-purpose stadiums in the Thai capital, including one billed as the country’s largest. [image: Isa Foltin / Getty Images]

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