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Training and productivity boost to lift wages of staff
Ms Thankappan Usha was paid about $2,600 a month when she re-joined Jamiyah Nursing Home in 2014 as a registered nurse after a stint in a hospital. Since then, the…
Read MoreDarwin Seeks To Shed Frontier Image To Become World-Class LNG Export Hub
MELBOURNE/TOKYO, July 27 (Reuters) – Australia’s tropical city of Darwin wants to establish itself as a world-scale energy export hub, building on its closeness to demand centres in Asia and…
Read MoreThe Latest Battlefield In Asia’s Energy War
Last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly offered Sri Lanka a new grant of 2 billion yuan ($295 million). According to media reports, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena made the…
Read MoreHigher Oil Prices Fail To Stimulate Economic Growth In Gulf States
The higher oil prices and the subsequent higher oil revenues play a part in a significantly improved outlook for the state finances and trade balances of the Arab Gulf countries,…
Read MoreContaminated Bunker Fuel Clogging Ship Engines in Singapore -Surveyor
By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, July 27 (Reuters) – Contaminated marine fuel that clogs and damages ship engines has been found in Singapore, the world’s largest ship refuelling hub, according to…
Read More169 Ships Sent to South Asian Shipbreakers in Second Quarter 2018
There were a total of 220 ships sent for demolition in the second quarter of 2018, with 169 of those sold to South Asian shipbreakers where they are driven ashore…
Read MoreThailand and Cambodia to launch QR code payment system
This will streamline the cross-border fund transfer process. Thailand and Cambodia’s central banks are working together to roll out a QR code payment system will go public in 2019, reports…
Read MoreChina and India to intensify fintech oversight as risks mount
Fitch believes that the possibility of disruption is higher in these markets. Regulators in China and India are expected to intensify oversight over the fintech sector rather than encourage the…
Read MoreBooming LNG Market Steps Out Of The Dark As Transparency Push Grows
SINGAPORE, July 12 (Reuters) – Long dominated by deals struck in secret, the $230 billion liquefied natural gas industry is slowly seeing light as global traders push for more transparency…
Read MoreOil Falls as Trade War Escalates
Oil fell toward $73/bbl in New York after U.S. President Donald Trump escalated a trade war with China, heightening fears that global economic growth could be caught in the cross-fire.…
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