29th June 2015
Bangkok, Thailand
The Southeast Asia Prosperity Fund recently awarded one-year grants, to four projects in Thailand to implementing agencies that work in the area of improving transparency in Thai public procurement procedure and in business sector, assisting the Thai government to achieve ambitious goals on climate change, and enhancing energy security in Thailand. I will be blogging about […]
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22nd June 2015
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
In early 2012, the Malaysian Government, with the local professional body for legal sector, the Malaysian Bar Council (MBC) announced plans to liberalise laws governing the legal sector. This was greeted positively by foreign firms who had previously been prohibited from entering the Malaysian market and provided an opportunity to feed into the development progress. […]
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13th November 2014
Singapore
This guest blog is the first in a series of four by Peter Mumford, SE Asia Regional Director, Economic & Trade Policy, based at the British High Commission in Singapore. In this series, Peter shares his experience working on economic and trade policy projects in South East Asia, and also his views on where further […]
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2nd April 2013
Washington DC, USA
On March 12, British living legend David Bowie released his first new album in almost ten years – “The Next Day”. The record has been met with a tremendous reception, both critically and commercially. Q Magazine crowned its release with a gold plated five star review. It entered the UK album chart at the number […]
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