Malaysia
AFRICA: Textiles sector suffers with end of MFA
The impact on Africa's textiles sector of the end of the Multi-Fibre Agreement. The end of the...
SOUTH-EAST ASIA: States agree tsunami warning system
Governments in the region on January 30 agreed to establish a tsunami early warning centre. The...
MALAYSIA: Government delays expelling immigrants
The government today postponed the expulsion of thousands of illegal immigrants, mostly from...
MalaysiaMALAYSIA/THAILAND: Thaksin fuels tensions over south
Kuala Lumpur today confirmed the arrest of Abdul Rahman Ahmad, whom Thai Prime Minister Thaksin...
MalaysiaASEAN: Summit seeks tsunami turnaround
ASEAN tourism ministers today met in Malaysia for a two-day summit aimed at helping South-east...
AseanEAST ASIA: ASEAN carves niche in regional FDI patterns
Fears that manufacturing operations are migrating wholesale from Japan and South-east Asia to...
East AsiaASEAN: China trade trumps intra-bloc integration
Trade between China and the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) last year reached 100...
AseanLESOTHO: Workers are first casualties of MFA's demise
It was announced yesterday that around 6,300 textile workers (about 10% of the workforce in the...
Lesotho
