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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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27-Sep-18 Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund has announced that it plans to turn a section of its northwestern coast into a magnet for international tourists, as part of a broader push to diversify the economy away from oil. [image: Project Mena]
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25-Sep-18 Tencent Holdings plans to partner with China UnionPay to offer shoppers in Hong Kong the ability to use a Hong Kong version of the WeChat Pay mobile payment app to spend at mainland merchants using Hong Kong Dollars. [image: Reuters]
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18-Sep-18 Alibaba chief executive Daniel Zhang is banking on the company's New Retail model, where online and offline retail are integrated, allowing customers of Alibbaba's chain of Hema supermarkets to buy online from the chain's physical stores. [image: South China Morning Post]
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17-Sep-18 DHL eCommerce has launched a cross-border cash-on-delivery service in Southeast Asia. The service will allow sellers in China and Australia to target consumers in Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam who do not have credit cards or even a bank account. [image: Media OutReach]
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