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08-Jan-19 Raffles Medical Group officially has opened its first hospital in China in south-western Chongqing. Touted as Singapore's first tertiary hospital in China, Raffles Hospital Chongqing is a 700-bed facility with a gross floor area of more than 100,000 sqm. [image: Raffles Medical Group]
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28-Jun-18 Pakistan’s absence of online payment solutions and weak consumer protection results in per-capita Internet retail spending at USD0.60, one of the lowest in the region, compared with USD871 in Korea for example. [image: Pakwired]
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Apr-18 Rising geopolitical tensions, increased protectionism and unexpectedly abrupt tightening of global financial conditions pose downside risks to growth market economies, especially in Asia, says the World Bank. Growth in the key Asian region is projected to increase in 2018 and 2019. Indonesia, Brazil and India will all pick up pace, even as China moderates.
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23-Feb-18 Russia is looking to impose duty charges on cross-border e-commerce purchases from May-18, bringing an end to the boom years for major players such as China's AliExpress and JD.com. [image: HTDC Research]
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Jan-18 The World Bank reports that Emerging Markets & Developing Economies (EMDE) growth will strengthen to 4.5 percent in 2018, reflecting a recovery in commodity exporters. However, longer term growth is likely to decline, reflecting recent investment weakness, slowing productivity growth, and demographics.
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