 DHL.jpg)
Insights
12-Feb-19 DHL's latest Global Connectedness Index found Southeast Asia benefited from linkages with wider Asian supply chain networks as well as ASEAN policy initiatives promoting economic integration. International flows exceed expectations the most in Cambodia, Malaysia, Mozambique, Singapore, and Vietnam. [image: DHL]
Read More
 Shiseido.jpg)
Insights
11-Feb-19 Shiseido has decided to build a new production site, Shiseido Kyushu Fukuoka Factory, in Kurume City, Fukuoka, Japan. The new factory will mainly manufacture skincare products for Japan and overseas markets and will cost approximately JPY45 bn (USD407 mn). [image: Shiseido]
Read More
 Twitter.jpg)
Insights
22-Jan-19 China’s tech boomtown of Shenzhen has eased Hong Kong out of Asia’s top five cities by economic output. The burgeoning southern metropolis booked a 2018 GDP of CNY2.4 tn (USD356 bn), representing a year-on-year surge of 7.5%. [image: Twitter]
Read More
 Singapore Business Review.jpg)
Insights
18-Jan-19 Malaysia’s reluctance to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership has resulted in a sharp slowing of investment. Malaysia approved 15 medical-device manufacturing projects in Jan-Sep 2018 for USD160 mn, notably lower than the 25 projects in 2017 worth USD500 mn. [image: Singapore Business Review]
Read More
 HKTDC.jpg)
Insights
16-Jan-19 As wages in China have risen, many Hong Kong enterprises with manufacturing there have tried to cut costs and navigate the Sino-US trade dispute by taking production offshore to emerging economies such as Indonesia, India and Vietnam. [image: HKTDC]
Read More
