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03-Oct-19 Southeast Asia’s Internet economy will reach USD100 bn in 2019, up 39 percent from USD72 bn last year. While Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand are expanding at 20-30 percent, growth in Indonesia and Vietnam is over 40 percent. [image: bennymarty/123RF]
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13-Sep-19 Malaysia's Hong Leong Financial and PE firm TPG will acquire Columbia Asia Hospitals in Southeast Asia for USD1.2 bn. They will own Columbia's 17 hospitals in Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam, but not its 11 hospitals in India. [image: New Traits Times]
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11-Sep-19 The Malaysian health minister has shared plans to “introduce global best practices” to establish value-based services within private healthcare. He also proposed to reform public healthcare delivery and financing, giving citizens “a choice... of both public and private” services. [image: GovInsider Asia]
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07-Sep-19 The Iflix over-the-top video streaming platform has more than 17 mn subscribers in Southeast Asia. It has funding of USD300 mn and is preparing for an IPO in Australia. 80 percent of customers join Iflix for local content. [image: Iflix]
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25-Aug-19 The medical tourism scene in Malaysia is booming. In 2018, 1.2 mn people visited Malaysia for medical treatment. Within Malaysia, Penang is the top medical tourism destination, with 45% of the country's medical tourism income, USD165 mn in 2017. [image: Tho Xin Yi]
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