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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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06-Sep-19 Singaporeans have an average nightly sleep of 7 hours 5 minutes, according to Fitbit, making them the third most sleep deprived after Japanese and Indians. They also sleep later than users in most other countries: 12:11 AM on average. [image: Fitbit]
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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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03-Jun-19 The 'older' Asian countries (eg. Japan) spend 7-10% of GDP on healthcare. Given its older population, China’s expenditure will need to increase to those levels, suggesting that healthcare spending would grow at 9.3% to reach USD1.7 tn by 2028. [image: Global Demographics]
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24-Apr-19 After a freeze on video-game approvals in 2018, Chinese officials have issued new guidelines that point to fewer titles and blander content. Fewer than 800 were approved in the first quarter to Mar-19, down from nearly 2,000 in 2018. [image: Getty Images / Towfiqu Photography / Zawya]
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