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12-Aug-18 Singapore’s biggest new hospital with 1,000 beds opened on 18-Aug-18. Sengkang General is one of a new batch of public general hospitals, following a bed-crunch in 2013-14 when patients had to be housed in corridors and converted carparks. [image: Alphonsus Chern / ST Photo]
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09-Aug-18 UAE retailer Lulu Group has launched operations in the Philippines with a logistics and export centre in Laguna. The centre will be engaged in sourcing and exporting fruit, vegetables and other commodities to the GCC and Egypt. [image: Arabian Business]
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12-Jul-18 Startups from Bangkok to Singapore are developing online marketplaces for health, where users type in a medical procedure and get a list of clinics or doctors that offer the surgery then, click on a link to make an appointment. [image: Andrea Chronopooulos / Bloomberg Businessweek]
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11-Jul-18 Tencent Holdings' WeChat Pay said it will not seek to offer more local payment wallets to overseas customers over the next three years and will remain focused on serving outbound Chinese tourists better in popular overseas destinations. [image: SCMP]
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09-Jul-18 The number of Chinese couples visiting Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries for fertility treatment has been rising since 2016, when the Beijing government relaxed the country's one-child policy. 27,000 Chinese tourists visited Thailand for medical purposes in 2016. [image: Bangkok Post]
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