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03-May-19 PerkinElmer, an American medtech company, has opened its newest life science lab instruments and diagnostics manufacturing facility at the JTC MedTech Hub in Singapore. The facility is the company's largest instrument manufacturing facility globally. [image: Perkinelmer / The Straits Times]
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02-May-19 Foreign remittances to Asian countries hit USD300 bn for the first time in 2018, underscoring the ever-rising importance of overseas employment for the region. Major recipients such as Pakistan and the Philippines have GDPs only slightly bigger than that. [image: World Bank staff estimates, World Development Indicators, IMF Balance of Payments Statistics / Asia Times]
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30-Apr-19 Cambodia has announced it will begin to extract oil, representing a potential rich new source of energy and revenue. Extraction is expected to begin by the end of 2019 from the "Apsara" oil field in the Gulf of Thailand. [image: KrisEnergy / Facebook]
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26-Apr-19 Singapore’s largest ride-hailing company, Grab has invested in last-mile delivery firm Ninja Van, which will see Grab’s current logistics service, GrabExpress, expand its offerings to include scheduled deliveries on top of on-demand deliveries. [image: Bloomberg / South China Morning Post]
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11-Apr-19 JD.com’s 7Fresh and Yonghui Superstores are set to co-invest RMB5 bn (USD750 mn) in Thailand to establish sourcing and distribution of tropical fruits, including RMB1.5 bn of durians, mangosteens, longans, and coconuts from Thai agricultural brands.
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