ASEAN – A New Frontier

There are always two sides to a coin and ASEAN is no different.

There are also different points of view and those who seek to mislead to win in business, to retain power and to reserve the higher ground for themselves.

This is an information centre about ASEAN where you can tell us what you know anonymously and find out what we know from the richest sources in the region.

We always win for we have no axe to grind. We simply want the truth to belong to everyone.

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How The Business Press Blew The Story

A recent issue of the Columbia Journalism Review includes a remarkable piece of journalism by Dean Starkman, a veteran business news reporter. Starkman collected and read more than 700 articles published between January 1, 2000 and June 30, 2007 about mortgage lending and Wall Street to answer this question: Did the business press miss the biggest business news story of the past 80 years—the current economic meltdown. His conclusion: With a few notable exceptions, yes they did. “The idea that the press did all it could, and the public just missed it, is not just untenable,” says Starkman. It is also untrue.” And that’s not the worst of it.

Air Asia Retires 737-300

Sepang, 7 October 2008 – In line with plans to set a new benchmark for airline efficiency, reliability and quality with an all Airbus A320 fleet, AirAsia, the leading and largest leading low cost carrier in Asia, held a ceremony to mark the retirement of its final Boeing 737-300 aircraft on its Malaysian operations.

 “The B737 had been in service in AirAsia for the past six years and its retirement marks the dawn of a new millennium for AirAsia as we now fully operate on an all Airbus 320 fleet for our Malaysian operations. We have witnessed the metamorphosis of AirAsia from a caterpillar to a butterfly. AirAsia has grown from a fleet of two Boeing 737s to the first 5-Star low cost carrier that has made a mark for itself in the region. AirAsia is now proud to have the youngest, all brand new fleet in Asia”

Vietnam New China

With rising wage pressures in China, Danish firms are ‘forced’ to move some of their production to cheaper areas like Vietnam, even as they continue working with and in the Chinese market.