More Malaysia-Singapore flights following new agreement (The Malaysian Insider)
SINGAPORE, April 14 Singapore and Malaysia today agreed to expand their bilateral air services agreement to include six more new destinations in Malaysia. They are Ipoh, Kuala Terengganu, Kuantan, Melaka, Sandakan and Tawau. Both countries also agreed to provide increased traffic rights to existing cities, namely Penang, Langkawi, Kuching and Kota Kinabalu.
Indonesian Brutality In West Papua Reaches New Low (Scoop.co.nz)
Reports that Indonesian police opened fire on peaceful protestors in Nabire, injuring 10 people including a 9 year old boy, send a message to the international community that urgent intervention by a UN peacekeeping force is required in West Papua.
Singapore to encourage SMEs to invest in Vietnam (Channel NewsAsia)
SINGAPORE : Singapore will encourage its small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to invest in Vietnam. SPRING Singapore said logistics companies can move operations to Vietnam as there’s a huge demand for them in the country.
Asia-Pacific countries meet in Indonesia on Rohingyas (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Asia Pacific ministers met Tuesday on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali to discuss people smuggling and the plight of Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya minority, officials said.
Thai PM cancels visit to Cambodia: official (People’s Daily)
Due to the current instability in his country, Thai Premier Abhisit Vejjajiva has canceled his visit to Cambodia originally scheduled on April 18, national media on Tuesday quoted official source as saying. “I received official notification that (Abhisit) has canceled his trip to Phnom Penh because of the political chaos in Thailand,” Koy Kuong, spokesman of the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign …
SINGAPORE EXPANDS BILATERAL AIR SERVICES WITH MALAYSIA (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
SINGAPORE, April 14 (Bernama) Singapore and Malaysia today agreed to expand their bilateral air services agreement to include six more new destinations in Malaysia.
Indonesia said to allow illegal monkey trade (AFP via Yahoo! News)
An illegal trade in primates for laboratory tests is thriving in Indonesia despite local and international regulations designed to control such exports, a British animal welfare group said.
Singapore, Malaysia add air travel destinations (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Singapore and Malaysia have agreed to increase air travel between the two Southeast Asian neighbors amid a regional slump in tourism.
Thai unrest likely to slow Vietnam reforms (Thailandnews.net)
THE protests that forced the cancellation of the Asean summit in Thailand last weekend will likely lead Vietnam to move slower on political liberlisation, experts said yesterday.”Thailand used to…
Cambodian gov’t accuses media cartoon of affecting ties with Thailand (People’s Daily)
A recently-printed media cartoon depicting Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra playing golf together could seriously affect the Cambodian-Thai relations, said a press release of the Cambodian Information Ministry received here on Tuesday. In the hand-drawn picture published by English-language daily newspaper the Phnom Penh Post on April 10, Thaksin shot a …
[NEWS ] SINGAPORE EXPANDS BILATERAL AIR SERVICES WITH MALAYSIA (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
This is especially important in the current economic climate, he said.
Singaporean Minister Mentor Lee begins Vietnam visit (Nh n D n)
Singaporean Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has shared his Lion-labeled nation s experience with Vietnam in focusing on human resource development as an effective tool to curb economic crisis.
