ASIA FOCUS
Like most people everywhere, most Indonesians spend their lives in their provinces without ever having travelled far away from home. Far is, of course, a relative term. All modes of transport put together, about 13% of the population travel beyond their daily routine, usually two or three percentage points higher than their intentions each year. That difference between intention and actual travel would be explained by unplanned trips for business or social reasons.
ASIA FOCUS
A small group of women in a remote village tucked away in the East of Thailand are busy preparing a fruit snack for thousands of participants expected to join the Beijing Olympic Games in the next four months.
ASIA FOCUS : CHINA KNOWLEDGE
The highly anticipated stamp tax cut has improved sentiment on China's stock market dramatically. However, it might only be a temporary lift because China's stock markets, which were once isolated, are becoming linked more closely to the rest of world.
ASIA FOCUS : [L]PROPERTY
Pacific Star Group, a Singapore-based real-estate investment firm, has formed a joint venture in Munich to serve as a platform for European institutional investors interested in Asian properties and vice versa.
