CAMBODIA
1.TECHNICAL TRAINING TOPS BILATERAL TIES -- FRESH NEWS
Cambodia and Germany are focusing on enhancing productivity, advancing skills development and strengthening employers’ and workers’ professional bodies. It will be part of their efforts to improve bilateral ties.
2.TAPPING CLEAN WIND POWER -- FRESH NEWS
The government has approved a RM782 million (US$200 million) investment to develop a 150-megawatt wind power plant in Sen Monorom City, Mondulkiri Province. It is the third wind power plant that was approved.
INDONESIA
1.INDONESIA DECLARES 2026 THE YEAR OF INDUSTRIAL ACCELERATION -- ANTARA
Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita affirmed that 2026 will serve as a year of acceleration for the national industrialization program, calling on all ranks within the ministry to move faster, work in a measurable manner, and focus on delivering concrete results.
2.INDONESIA'S DANANTARA TO BUY NEW LAND 600M FROM MECCA'S GRAND MOSQUE -- ANTARA
Indonesia’s sovereign wealth fund, Danantara, is targeting the expansion of the Hajj Village project in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, by purchasing another plot of land 600 meters from the Grand Mosque.
PHILIPPINES
1. THREE WEATHER SYSTEMS TO CONTINUE TO DAMPEN PARTS OF PH -- PHILIPPINE NEWS AGENCY
The shear line, northeast monsoon, and the easterlies will continue to bring rains to several parts of the country, the weather bureau said Saturday.
2. PALAY PRICES REBOUND AFTER RICE IMPORT HALT -- PHILIPPINE NEWS AGENCY
Farmgate prices of palay (unhusked rice) began to rebound after the Philippine government’s four-month import halt, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Friday.
SINGAPORE
1. TWO BATCHES OF NESTLE MILO SNACK BAR PRODUCTS RECALLED DUE TO POTENTIAL PRESENCE OF RUBBER: SFA -- CNA
Two batches of Nestlé Milo snack bar products have been recalled due to the potential presence of rubber in them.
2. HUTTONS ASIA, PROPERTY AGENT, LAW FIRM SUED OVER 99-1 DEAL FOR CONDO BOUGHT BY FOREIGNER AND STUDENT -- THE STRAITS TIMES
More real estate agencies are getting ensnared in the fallout of so-called “99-1” property sale arrangements for buyers to avoid paying more in stamp duties, with Huttons Asia now caught in the crosshairs.
VIETNAM
1.FREE RICE DURING FESTIVAL SEASON -- VIETNAMPLUS
More than 14,660 metric tonnes of rice from the national reserve were distributed to 13 provinces and centrally-run cities during the Lunar New Year festival. It was the government’s social welfare programme to assist local communities.
2.HAI PHONG ECONOMIC ZONE DESIGNATED -- VIETNAM NEWS
The government has approved the establishment of the Hai Phong Specialised Economic Zone to boost the hi-tech industry and services in the northern port city. The 5,300-hectare zone will support Hai Phong’s
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