IPOH (Perak): Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew had a warm and cordial meeting with Perak's Sultan Azlan Shah and Regent Raja Nazrin Shah in the state capital Ipoh on Friday, the fifth day of his eight-day visit to Malaysia.
Perak, the second largest state in Peninsular Malaysia after Pahang, was the first state visited by Mr Lee and a Singapore delegation after four days of meetings in Kuala Lumpur with Malaysian political leaders and the Malaysian King.
FIRMS looking to issue shares or plain debt securities in the Asean region will have to comply with a new set of rules.
The regulations centre mainly on disclosure and will make it easier for firms undertaking share offerings in different nations.
Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand are the first three Asean jurisdictions to implement the scheme.
SYDNEY - NATIONS around the world said they were ready to combat the spread of the swine flu virus on Friday, urging people not to panic after the World Health Organisation declared a global pandemic.
WHO officials stressed that the designation of a 'moderate' pandemic did not mean the number of deaths from the A(H1N1) influenza virus - currently at 144 worldwide - would spike, and did not recommend closing any borders.
TOKYO - ASIA cannot rely on exports to the United States for long-term economic growth because US consumers will buy less as they increase savings and pay down debt, Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda said on Friday.
Growth in developing Asian economies will slow to an estimated 3.4 per cent this year from a 6.3 per cent expansion last year due to a decline in exports, Mr Kuroda said, reiterating the development lender's forecasts published in March.
