Asia Pacific

No timeline or cost estimate for the office in Johor forthcoming from B.C. finance ministry

Large percentage of B.C. addresses in leaked database linked to shareholders of business entities in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan

The economic gap between high flyers like Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and – increasingly – Indonesia and laggards like Laos and Myanmar is too wide to be easily bridged.

Efforts have stalled to produce a code of conduct for the behaviour of the littoral states in the face of China’s claims to own most of the sea, and its building of islands on shoals to house military outposts

Local governments’ determination to support their heavily subsidized coal industries is undermining Beijing’s efforts to develop renewable energy sources

This month Lam’s Vitality Air plans to start selling canned air from Banff

Banks will get cash but the companies face massive job losses and asset sales

Government wants investment and production to play bigger role in economy

Carrier's debt, he said, is a “landmine” that could wreck country's economy, prime minister says

Inter-agency action to see overhaul of sector, monitoring system to be set up to intercept illicit activities, among other measures