Illuminating the Path for Asia's Innovators and Leaders.
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🇲🇾 Malaysia is full of people building and making things happen, from semiconductors to AI and digital infrastructure.
👇 Whose work should more people know about? Tag them in the comments and tell us why!
💰 A fashion brand can demand better sustainability data. But who pays to produce it?
Dr Thiwanka De Fonseka explores why EU requirements could shift costs onto Asian suppliers — and reshape sourcing decisions.
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🌫️ Could haze cost Singapore S$3.9 billion?
That's the upper end of a preliminary estimate for 2026. In Malaysia, prolonged disruption could cost RM20–50 million a day.
Neither figure is a confirmed loss.
But how much is haze really costing Southeast Asia? 🧵
The damage goes beyond money.
🇮🇩 Indonesia: 333,470 reported respiratory infection cases in fire-affected areas.
🇧🇳 Brunei: Unhealthy PSI of 139.
🇵🇭 Philippines: AQI of 188.5, with transboundary haze cited as a possible contributor.
Different dates. Different impacts.
The smoke is visible. The full economic damage isn't.
Haze crosses borders, affecting health, productivity, and businesses. Yet ASEAN still lacks a comparable picture of its total cost.
💬 Is Southeast Asia underestimating haze as a business risk?
#ASEAN #Haze #SoutheastAsia
🌏 What if Asia's next economic power shift isn't about what countries trade, but how they pay?
Dr Eko Setiobudi explores why ASEAN's growing use of local currencies could reshape regional financial influence.
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🌏 One CEO leads five ASEAN markets. Another adds Singapore to an APAC-wide role.
Across 8 appointments, companies are connecting regional growth with the leadership needed to deliver locally.
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Prabowo’s message is defiant. But global investors will be watching what Indonesia actually changes.
The bigger question: Can political confidence translate into market confidence? 🧵
The market has already delivered a brutal reaction.
The risk now extends beyond share prices. If foreign investors pull back further, pressure could spread to bonds and the rupiah.
Not inevitable. But difficult to ignore.
Investor confidence cannot be demanded. It has to be earned.
Indonesia has announced changes. The real test is whether those changes produce results investors can see.
What matters more: transparency or enforcement?
#Indonesia #MSCI #IDX #Investing
📊 25M+ customers. 80,000+ teachers. Up to 15% cost optimisation.
Türkiye's most compelling growth stories are unfolding in unexpected places.
Meet 10 voices turning expertise into results.
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👀 That's a major demographic shift in just 25 years.
And Hong Kong isn't the only Asian economy facing it.
The question is how businesses and policymakers will adapt as the younger adult population becomes smaller.
What's striking is how different the projected declines are across Asia.
Some economies could see their 20–39 population nearly halve, while others face smaller percentage declines.
The scale of the challenge won't be the same everywhere.
🎯 What if a candidate's biggest strength is exactly what their CV fails to show?
Javier Martínez Samblas found that his CV couldn't connect his experience across disciplines. That frustration led him to build Self.
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👀 Decades of experience don't always make the next move clearer.
Dali Abdul Latiff Aw saw two people navigate obstacles blindfolded. The one who had seen the destination beforehand got closer.
💡 Perhaps the missing piece isn't experience.
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💰 You can build a new electric arc furnace. But can you build the supply chain that makes it competitive?
Vicky A. Mathur explains why scrap quality and delivered costs matter to Asia's green-steel ambitions.
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