Chip Dreams: Young Tech Workers Are Flocking To Taiwan
April 11th, 2024
Via Rest of World, a report on how Southeast Asians are heading to Taiwan to train for semiconductor jobs, which is helping to fill a talent gap at the world’s top producer: Students from Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines head to Taiwan to train and work in the semiconductor industry. Taiwan faces a talent […]
Read more »What Southeast Asia’s Aging Populations Could Mean Politically
April 10th, 2024
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at how Southeast Asia’s aging societies could lead to more political polarization and upheaval: Southeast Asia is aging – and rather quickly. In Vietnam, the number of 0-14 year-olds will decrease by 3.7 million between now and 2050. In Thailand, it will fall from 10.7 million to 7.8 million. […]
Read more »Malaysia’s Largest Port To Double Capacity To Chase Singapore
April 10th, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, a look at Malaysia’s efforts to build logistics competition in southeast Asia: Malaysia’s largest port, on the major sea route of Malacca Strait, plans to double its capacity over the coming decades, chasing neighboring hub Singapore as the shift in global supply chains adds to the competition in Southeast Asia’s logistics sector. […]
Read more »Brunei Firm Pitches 1,600 km High-Speed Rail Linking Indonesia, Malaysia
April 1st, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on a bold Trans-Borneo project seeking to connect Kota Kinabalu and Nusantara: A Brunei-based infrastructure company has announced a proposal for the first high-speed railway on the island of Borneo that would connect Brunei with its two larger neighbors, Indonesia and Malaysia, including the former’s future capital city. Brunergy Utama, […]
Read more »Can Europe Save Forests Without Killing Jobs in Malaysia?
March 26th, 2024
Courtesy of The New York Times, an article looking at the impact of a new regulation that aims to rid the palm oil supply chain of imports that come from former forestland. Southeast Asian countries say it threatens livelihoods. The European Union’s upcoming ban on imports linked to deforestation has been hailed as a “gold standard” in […]
Read more »Malaysia’s Sarawak Targets Green Energy Powerhouse Status
March 25th, 2024
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, a look at efforts to position Malaysia’s Sarawak state as a green energy leader: In an ambitious pivot away from its entrenched oil and gas legacy, Malaysia’s Sarawak is working to carve out a new identity as Southeast Asia’s emerging green energy powerhouse, the head of the state’s investment agency told […]
Read more »Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.