Speeding Up the Economy: The Role of Methamphetamines in the Southeast Asian Boom
October 12th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, an article on how – faced with ruthless economic demands – increasing numbers of Southeast Asian workers are turning to a cheap, addictive drug that enables them to “work without stopping:” Like many teenagers around the world, Ngo started using drugs after being encouraged by his friends. But what separates his experiences […]
Read more »The Rise of VietJet, Explained
September 20th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, an article on VietJet, the Vietnamese budget carrier which recently announced the acquisition of a $7.4 billion fleet of Airbus widebody aircraft: Low-cost Philippine airline Cebu Pacific recently announced it had signed a preliminary deal to acquire up to 152 new aircraft from Airbus at a cost of around $24 billion. It […]
Read more »Unregistered Three-Wheelers: Antidote to Philippines Traffic
September 7th, 2024
Via Rest of World, a look at how Filipinos are embracing electric three-wheelers faster than officials can regulate them Unregistered three-wheelers big enough for whole families are a popular antidote to the country’s terrible gridlock. The Philippines has been slow to adopt electric vehicles, with light EVs as the exception. Filipinos have embraced e-tricycles that […]
Read more »Where Young People Should Go To Understand Their Century: No Longer, ‘Go West, Young Man’
August 31st, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, interesting commentary on where a young person should go to understand the forces that will influence their lives, noting that places such as Accra, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and the Philippines should now comprise a list that used to include Paris, New York, and Tokyo: Friends in Los Angeles, California […]
Read more »Southeast Asia’s Old Airports Taking Off Once Again
August 21st, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on Southeast Asia’s old airports which are revving back to life: Since last year, Indonesian airline TransNusa has routinely shuttled passengers between Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur two to three times each day. But when its Airbus A320 plane touched down outside Malaysia’s commercial capital on Aug. 1, it was hailed […]
Read more »Philippines’ Biggest Fast-Food Brand Has Fresh Plans To Challenge Starbucks
August 13th, 2024
Via Forbes, an article on how Billionaire Tony Tan Caktiong’s Jollibee Foods, run by his brother Ernesto Tanmantiong, is spending big to expand its coffee sales around the world: Jollibee Foods has long-sought the turf of American icon, Starbucks, the Seattle-based coffee giant with over 39,000 stores worldwide. The listed operator’s popular fast-food chain Jollibee already […]
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