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Are the good times over? Weakening Chinese economy, other problems take their toll Asia’s two bellwether city-state economies, Hong Kong and Singapore, are both headed into recession. Singapore has already announced that second-quarter gross domestic product fell at an annualized rate of 4 percent over the previous quarter.... 

SINGAPORE (Aug 14) — When two Singaporean businessmen began pitching the idea for a contemporary opera about Singapore’s founding father to local theater companies about three years ago, they met with no shortage of skepticism. “My first thought was: ‘Seriously? You want L. K. Y. to sing?’ ” said Gaurav Kripalani,... 

Fifteen months in, a cabinet reshuffle looms. Won’t help (4 Aug) - Most of Thailand’s economic news is continuing to dampen any remaining hope that the military junta, now in power for 15 months, would usher in an era of economic revival. The kingdom is at best static while long-laggard neighbors Vietnam, Myanmar and the...