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ASEAN NEWS UPDATES Updated:26 July 2010
• Opportunities in Burma-Thai Dawei portA Burmese-Thai joint development project to build the Dawei (Tavoy) deep-sea port has sparked hope of growth in logistical and transport links beyond the two countries' borders.
• Thai farm zoningThe Agriculture Ministry has stepped up a restructuring programme that could lead to better farm zoning for food and fuel crops in Thailand.
• Singapore's manufacturing output up at slower paceSingapore's manufacturing output continued to increase at a double-digit pace but the rate of growth came in slower on the back of a drop in the biomedical segment, Channel News Asia reports.
• India hosts Myanmar generalMyanmar's military ruler Than Shwe arrived in India Sunday for a state visit that underscores the growing strategic ties between the two countries.
• Philippine legislators against new taxesLawmakers on Sunday opposed the imposition of any new tax measure, saying it would only worsen the government’s huge budget deficit. “New tax measures would only burden the people and create domino effect on the eco-nomy,” Rep. Walden Bello said in a statement, reported by the Manila Times.
• Philippine tariff for renewable energyConsumers will soon start paying for another line item in their electricity bills as incentive to developers of renewable energy projects. The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) recently released the feed-in-tariff (FIT) rules for renewable energy projects to spur the development of clean and indigenous power sources.
• Indonesia: Energy on the boilIndonesia is to tap into vast reserves of geothermal energy to help meet its power needs for coming decades, with plans to invest more than US$10 billion over the next 15 years in the renewable power source, according to the Jakarta Post.
• US financial reforms affect IndonesiaThe Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in the US will affect the transparency in business dealings of foreign oil, gas and mining companies operating in Indonesia..
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