By Gan Meixi and Fang Eu-Lin For The Business Times The European Union (EU) recently announced a set of policy proposals that aim to give the region a strong start in redirecting the domestic and global economy towards a zero-carbon world. The so-called "Fit for 55" plan aims...
On Wednesday, 28 July 2021, the Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) organised the webinar, “Indonesia in Crisis: Pandemic, Politics and Economic Stresses” to understand the challenges Indonesia will have to face in the coming months and how Southeast Asia’s largest country will emerge from...
ASEAN Key Economies COVID-19 status as of 2 Aug Country Share of population fully vaccinated Share of population partially vaccinated Total vaccine doses administered Number of Covid-19 cases** Singapore 58.9%* 14.8%* 7.7 million 65,315 Indonesia 7.6% 9.8% 68.62 million 3,496,700 Malaysia 22.2% 22.5% 21.67 million 1,163,291 Thailand 5.7% 14.6% 18.2 million 652,185 Vietnam 0.7% 5.7% 6.96 million 170,190 Myanmar NA NA NA 311,067 Sources: Our World in Data, Worldometer, Straits Times. *As of 1 Aug, **As of...
From June 2021, Indonesia’s infections surged relentlessly due to the Delta variant. The archipelago is now the world’s pandemic epicentre. After three weeks of a nationwide partial lockdown, the daily number of new cases are gradually decreasing. However, the GDP growth target for 2021 has...