The Week That Was in Asean@Smartkarma - Policy Shifts, Taxing Diesel and Micro Lending
In this week's ASEAN Weekly, we have Nicolas Van Broekhoven publishing his inaugural Insight on Micro Mechanics (Holdings) Ltd (MMH SP), which...
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Singapore: Traditional Firms Must Disrupt Themselves or The Market Will Do It
There were a couple of news items this week that convinced me that the Singapore government will not protect traditional businesses or...
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Budget 2017: New Volume-Based Tax on Diesel Vehicles - Will Taxi Companies Share the Burden?
What's new? In Budget 2017, the Singapore government reduced the annual special tax on diesel taxis by SGD 850 per vehicle (Source: Channel News...
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The Week That Was in ASEAN@Smartkarma - Banking Woes, the Rise of the Machines and Big Box Shopping
In this week's ASEAN offering we have some quite controversial commentary on the Singapore Banks, that suggest that there is more pain to come on...
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66 HK and SBUS SP: Attack on HK Metro Signals Increases in Transport Operators' Costs
Extending my point about more demanding transportation frameworks going forward (see ComfortDelGro FY16 Results: An Era Where Competition Hits a...
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