The uses of electronic and electrical devices have relatively increased with rapid increases in economic and technological development over some period of time in Malaysia. There is needs for Malaysia to apply “3R” principles of reduce, reuse and recycle for efficient control and management of material circle of electronic and electrical equipments (EEE).

ADB has upgraded its 2010 growth forecast for the 14 economies of
emerging East Asia to an aggregate 8.1 percent from the 7.7 percent
projected in the former Asian Development Outlook 2010, published in
April.

What are the best approaches for Southeast Asian countries to exploit their large renewable energy potentials?

JULIA ZAPPEI
KUALA LUMPUR

Malaysia Malaysia's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals criticised the statement by Malacca chief minister Mohammed Ali Rustam
A Malaysian minister defended an Indian company

Vast tracts of Borneo yet to be biologically explored

KUALA LUMPUR: A lungless frog, a frog that flies and a slug that shoots love darts are among 123 new species found in Borneo since 2007 in a project to conserve one of the oldest rain forests in the world.

Energy insecurity, water scarcity, and climate change pose growing risks for the real estate sector in South and Southeast Asia, yet the connections between these trends and financial
impacts are not well understood by analysts, investors, companies, and governments in the region. This report presents a framework to assess risks associated with these trends, and

This WRI report assesses financial implications of climate change and water scarcity on the Food & Beverage sector in South & Southeast Asia. Warns that as a large water user, this sector is at risk from decreasing water supplies in parts of emerging Asia , specially India.

Water-related risks are receiving more attention than in the past, yet the connection to power sector development is not well understood by investors, governments, and companies in

THE proposed pact on liberalising trade in services and investment flows between India and the Asean, which is expected to result in increased opportunities for Indian professionals, is set to get a push at a senior officials meeting in Bali at the end of the month. Attempts would be made to tie all lose ends of the ongoing negotiations at the meet.

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