Sanchita Basu Das For The Straits Times
Published – Nov 17, 2016, 5:00 am SGT
Since the early 2000s, countries in South-east Asia have seen a plethora of trade pacts.
Singapore signed a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with New Zealand in 2000. Soon, others like Malaysia and Thailand got in on the act.
Jesus,
We are one.
We are one family.
We are one family in you, Jesus.
We are one family in Jesus forever. Continue reading Prayer 6
CSIS – 07 Nov. 2016
Remarks to a Workshop of the China Maritime Studies Institute
Beipanjiang Highway Bridge in Guizhou province, China (Photo by Glabb / Wikimedia Commons)
Alexander the Great is said to have declared that “logisticians are a humorless lot … they know if my campaign fails, they are the first ones I will slay.” He was the one of the first strategists to understand the importance of connectivity and also to point out that there are not a lot of jokes about it. The speed and reliability of transport and other forms of communication matter greatly to economic efficiency as well as to war.
Jesus,
I love you.
You said,
“Ask and it will be given to you.”
So I ask you: Continue reading Prayer 5
VIETNAM – 
Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 6:53AM
Despite being torn apart by the devastation of two separate aggressor invasions and often finding its artisans hamstrung by censorship and bureacracy, the 100 year-old Vietnamese film community has forged a strong brand and unique voice within the global cinema community.
(Picture, above: Tôi thay hoa vàng trên co xanh; Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass, 2015)
Jesus,
I feel I lose my footing easily everyday.
If in a day
I don’t love you as much as now,
don’t connect with you as much as now, Continue reading Prayer 4
Energy Investments In A Transitioning World
The ECOreport interviews Laszlo Varro, Chief Economist of the International Energy Agency (IEA) about energy investments in a transitioning world
By Roy L Hales
Though most of the world’s energy investments are still in fossil fuels, their iron grip is weakening. The largest source of power investment was the $313 billion put into alternate energy sources like wind and solar. According to Laszlo Varro, Chief Economist of the International Energy Agency (IEA), last year there were more renewables coming online than the entire growth of the energy sector. In many developing countries, wind and solar are less expensive than using imported gas to produce electricity. Laszlo Varro, Chief Economist of the International Energy Agency, described energy investments as the world transitions to a low carbon economy.
Giêsu ơi,
Em đang ăn sáng với Giêsu.
Em đang ăn sáng trong tình yêu và bình an.
Em rất hạnh phúc.
By Euan McKirdy, CNN
President Xi Jinping and Trump spoke on the phone Sunday night, and “established a clear sense of mutual respect for one another,” according to a short statement from Trump’s transition team.
Jesus,
I tell you my day.
Today I am a little tired.
I have one, oh no, two pressing problems.
A heavier one and a lighter one.
The heavier problem is…
The lighter problem is…
I give them to you.
“Unmatched American leadership has laid a strong foundation for regional peace and prosperity in the region. But, in a dangerous and uncertain world, we cannot relinquish that leadership.”
November 12, 2016
Seven years ago, President Obama joined the leaders of 20 other economies for the APEC summit in Singapore—his first trip to Asia as president. When President Obama took office, the global economy was still reeling from the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. The United States was consumed with two major, costly ground wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but not nearly as engaged in the world’s fastest growing region, the Asia-Pacific.
Jesus,
Where are you?
Do you hear me?
I need you so much.
Please come to me.
Stand by me.
Hold my hand. Continue reading Prayer 1
USA TODAY Network
Why debate about the Trans-Pacific Partnership will continue to be a hot issue. Brent Snavely, Detroit Free PRess
TPP is a trade agreement between 12 countries: the U.S., Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Brunei, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, Chile and Peru.
Heated rhetoric over U.S. trade policy this campaign season has made the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership a toxic issue for Democrats and Republicans, delaying action in Congress.
The number of people without access to electricity is estimated at more than a billion, while almost 2.9 billion still rely on traditional, unsustainable biomass sources such as firewood for cooking and heating. About 80% of those lacking modern energy access live in rural areas, which also host more than 70% of the world’s poor.
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