Asian Coast, part owned by Harbinger Capital Partners, plans to raise funds from both the equity and debt markets for the $4.2 billion, five-hotel project, Chairman Michael Aymong said in an interview in Singapore Tuesday.
VietNamNet Bridge â Numanami Yuichi, a Japanese citizen, has donated 500,000 Japanese yen (4,600 USD) to the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange (VAVA). The sum was handed to VAVA Vice President and Secretary General Tran Xuan Thu in
BANGKOK, Thailand: A Parliament vote to elect a replacement for Samak Sundaravej was postponed until Wednesday for lack of quorum when all five partners in the ruling coalition boycotted the session.
Bangkok (AP): Thailand's biggest party endorsed its leader to resume the prime ministership when the issue is referred on Friday to Parliament despite his ouster by a court this week, but support from many of his allies eroded ahead of the vote.
Only two days after the Constitution Court of Thailand ruled Samak Sundaravej to step down as the prime minister, the ruling People Power Party today decided to renominate him again during tomorrow's Parliament voting.
KUALA LUMPUR: Envoys of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim planned to fly to Taiwan on Friday (12 Sept) in an apparent bid to persuade a group of traveling Malaysian government lawmakers to defect amid increasing signs of fissures in the ruling coalition.
Chart Thai Party leader Banharn Silapa-archa on Friday called an urgent meeting at 7.30 am before finalising his decision whether to go along with the People Power Party's nomination to reinstate Samak Sundaravej as prime minister.
