National government fiscal performance
STATE MOVES to crank up spending in a bid to nudge economic growth to a higher plane pushed last year’s fiscal balance closer to the program — and the deficit-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio to its highest in six years — even as most targets were missed, official data showed. Read the full story.
The migrant experience in art
By John L. Silva
GIVEN THAT immigrants and migrants these days are being demonized, made the pariah in many countries including the once immigrant friendly United States, the ongoing exhibition Afterwork at the Ilham Gallery in Kuala Lumpur is quite pertinent.
Tourism Enterprise Zones pushed
By Zsarlene B. Chua
In hopes of attracting more investment in the tourism sector, the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) has finally put into place the Tourism Enterprise Zone (TEZ) model which an executive described as a “paradigm shift in how we approach development towards tourism industry.”
Stop exercising and start training
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
This weekend, global sports apparel brand Nike starts its Nike Training Club (NTC) classes, offering a program which gives more emphasis on “training” than “exercising,” showcasing globally designed workouts to reach one’s individual fitness goals, and catering to all fitness levels from beginner to advance.
How to survive the longest flight in the world
EARLY LAST MONTH, Qatar Airways took the prize for longest airline route when it debuted its 17-hour, 30-minute flight between Auckland and Doha. Not to be outdone, Qantas has announced plans to begin flying a 9,000-mile nonstop between Perth and London in 2018, and Singapore is eyeing a relaunch of its nonstop Newark-Singapore route, which will take just under 19 hours. (Yes, you read that correctly.)