March 2021 - Southeast Asia Infrastructure

Towards a Transition: Key developments in the airport sector

March 31, 2021 | Spotlight

There has been an improvement in the outlook for the aviation sector all over Southeast Asia....

Ravi Menon, managing director, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)

March 31, 2021 | First Person

Keynote address by Ravi Menon, managing director, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), at...

OCBC appoints Helen Wong as new group CEO

March 31, 2021 | Newsmakers

Singapore’s Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) has appointed Helen Wong as its new group...

COVID-19 will have a far-reaching impact on the economy and infrastructure creation, especially at the time of already prevailing macroeconomic headwinds. COVID-19 has completely disrupted supply chains, trade investment and...

Building Capacity: Water supply projects in the Philippines

March 31, 2021 | Urban Infrastructure

The Philippines government has been laying great emphasis on improvement in access to water and...

Prioritising Infrastructure: ASEAN budgets call for significant infrastructure developments

March 31, 2021 | Finance

The infrastructure budget of ASEAN economies targets cushioning the ruinous effects of the...

Growing Data Needs: SEA emerges as hotbed of opportunities for data centre players

March 31, 2021 | Communications

Southeast Asia (SEA) is fast emerging as a hotspot for data centre players as enterprises in the...

ePLDT, PLDT Incorporation receive major awards at Cisco Partner Appreciation Awards

March 31, 2021 | Limelight

PLDT Enterprise, through its ICT arm ePLDT, received major awards during the recently concluded Cisco Philippines Partner Appreciation Awards. It was recognised as Cisco’s Software Partner of 2020 and Small Business Partner of...

Bridging Gaps: ASEAN focusing on building bridges to economic prosperity

March 31, 2021 | Transportation

The Southeast Asian economies are expanding and forging closer trade links than ever before....

Biomass Bet: Implementation risks in Indonesia’s co-firing market

March 31, 2021 | Energy

Conceptually, co-firing involves the combustion of solid biomass as a partial substitute in...

Shell and Porsche to build first ever cross country EV charging network between Singapore and Malaysia

March 31, 2021 | Key Developments, Malaysia, Singapore

Porsche Asia Pacific and Shell have announced a partnership to install high-speed direct-current (DC) charging for electric vehicles (EVs) in six Shell stations in Singapore and Malaysia, with each station offering two points....

KrisEnergy completes works on Vietnam’s offshore block farm

March 31, 2021 | Key Developments, Vietnam

KrisEnergy, a Southeast Asian oil and gas firm, has completed work in Block 115/09 offshore Vietnam after many delays. Block 115/09 is located in the southern Song Hong Basin, offshore central Vietnam, and covers 7,382 sq km. In...

ComfortDelGro and Engie partner to install EV chargers in Singapore

March 31, 2021 | Key Developments, Singapore

ComfortDelGro has teamed up with Engie to bid for a tender to deploy new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in public parking lots in Singapore. The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and the Singapore Land Transport...