Asean News Headlines at 9pm on Friday (July 29, 2022)


A man sprays water onto green turtles on a car after they were rescued by marine police at Ngurah Rai main road, near Denpasar on Indonesia resort island of Bali on July 29, 2022. (Photo by SONNY TUMBELAKA / AFP)

Malaysia:

* Indonesia lifts workers’ entry ban

* Hire ex-inmates to reduce dependency on foreign labour, Sabah firms told

* Malaysia, Philippines complete successful joint naval exercise in Lumut

* Govt to review chicken ceiling price after Aug 31

Singapore:

* 18 people left stranded in cable cars between Sentosa and Mount Faber due to system error

* Over 6kg of drugs worth S$313k seized in Sentosa hotel room, Shenton Way residence

Indonesia:

* Flash floods hit Indonesia's Central Sulawesi, killing 3, leaving 4 missing

* Indonesia starts 2nd booster inoculation for healthcare workers

* Indonesia’s top Muslim leaders hold environmental congress

Thailand:

* Virologist explains why it is tough to control spread of monkeypox

* ‘Wear black’ campaign stirs up Thai social media

* Minister orders imported 'garbage' shipped back to Australia

Philippines:

* Ghosting as emotional offence

* Philippines airlifts aid to areas cut off since earthquake

* Philippines detects first case of monkeypox

* Philippines traces 10 close contacts of first monkeypox case

* Unesco heritage site damaged in Philippines' quake

* Death toll from Philippine quake rises to 10

Vietnam:

* Vietnam discards over three million tonnes of plastic waste a year

* HCM City is most favoured destination for local travel: survey

* Ministry: Vietnam assessed as Covid-19 safe zone

* Vietnam needs to brace for monkeypox arrival, says US CDC

Myanmar:

* Germany summons Myanmar diplomat over executions

* Executions of pro-democracy activists display lack of respect for human life: Yomiuri Shimbun

Cambodia:

* Top diplomats from US, China expected at ASEAN meeting in Phnom Penh

* Personalised plates rake in US$24mil since 2020

* Cambodia's poverty rate falls to 17.8 pct in 2020: official

* Woman park ranger blazes trail guarding rare hog deer

* Cambodian youths pledge to participate in tiger conservation

* Cambodia to host Asean foreign ministers' meeting

Laos:

* Health ministry sets dengue control campaign as priority

* Laos among countries with highest inflation in South-East Asia

* Thai police arrest Lao woman over multimillion-dollar scam

Brunei:

* Uniformed personnel faces charges for aggression

* All set for land, sea border re-opening

AseanPlus:

* Demolition looms for historic Shanghai neighbourhood

* Hong Kong boy band ends show after falling screen hits dancers

* Xi speaks with Biden over phone

* S.Korea's new government to streamline public organisations

* Japan to allow Covid-fighting measures by regional authorities

* Abe murder spotlights Unification Church controversy in Japan

* China Focus: Homegrown brands shine at int'l expo

* Japans factory output zooms as China eases Covid curbs

* Rural-style weddings gain popularity among young couples

* US, Japan set to agree on joint research for semiconductors

* Some Asia economies may need rapid rate hikes to cool inflation

* Maybank Indonesias pre-tax profit rises 23.9% to 944bil rupiah in 1H

* China’s industrial profits bounce back

* Hong Kong authorities to investigate boy band concert accident

* Two pilots killed as Soviet-era fighter jet crashes in india

* Oil prices rise on tight supply as attention turns to OPEC+ meeting

* Energy crisis set to worsen in South Asia

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