Solid South-East Asia growth seen despite risks


Singapore: Singapore and other South-East Asian economies are poised to remain resilient in the face of increasingly dour signs on the global economy, said Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat.

Economies in the 10-member Association of South-East Asian Nations “and Asean as a group both continue to grow quite well even this year and next,” Heng told Bloomberg Television’s Haslinda Amin on the sidelines of meetings of the regional bloc in Chiang Rai, Thailand.

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