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Moderate prosperity is a level that allows everyone to overcome the drudgery of life. That is the basic obligation of the state—to provide water, sanitation, housing, energy and nutrition. But the idea that everyone can be rich or middle class and have a swimming pool and a car is a lie.
The Wall Street Journal
Read MoreChandran Nair is considering the multifarious challenges facing Hong Kong, including the future of the city’s youngsters as they face the housing crisis
South China Morning Post
Read More“Contract farming in Cambodia could be done carefully through a pilot project, starting with smaller farmers,” Chandran Nair said. “But it requires that farmers trust the contract farming model that we have been developing and researching.”
Phnom Penh Post
Read MoreContracting out to agribusinesses might provide a better deal for Asean's farmers - if done with a mutually beneficial approach
The Straits Times
Read MoreThe Pax Americana is outdated and it is time for regional powers to realign.
The Financial Times
Read MoreLocal think tank Global Institute For Tomorrow advises giving abandoned villages new life in a holistic way under one statutory body.
South China Morning Post
Read MoreIf the people living in tropical cities are to survive our hot future, governments need to radically rethink how they manage urbanization.
The World Post
Read MoreIt is premature to talk about how technology will save Asia when so many of the region's problems are pre-industrial in nature.
Financial Times
Read MoreKarim Rushdy and Nicholas Gordon say the improbable revitalisation of a village in northeastern Hong Kong should serve as a role model to preserve our rural culture – by making village life economically viable
South China Morning Post
Read MoreThe Olympics are the only time many sports and atheletes get the attention they deserve. The Olympics should not focus on sports that regularly reach global television screens (e.g. soccer, basketball, and golf), and focus on sports that deserve more attention, like squash and sepak takraw.
The World Post
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