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On 9 March 2018, H.E. Mr. Pan Sorasak, Minister of Commerce (“MoC”), presented Director General Francis Gurry from the World Intellectual Property Organisation (“WIPO”)…

The long-anticipated slew of intellectual property (IP) legislation namely, trademarks, patents and design laws have finally been approved by the Pyidaungsu Huttaw and passed…

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”) has announced that it will be launching a new SGD75 million Grant for Equity Market Singapore (“GEMS”). GEMS...

In November 2018, the Singapore Exchange Regulation (“SGX”) published two consultation papers to seek market feedback on the proposed amendments to the voluntary delisting…

The Ministry of Planning and Finance (“MOPF”) announced, vide Announcement No. (1/2019) (“the Announcement”), that the insurance sector will be liberalised for foreign insurers....

Both the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress approved a uniform version of a landmark anti-red tape measure seeking to…

The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has revised the format of the General Information Sheet (“GIS”) regularly submitted by SEC-registered stock and non-stock…

The government of Vietnam has recently issued Decree No. 119/2018/ND-CP (“Decree 119”) on the use of electronic invoices (“E-invoices”) for sale of goods and…

On 23 August 2018, the Government issued a new decree (“Decree 108/2018/ND-CP”) on amendments to enterprise registration. Decree 108/2018/ND-CP came into effect on 10...

The Ministry of Finance and Economy in a press release announced that His Majesty The Sultan of Brunei Darussalam has consented for the introduction…